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Posted by: Perry Apr 16 2007, 01:00 AM

We have a new addition to the site, everyone ! Introducing radio.go2id.net. It is an online radio station which uses SHOUTcast as its broadcast program. The radio station will play at least 12 hours of Initial D / Eurobeat music every day from 4:00 AM ~ 4:00 PM PST. The rest of the time will be devoted for DJ hosting. There will be music requesting and shoutouts depending on the DJ. This is the current DJ Schedule / Hours / Playlist.

To tune into the radio, simply click this link - https://go2id.net:8000/listen.pls. You will need software like Winamp, Itunes, VLC Player.. etc to stream the content. The radio station currently stream at 96kbps, 44,100Hz in Stereo. We recommend having at least a DSL connection before tuning in, for smooth streaming. Tune in to listen to the http://radio.go2id.net today. Remember to give us your feedback on our forums - https://idforums.net/index.php?showforum=58 and spread the words out. =)

Posted by: BOZZ Savage Apr 16 2007, 07:29 PM

Great update Perry! I've been listening a lot and I like it, the only problem is that the DJs speak to softly so I have to turn up my volume when they start talking, then turn it back down again once the song comes back on.

I'm not sure if you can fix that in any other way than just having them speak louder, but if you could fix that it would be fantastic!

Posted by: BOZZ Apr 16 2007, 08:15 PM

Good job on having the web integrated music player on the site as well.

Posted by: Nomake Wan Apr 16 2007, 08:15 PM

There is a way to "fix" it, and it has to deal with the volume settings in the broadcaster.

On the other hand, we could just speak more clearly.

I'll keep it in mind for future broadcasts.

Posted by: Möbius Apr 16 2007, 08:41 PM

QUOTE (Nomake Wan @ Today at 12:15 AM)

There is a way to "fix" it, and it has to deal with the volume settings in the broadcaster.

On the other hand, we could just speak more clearly.

I'll keep it in mind for future broadcasts.

You are pretty good in that respect and so is Dave. I don't have to turn the volume up and down.

Posted by: Godot Apr 16 2007, 10:49 PM

Nice
Good Job now i can listen to Eurobeat all night long <3
nice one Perry

Posted by: BOZZ Apr 17 2007, 08:41 AM

QUOTE (Nomake Wan @ Today at 12:15 AM)

There is a way to "fix" it, and it has to deal with the volume settings in the broadcaster.

On the other hand, we could just speak more clearly.

I'll keep it in mind for future broadcasts.

I take it you are referring to the problem of sometimes not being able to hear what the DJs are saying? I wasn't sure if it was my sound card and speakers (I'm using on-board audio and 5.1 speakers) that was forcing me to turn the volume up considerably to hear the DJs and then back down for the music.

Posted by: Nomake Wan Apr 17 2007, 01:23 PM

No, it's not your sound card. It takes some fiddling to get the volume settings right. See, there's the volume of the music, the volume of the music when the DJ is talking, and the volume of the DJ's mic (and the amount of time it takes to fade between full music and DJ talking). Getting a "perfect" adjustment for these takes fiddling is all.

Posted by: BOZZ Apr 17 2007, 03:03 PM

Ah, I see, and now when you meant broadcaster, I take it's on Perry's side or the DJ's side of things?

Posted by: Möbius Apr 17 2007, 04:08 PM

QUOTE (BOZZ @ Today at 7:03 PM)

Ah, I see, and now when you meant broadcaster, I take it's on Perry's side or the DJ's side of things?

The DJ's compy's sound settings.

Posted by: Takumi Trueno Apr 17 2007, 04:37 PM

Everything is working very smoothly for the radio. Integrating it on the top is also a very nice feature.

Great job Perry.

Posted by: THE*D Apr 17 2007, 09:41 PM

very nice work with the station
listening to it right now
WOOOOOOOOOOOO
Dj Shithead is on

Posted by: FD3SDriver26 Apr 29 2007, 12:26 PM

oh my god i can't belive you did it you have made a radio station now i don't have to download anymore

you rock perry

peace out yo thanks again.

Posted by: Ben May 8 2007, 05:32 AM

This thing is on 24/7. Love Perry, Love.

Posted by: s12drifter May 8 2007, 11:45 AM

wow very cool perry now we finaly got our own little radio station (take that other forums).

Posted by: Alex May 8 2007, 03:10 PM

QUOTE (s12drifter @ Today at 3:45 PM)

wow very cool perry now we finaly got our own little radio station (take that other forums).

You're not JUST now learning about this, are you?

Posted by: s12drifter May 8 2007, 06:12 PM

not really i've knew about it since for some time also how do you make request do you pm the D'J???

EDIT i saw the theard and i just wanted to say that the radio station is cool most other forums don't have this well the one's i've been to don't.

Posted by: Max911 May 24 2007, 01:30 PM

Sorry for the bump, but I was just wondering. Can you do a radio where you can watch videos instead of listening to music?

Posted by: Perry May 24 2007, 01:39 PM

QUOTE (Max911 @ Today at 2:30 PM)

Sorry for the bump, but I was just wondering. Can you do a radio where you can watch videos instead of listening to music?

Live video feed is too much to handle for the server. I'd imagine it requires at least 512kbits/s to get a relatively clean picture for each person. The fact that we need 32 of these connections mean it'd require at least 15Mbit of bandwidth to keep it running at its peak time. We will not and can not do that due to the massive amount of bandwidth it consumes.

Besides, live video feed is not possible unless the DJs have 1.5Mbit or higher upstream. Most people don't have that kind of upload speed. Technically speaking, live video feed is still relatively new to the Internet. The only practical example I can think of off the top of my head is net meeting or webcam conference. Trust me, the quality is just enough so that you can barely recognize people's facial expressions.