[BC] streaming providers

[wpio fm radio]

Thanks for that Bob.  Of course, what you've said is true 
and good.  We found the goose-neck to be that non-nerd users 
and other scaredy-cats won't install Winamp-Free, let alone 
Orban's WMP Plug in.

Bill Gates could cure this problem.

Randy H

Robert Orban wrote:
> At 02:03 PM 12/7/2006, you wrote:
> 
>> From: wpio fm radio <wpio at gate.net>
>> Subject: Re: [BC] streaming providers
>> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>> Message-ID: <457880E5.3060601 at gate.net>
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>> Dan Kelley wrote:
>> > And yes, AAC Plus rocks!
>>
>> ...true...and when is Bill Gates going to get WMP on board
>> with AAC.  ?  Pretty aggravating.
>>
>> If you're streaming to the public in AAC, you won't be
>> streaming to "everyone" because "everyone" doesn't have Winamp.
>>
>> I am thankful for the Orban Plug in AAC software that lets
>> WMP play AAC streams, however, you have to manually change
>> the url from http to icyx.  The general public won't monkey
>> with that.
> 
> 
> The general public does not need to do that to play aacPlus files in WMP 
> with the Orban/Coding Technologies plug-in. To offer an example of a 
> consumer-friendly web page, click on any "live radio" button on the 
> following page
> 
> http://tuner2.com/wmp.html
> 
> This currently lists 388 aacPlus streams. Provided that the Orban/Coding 
> plug-in has already been installed, one click on the desired "live 
> radio" button will open Windows Media Player and the stream will start 
> playing. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
> 

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