Can someone tell me if there's been a change in policy as to accessing audio clips from the bay area radio museum website? Many clips that I used to be able to listen to are no longer accessible. Error messages occur about missing components from real player. Real player representatives are unaware of a fix for this. Has anyone else experienced a similar issue and if so, what steps did you take to resolve it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Bay area radio museum question
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Talk to BossRadioDJ he's the man with the answers.
There are a few thousand airchecks on the radio museum website. There are no restrictions to accessing them.
In the beginning, I decided to use Real Player as the default player on the website -- if it's good enough for Uncle Ricky Irwin's magnificent ReelRadio.com, then it's good enough for the museum.
Over time, however, more and more visitors complained about Real Player, so I decided to start converting everything over to straight MP3 links (or M3U for multi-part files) that would play on any (or virtually any) MP3 player. It's a long, slow, laborious process (thanks, volunteers!) (why yes, I am being sarcastic) but it will eventually get done 100%.
But, as I said, there are thousands of airchecks on the website. Many of them still require Real Player. I am on the website every day and I'm checking links constantly. I just jumped around and tried about six different RA, RM and RAM links, and they all fired off and played just fine on my PC. Haven't tried them on a Mac today, but will.
So, krth101, is there anything in particular that you were trying to listen to that didn't work? It could be that I simply screwed up and the link is broken -- and if that's the case, I'll have our team of volunteers get on it right away.
In the beginning, I decided to use Real Player as the default player on the website -- if it's good enough for Uncle Ricky Irwin's magnificent ReelRadio.com, then it's good enough for the museum.
Over time, however, more and more visitors complained about Real Player, so I decided to start converting everything over to straight MP3 links (or M3U for multi-part files) that would play on any (or virtually any) MP3 player. It's a long, slow, laborious process (thanks, volunteers!) (why yes, I am being sarcastic) but it will eventually get done 100%.
But, as I said, there are thousands of airchecks on the website. Many of them still require Real Player. I am on the website every day and I'm checking links constantly. I just jumped around and tried about six different RA, RM and RAM links, and they all fired off and played just fine on my PC. Haven't tried them on a Mac today, but will.
So, krth101, is there anything in particular that you were trying to listen to that didn't work? It could be that I simply screwed up and the link is broken -- and if that's the case, I'll have our team of volunteers get on it right away.
Just about all the clips I tried have worked well (and always bring back sooooo many memories!). There is one that's never seemed to work though: http://www.sfradiomuseum.com/audio/kgo/KGO_Dunbar-Wygant_May-3-1982.mp3
It's Dunbar and Wygant in 1982 on KGO (kinda stating the obvious). And for what it's worth, I sure wish we still had Dunbar and Wygant today...
It's Dunbar and Wygant in 1982 on KGO (kinda stating the obvious). And for what it's worth, I sure wish we still had Dunbar and Wygant today...
Eastbay, that link was simply broken in the process of moving files around. It can be accessed now by clicking the link next to "1982" at:
http://www.bayarearadio.org/audio/kgo/index.shtml#listen
http://www.bayarearadio.org/audio/kgo/index.shtml#listen
Hi David - I've sent emails, messages, and smoke signals....do you have the airchecks I sent you several YEARS ago?! You were going to transfer them off cassette and have them uploaded on the KMEL section of your site? It would be a tragedy if these were lost or destroyed...
-Rich Ransom
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