Listening online to Platinum ?

[anne flo]

I was hoping to listen online today, but when I went to website, it sent me to KSCS. Help?

 

[AndyWaldrop]

I was hoping to listen online today, but when I went to website, it sent me to KSCS. Help?

http://www.platinum967.com/

You might also clean your "cache" out and delete all (unnecessary) cookies, as well.

 

[anne flo]

Thanks, Andy! I'm back online! I keep hoping to stumble across some Barry Manilow......

 

[erwin33]

I don't know what it is but these Citadel livestreams sucks. There are lots of drop outs in it. Not long but for a second or so. It's very annoying and tired to listen to. I email Platinum but they have not resolve the problem yet.
This problem is not only on the Platinum livestream but on all Citadel livestreams in the country.

 

[busyradioguy]

I don't know what it is but these Citadel livestreams sucks. There are lots of drop outs in it. Not long but for a second or so. It's very annoying and tired to listen to. I email Platinum but they have not resolve the problem yet.
This problem is not only on the Platinum livestream but on all Citadel livestreams in the country.

Are you using a dial up modem to connect to the net? Or DSL / Cable Modem? If you are on dial up, then more likely you're encountering buffering issues.

 

[erwin33]

I have a fast internet connection, DSL. Other streams from other company's (CBS, Clear Channel) works fine, only the Citadel livestreams sucks big time. So it's not a problem on my side.

 

[kc4rae]

When listening at home, it never drops out.

However, at work, it does drop out occasionally. Today, WiMP lost the stream three times in five hours.

 

[busyradioguy]

Solid as a rock for me, right now.

HOWEVER, they need to ditch the animated graphics, and maybe stream at a lower bitrate. The dial up folks have no chance, and if the listener load is heavy, then that could cause buffering issues for some folks.

 

[kc4rae]

If they did, it wouldn't sound decent any more. They would have to go mono below 32kbps/22.05. I used to stream 20kbps in mono from home to work. It wasn't bad.

 

[busyradioguy]

If they did, it wouldn't sound decent any more. They would have to go mono below 32kbps/22.05. I used to stream 20kbps in mono from home to work. It wasn't bad.

Yes it would probably have to be mono. But let's keep something in mind here. What is more important: Making your stream available to as mny listeners as possible, at the sacrifice of sound quality, or limiting access to the lower speed folks in favor of higher quality audio. Personally, I'd offer both options, to have a better appeal to all Internet users regardless of their connection speed.

 

[kc4rae]

Agreed, but it needs to be simple...something I learned long ago when streaming content.

But yet simpler still...why provide for a multi-bit rate one-click solution. WOW perfect idea. Windows Media Audio codecs do just that provided they stream it that way. Choose maybe three different bit-rates for one stream, let the player reduce the bit rate automatically depending on connection speed. 64k/44.1/2ch, 32k/32.0/2ch and 20k/22.05/1ch as an example.

Thoughts?

 

[KERCAlum]

Choose maybe three different bit-rates for one stream, let the player reduce the bit rate automatically depending on connection speed. 64k/44.1/2ch, 32k/32.0/2ch and 20k/22.05/1ch as an example.

Not a bad idea. Give the listener a choice, and they'll usually pick the highest quality, even though they don't have the bandwidth. Then it won't play, and they'll get turned off and stop listening. Let WMP downshift, though, and they stand a better chance of sticking around.