Lucinda Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Do you listen to the radio while you're on line? I never used to but I discovered Rewind45 and now I'm hookedhttp://www.rewind45.com/If you like music from the 60's 70's and 80's along with presenters like Emperor Rosko and Pandora (Radio Caroline presenter) you'll love it.Have a listen and let me know what you think.Lucinda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 It may well be OK but on my laptop its very tinny and I dont have a good set of speakers to plug in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Looks quite interesting but I'm a bit confused about their warning :"Stream Rippers BewareRewind45 has limited resources and manages them for the benefit of our genuine listeners. If you have come to this station with the intention of downloading our mp3's you are not welcome here. We are now taking counter measures to stop this activity"If you're listening to it on line you're automatically downloading it and if you choose to record it at the same time well so what, it imposes no additional demand on the bandwidth.If on the other hand they have exposed their MP3's to indiscriminate downloading then more fool them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucinda Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Hi Ernie Y,I've dropped an email to the station to find out what the warning etc. is about. I'll let you know when I get a reply.Tune in today - there are some great programmes on!Lucinda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucinda Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 [quote user="powerdesal"]It may well be OK but on my laptop its very tinny and I dont have a good set of speakers to plug in.[/quote]Ahhh - just a cheap pair of speakers will help out! [;-)] Lucinda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucinda Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Hi Ernie Y,Here is the answer from the station"To answer your question, it really depends on what software you use to record the stream, Most ripping software actually uses an additional listener slot to do the recording. Since we currently have 25 slots, you can see that this would quickly use all the slots if everyone did it. Having said that, let me qualify my objections to this activity. If someone is actually listens to rewind45 and decides that they might like to record a show or record an hour or so to listen at another time, I have no objection to this, in fact quite the opposite. There are however a large army of people that hunt for a station that plays their kind of music and set the stream ripping software running without actually listening. Some of this software is quite clever and just records the songs into separate mp3 files. So someone can connect, leave the software running for 24 hours and end up with a folder full of songs with no station idents etc. This is what I object to because these people are using listener slots that others might want and I am paying royalties for them to do it. So, I do a couple of things to discourage them, one is that I have software which messes with the song titles. Their software will try to create separate mp3' files for each song. So, if I change the title half way through a song, they have half a song. I also automatically ban the IP address of know stream rippers. I will also montitor activity on the stream, if someone has been connected over 8 hours, I will kick them. If they reconnect almost instantaneously then it's a good indication that that they might be using ripping software that automatically reconnects, then they get a ban for 30 mins or so. That usually discourages them. That's probably more information than you wanted but if you need any more info, just ask."It's all a bit technical isn't it? [:D]Lucinda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Not so technical really [geek]I take his point although I'm not sure I share his concerns. Ultimately it's his bandwith to manage as he sees fit and I wish him the best of luck.I'll give it an earwigging when I'm home, streaming radio is not really regarded as a legitimate activity in a corporate environment [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutiara Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Quite good station but I prefer this one as I can choose what I listen too when I'm working .http://luckysevenradio.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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