Need ideas for delivering online radio programming
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- breeze
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- I'm trying to find some way of delivering online radio programming. It doesn't necessarily have to be a Joomla solution. What I'm liking at the moment is www.rbmaradio.com — particularly, I like users can browse the live stream program schedule, listen live, and listen to archive shows as well. Any suggestions on how I'd implement similar functionality (most of its functionality at least) in a equally intuitive interface? Been any help is appreciated. TIA.
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- Robert D. Wagers
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- Looks like a FLASH site... checkout adobe.com
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- breeze
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- I realize it's FLASH. I was asking the community for suggestions on how I might implement similar functionality in a equally intuitive interface. There are plenty of Flash/XML solutions for delivering photos, video, etc. and often, the community here has good recommendations. I didn't need a link to adobe site.
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- Robert D. Wagers
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Sorry, I wasn't trying to be short with you, I don't know of any solutions that would have the effects and viewer appeal that FLASH provides. And since FLASH is embeddable, I referred to adobe.com. That's all!
Good luck with your search.
Wage - "Everyone has to get knocked-down every once-in-a-while, otherwise you'll never learn how to get-back-up!
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Robert D. Wagers wrote:
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be short with you, I don't know of any solutions that would have the effects and viewer appeal that FLASH provides. And since FLASH is embeddable, I referred to adobe.com. That's all!
Good luck with your search.
Wage
gotcha. sorry for taking it that way. if i do find a good solution for that that doesn't involve building it from scratch, i'll share with the community. thx.
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- Matthew
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Do you want to deliver live content (IE, an online version of a "normal" radio station), or are you looking to deliver recorded content "on demand"?
Each will have slightly different considerations, but, in the end, your solution will be broken into a few different parts:
1. The media server - this could be your site, or a server you build, or even a service, but (conceptually at least) it is very separate from your Web site. The playback, on the user's end, will be in a media player (which can be embedded in a Web page) such as Real, Quicktime or Windows Media.
2. Your site can be just about anything (so Joomla! is still a good way to go in terms of getting your layout, your organization, etc.), but you will need to figure out how to embed media player objects (there are some that already exist for Joomla!) into modules or content items so suit your needs.
3. If you are going to require registration, or something like that, you are going to want to think about how you prevent your streams from being accessed by unauthorized users.
Figure out your media streaming first, because the rest of your decisions will really flow from that. Are you streaming speech or music? Music will require a somewhat beefier solution. Also, the number of simultaneous listeners that you anticipate will be a big factor in determining the best way to go. - www.gofftech.com Web Design
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Hello Thomas,
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Matthew wrote:
Do you want to deliver live content (IE, an online version of a "normal" radio station), or are you looking to deliver recorded content "on demand"?
Ideally, it'll be recorded content delivered at at scheduled times. ex/ 2-4pm, DJ xxxxxxx show plays, 4-6pm DJ yyyyyy's show plays, 6-8pm DJ zzzzzzzz's show plays. Each show is a single, 2 hr mp3 file. That's ideally. If that's technically more challenge or more expense than I wanna deal with, then I'll consider an alternative.
Each will have slightly different considerations, but, in the end, your solution will be broken into a few different parts:It'lll be open to all.
1. The media server - this could be your site, or a server you build, or even a service, but (conceptually at least) it is very separate from your Web site. The playback, on the user's end, will be in a media player (which can be embedded in a Web page) such as Real, Quicktime or Windows Media.This seems to be the big question and is where I'll start to research my options.
2. Your site can be just about anything (so Joomla! is still a good way to go in terms of getting your layout, your organization, etc.), but you will need to figure out how to embed media player objects (there are some that already exist for Joomla!) into modules or content items so suit your needs.
3. If you are going to require registration, or something like that, you are going to want to think about how you prevent your streams from being accessed by unauthorized users.
Figure out your media streaming first, because the rest of your decisions will really flow from that. Are you streaming speech or music? Music will require a somewhat beefier solution. Also, the number of simultaneous listeners that you anticipate will be a big factor in determining the best way to go.
Thanks for the perspective. It's appreciated.
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- Robert D. Wagers
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outside of the actual interface, if I was gonna broadcast audio, I would look into shoutcast...
www.shoutcast.com/download/serve.phtml
Not only can it deliver excellent quality audio, but Shoutcast is so popular, it can increase you web traffic as well. - "Everyone has to get knocked-down every once-in-a-while, otherwise you'll never learn how to get-back-up!
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Robert D. Wagers wrote:
outside of the actual interface, if I was gonna broadcast audio, I would look into shoutcast... www.shoutcast.com/download/serve.phtml
Not only can it deliver excellent quality audio, but Shoutcast is so popular, it can increase you web traffic as well.
Thanks guys... yeah the shoutcast seems to be the best supported, most affordable (this stuff's expensive) route. And because it the focus of Shoutcast, the discussion forums over there seem to be expecially helpful. Once it's all worked out, I'll post a link in Dimensions showcase.
Breeze
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