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UnknownTracks.com Streaming is BACK!!!
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| Swamper |
Ok well it's not entirely a 'NEW' feature, it was around months ago but now it's back again...
I spent dozens of hours programming this thing late last year and I haven't really had the chance to implement it, so I'm doing it again now.
Basically it is a shoutcast stream that automatically pulls unidentified MP3 Samples from the Unknown Tracks section of the forums and streams them randomly.
The interface consists of a java applet that connects to a java server to get the streaming song information - so as you listen to the stream you can click on the 'Click to ID' button and have a new window open up with the thread that has that sample in it (as well as begin playing the sample again to verify it's the sample you heard - and if not, a link to listen to the song previously streamed)
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Java Plug-in (Already in IE unless you have Windows XP)
RealPlayer 8 Basic (or higher)
The URL is www.unknowntracks.com - so go ahead and listen.
...Future things to add:
- Only listen to samples from a certain date range
- Only listen to samples posted for IDing by a certain user
- Only listen to samples who have been heard less than x # of times (to increase exposure/likelihood of a successful ID)
There might be some bugs, so if u find any please reply in this thread with them and be specific (OS/Browser/Real Player version). |
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| El~ZaPo |
It's working good for me.
One thing that would be nice is a feature to skip to the next song, in case listeners can't ID the current song. |
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| inatrance |
| Is it possible there could be a high bit stream? 128/96 kbs? or would that take up too much bandwidth |
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| Swamper |
| quote: | Originally posted by inatrance
Is it possible there could be a high bit stream? 128/96 kbs? or would that take up too much bandwidth |
The purpose of the stream is to identify short sound samples, not to act as a radio - 24Kbps/11025Hz Stereo is sufficient for this |
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| Kid_Lax |
the stream is working fine
but when i click on the button to i.d. the song
a new window pops up that says 'tranceaddict chatroom' as the title
but the page is just the main TA page, but for the last maybe 15% of the page a new frame is there and it has a bunch of random threads from the message board
and when i click the button to i.d. the stream automatically stops
btw, this is a great idea...i could (and am) just sitting here for hours just going about my internet business (shup up haha) and listening to parts of songs...its great :)
good work :) |
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| warpedd_ |
| why not using mp3 streaming? |
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| TimeportE |
this way of idíng tracks is WAY GOOD!!
and it works very good! keep it up! :)
*edit maybe an idea to keep an restriction to the amound of min. the track can have because i just listened to 2,5 min to a track i didn't know upped by Junkx.. mmm maybe an idea :D |
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| Swamper |
| quote: | Originally posted by warpedd_
why not using mp3 streaming? |
Uh, it is MP3s that are being streamed, however Real Player is the ONLY player that can stream MP3s while embedded within a webpage _AND_ responds to javascript commands to stop playing (i.e. what happens when you press 'Click to ID') - these are two requirements that are necessary for all this to be integrated properly.
Kid_Lax - Regarding the chat window stuff, the file it loads after you click is dependant upon your screen resolution, I used the files I use for the chat room as a template and I guess I didn't change one of them, I just fixed it... wow.. that's been like that for months. :D Thanks - things are even faster now once you click the button.
TimportE - I already put that suggestion up in Unknown Tracks, if I have time I may cut down the 3+ minute tracks to 2 minutes, re-encode and post up again |
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| one_deal |
It's not working for me...
I have IE v6.0.2600.0000 and RP v6.0.5.27.
The error is "invalid resource path string in requested URL" and it gives this URL:
mem://0A7DCC20/http://www.tranceaddict.com/unknown.ram |
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| Swamper |
| quote: | Originally posted by one_deal
I have IE v6.0.2600.0000 and RP v6.0.5.27.
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Maybe that Real Player version is messed up, 6.0.9.450 and above work, get a version here (basic) rp8-setup.exe |
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| intrinsic |
| quote: | Originally posted by Swamper
Uh, it is MP3s that are being streamed, however Real Player is the ONLY player that can stream MP3s while embedded within a webpage _AND_ responds to javascript commands to stop playing (i.e. what happens when you press 'Click to ID') - these are two requirements that are necessary for all this to be integrated properly.
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mod_mp3 didnt work? |
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| Swamper |
| quote: | Originally posted by intrinsic
mod_mp3 didnt work? |
mod_mp3 is a server-based solution, everything that is running the server works perfectly and interconnects flawlessly... The only possible modification would be the client used but as I said none other than Real Player allow embedding + controlling of the controls via javascript. |
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