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Esoterik WebRadio!!
I had some big problems with the software I’m testing to broadcast my own radio. Eventually I learned to configure the ports on the firewall to PROPERLY allow for this. Tricky business, especially if youre using a wireless router! But, in the end, this morning marked the successful test of Esoterik WebRadio! It’s listenable to anyone with either QuickTime Player, iTunes, or (as far as I know) RealMedia Player. I didn’t have success listening with Windows Media Player, and I didn’t test out RealMedia, so use these to listen at your own risk!
I’m not going to be running something like this on a grande scale, nor will I be running our computer as a server 24/7 ! I already have a listener limit put at 10 listeners at a time. I will be making plans for this blog to have an “On Air“ sign with a link to the URL in the nearby future (and maybe a “What’s Playing Now” sign similar to the Progged Radio banner you see in the sidebar). Don’t ask when it may all happen. I may have it going just on weekends, or during evenings, or during the day when we’re at work! Let me know what you all think…
Update!! I thought I knew the legalities of “webcasting”… I now know just how much I knew, which is not much! (read these articles HERE and THERE) I will still follow suit with what I stated earlier. However, I will stress that since this is mainly for us and our friends and family, there shouldn’t be much of an issue here. There is an ongoing battle with the webcasters of the internet world versus the RIAA about the fees involved in these endeavors. The greediness (of which I’ve been reading up on) of juggernaut monopolistic corporations like the RIAA is making my stomach topsy-turvy! It’s corps like these that don’t care about the listeners, internet hobbyists, free radio enthusiasts, independent artists, or even big time artists… they just want to make sure their own way of business isn’t compromised by the Internet and that they can still keep their accounts filled to the brim. I may expound on this later…
