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Posted by Swamper on Jan-03-2002 07:12:

UnknownTracks.com Automated Sample Streaming

http://www.unknowntracks.com

Hi,

I've been working on this for about a month now and it finally seems to be working... I have a stream set up that lets you listen to samples from threads in here that still need IDing - if you know what the track is you can just click on Click to ID to take you to that thread and post a reply with what you think it is....

Requirements:

Internet Explorer
Real Player

Yes, I hate Real Player as well - but - it is the only thing out there that will stream mp3s on that fly without need of a server - and real player can be embedded within a webpage, winamp cannot (IE 6.0 + Windows Media Player is not an option either.)

The interface is kind of ghetto but i'll improve over time - so if some of you have suggestions/time to test this out please go ahead and try.

Posted by TrAnCe CoNtRoL on Jan-03-2002 07:15:

thats awesome. nuff said. great job. some good tracks on here.

Posted by JayD on Jan-03-2002 12:59:

Bout Time Mofo!

Good Work As Alwayz .

Posted by DJ Sarah H on Jan-03-2002 22:03:

Good work Listening to the stream now . . .

I take it this will be linked from Unknown tracks forum ?

Much better than having to download all the samples from each thread

Also, what sort of update time is it ? as in how long from when a sample is posted to it going into the stream ?

Posted by Blik on Jan-03-2002 23:23:

yes, great work Swamps, this is very handy

Posted by DJ Sarah H on Jan-03-2002 23:27:

Got another couple of questions about it lol

When a sample has been IDed how long will the sample remain in the stream ?

And is the Click to ID button working ?
cos i have tried on several samples now that i know the ID of and pressing the button, nothing happened lol and i waited more than the suggested 10 seconds . . .

Posted by Swamper on Jan-04-2002 00:58:

Hi

The server died earlier so when you pressed the button it didn't retrieve the information it needed to go through from there (but you were still listening to the real player stream since that is different entirely)..

It is fixed now...

Once I have it set up it will remove IDed tracks from the stream every 15-20 minutes - it just checks to see which threads in UnknownTracks since October have samples in them and are NOT closed yet... then it knows it still (most likely) needs to be IDed..

I'll have the samples from early 2001 put back but I gotta dump them outta the database and reencode them and all that crap.. maybe I'll do that tonight

Posted by ABTsportsline on Jan-04-2002 01:04:

point of interest... this happened for me, i dont know if it happens to you....

when in TA chat, and listening to the "Identify song radio".... once you click "ID song!" button, it tries to open a new (javascript?) applet or window, and it automatically kicks you from chat.... this happened to me consecutively (on trying on purpose) 3 times....

is this a property-set feature i can change on my local IE explorer, or a function of how the pages open?

-ABT-

Posted by .montecarlo. on Jan-04-2002 01:34:

i just tested it out, works pretty well! a hell of a lot better than downloading all those little samples.

good job!

ps. just wondering, about how many samples are in there, err... rather, how long for a full cycle? cos i missed one that i know grrr! lol

Posted by Swamper on Jan-04-2002 21:23:

There are currently 625+ samples in there.. 530+ of them are songs that need by IDed between October 2000 and late October 2001...

Those old ones are easy to ID now..

Posted by .montecarlo. on Jan-05-2002 04:59:

lol, i was sitting there waiting for the same sample to come on so i could id it... if i wasn't a quitter i woulda been sittin there for a long-ass time heheh.

ya those old ones shouldn't take to long to id, i heard way out west- the fall on there

one more thing, would it be possible to have a link to id the "last song streamed"? or maybe the last 2 or 3? cos sometimes you can't get back to the computer before the sample changes, then you're screwed. for example, i was cooking something, and i could hear the streaming samples, and i heard one that i knew but i couldn't get back to it quick enough. i dunno, maybe it would be alot of work? but it might be useful. or maybe theres another way that i dont know about...

Posted by Gekhous on Jan-05-2002 19:24:

i hate realplayer

ok, ok, ill dl it later this week

Posted by SmellsExcellent on Jan-05-2002 23:00:

I have a question, rather irrelevant, but im interested. BTW, props, swamper, its cool!

Ok, here we go, u ready?
Does it randomly select the sample to play or if every TA registered goes on and listens will they all hear the same thing?? I guess what im wondering is how does the "file selection process" work??

-Marc

**EDIT, ok i apologize for my stupidity. I get it now.

Posted by verminator on Jan-06-2002 02:00:

asd

nice done swamper

*listening through samples to see if i can help anyone *

Posted by eXeTik on Jan-08-2002 14:28:

Wicked stuff Swamper!

Posted by Miss Proximus on Jan-08-2002 14:49:

I'll get Ant to listen too I'm not very good at this stuff

Posted by Trancealot on Jan-23-2002 22:39:

well I like this id and the web page is easy to use but...when I did listen to a track that I could ID I did click on the button and it just opens up the chat room window??what do I do now..

oh ok you did use that method when the song comes up you can go to the thread but problem is its going to the chat room then???

Posted by Swamper on Jan-25-2002 15:46:

Eh? It opened the chat room window? How did that happen?

....doesn't happen to anyone else - was your chat window already open or what?

Posted by Trancealot on Jan-25-2002 18:07:

I will try again and I will edit this thread to see if it works

I use aol so It has its own windows but when i click on the id button the traceaddcit chat room which is not there pos up..

then I used my interent explorer v6.0-->same exactly thing opens up the chat room to enter in my name and connect..??
it maybe be a problem with my options of something then.

I guess if that button worls for you perefectly and sends you to that specific thread then it works but for me ?????

Posted by Trancer-X on Aug-28-2004 20:37:

Is this still around or is this just old news? I can't connect to the site.