jt25741;165688 Wrote: > Hi Greg, here is some added information that I gathered about the > bitrates: > > Yahoo stores the streams at 190K, and downsamples them on the fly to > various levels depending on how you are listening to them. They also > do dynamic range normalization. For instance, the web interface is at > around 128K -- you can also listen through Yahoo Messenger at some > possibly other bitrate(sounds worse to me, but may be my imagination). > Only LaunchCast Plus subscribers can hear the 190K native bitrates > through the Jukebox. The Jukebox(in its basic and adequate version) > is free. You should download it and try it. The quality difference > between this service at 190K and the Web based is significant and easy > to appreciate even through PC Speakers. Plus you can play > non-normalized dynamic range -- very important. I have used the > Linksys Wireless Music Bridge to connect to my home stereo(very poor > product compared to Slim), and appreciated the superior quality of the > Jukebox stream through to my end system. > > You can get the Jukebox here: > > http://music.yahoo.com/jukebox/ > > Now they try and get you to upgrade to Jukebox Plus edition(not free), > which gives you high-speed burning, equalizer etc....All tools I do not > need. I find that the riping and library functionality of Yahoo > Jukebox is below grade, and quite buggy. Its closed XML Tag library > contributing to its uselessness. However, the music listening part > including quality/music content -- and rating engine is unmatched and > excellent. > > As far as how it works, I have found that the Yahoo Music Developers > are kinda open to chatting to the public. They hang out on IRC. I > have exchanged some feedback to them in the past. You can talk to them > directly at:irc.landoleet.org, channel is "yme". They advertised this on > thier public Blog(http://ymusicblog.com/blog/) Why they use IRC and > not Yahoo Messenger is both ironic and funny. Frankly I cannot stand > messenger or any Chat marketware for that matter ;) > Hey Jim-
Thanks for all the info. I'll have to download the Jukebox software and give it a whirl. When I have some time I'll also try popping into that IRC channel and see what kind of detailed info I can get out of them. -Greg -- GoCubs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26676 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
