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Site Discussion / Re: WTMK - Help Needed. Audio Editors & Experts Needed (G&WG, etc.)
« on: November 05, 2006, 12:28:32 PM »
Hey guys. NO CARRIER from 'ZRN here. ('ZRN = host of WTMK.) I have WTMK-ish news to report. We at 'ZRN, who host WTMK, have recently completed a server move and a software update. WTMK has been upgraded from ICecast1 to Icecast2, along with an update to Ices, the automated program generator.
So, what does this upgrade mean to you? Why should you care? First and foremost, WTMK is back-up in full strength. The station was down for sometime after we had trouble getting Ices to compile on the new machines.
Other than that, WTMK now has a slew of new features, including:
- "burst-on-connect", which will greatly reduce buffering time when a client first connects to WTMK
- Proper ID3 V2 support. This means that your audio client will no longer show truncated song tiles titled. (The staff at WTMK has been good at properly filling ID3V2 tags in the songs they use, and it will show.)
- WTMK will now be listed on public stream directories. (Icecast 1 stations were not welcomed for some reason.)
- If the site ops of TMK choose to do so, they can now post stats of WTMK on their site. (Stats like listener count, song currently being played, etc.) This was not possible in the past... well it was but would require the creation of a custom server to relay that info.
I would also like to take this opportunity to present Deezer and the staff of WTMK a new feature that might interest them. Since we have a more powerful server, we can now do "on the fly" encoding of files. This means WTMK can have music found in their playlist be played at ANY bitrate, and in either MP3 OR OGG format. (I don't think we can do MP3Pro "on-the-fly", because there are no free ones.) It also means WTMK can now have "cross fading" between tracks. Just a suggestion.
Finally, I don't know if that was ever spoken about on WTMK, but WTMK has the capability of hosting live shows. (Be it a music program, talk show or both.) And it's really easy to do: all you need is a mic, some music and a good internet connection. If any fans of TMK would like to DJ a weekly or bi-weekly show, get in touch with the Deezer. We at 'ZRN can provide the help and assistance you may need to get going. Of course, it's up to Deezer if he would like to do that or not.
NO CARRIER
(radio.emulationzone.org)
So, what does this upgrade mean to you? Why should you care? First and foremost, WTMK is back-up in full strength. The station was down for sometime after we had trouble getting Ices to compile on the new machines.
Other than that, WTMK now has a slew of new features, including:
- "burst-on-connect", which will greatly reduce buffering time when a client first connects to WTMK
- Proper ID3 V2 support. This means that your audio client will no longer show truncated song tiles titled. (The staff at WTMK has been good at properly filling ID3V2 tags in the songs they use, and it will show.)
- WTMK will now be listed on public stream directories. (Icecast 1 stations were not welcomed for some reason.)
- If the site ops of TMK choose to do so, they can now post stats of WTMK on their site. (Stats like listener count, song currently being played, etc.) This was not possible in the past... well it was but would require the creation of a custom server to relay that info.
I would also like to take this opportunity to present Deezer and the staff of WTMK a new feature that might interest them. Since we have a more powerful server, we can now do "on the fly" encoding of files. This means WTMK can have music found in their playlist be played at ANY bitrate, and in either MP3 OR OGG format. (I don't think we can do MP3Pro "on-the-fly", because there are no free ones.) It also means WTMK can now have "cross fading" between tracks. Just a suggestion.
Finally, I don't know if that was ever spoken about on WTMK, but WTMK has the capability of hosting live shows. (Be it a music program, talk show or both.) And it's really easy to do: all you need is a mic, some music and a good internet connection. If any fans of TMK would like to DJ a weekly or bi-weekly show, get in touch with the Deezer. We at 'ZRN can provide the help and assistance you may need to get going. Of course, it's up to Deezer if he would like to do that or not.
NO CARRIER
(radio.emulationzone.org)
