shoutcast and the treo600

mtk0 · 28th December 2003, 23:06

there is a nifty client app called pTunes that will play shoutcast streams over the net on a handspring treo600. the first catch is that using the existing shoutcast web interface on the treo is painful. while the treo's web browser correctly displays the page, looking at it is like scanning a mondrian painting at one inch from the surface. the second catch is that because of bandwidth limitations (the wireless connection is rated up to 100K+ but typical speeds are more like a slow dial-up modem), only streams encoded below 64 bits/sample are practical (and 24 bits/sample is probably the real sweet spot). is there any way to get a low resolution shoutcast web page? preferrably one where you can set a maximum bit rate and then vary the genre?

FesterHead · 29th December 2003, 15:31

http://www.shoutcast.com/

There is a bitrate/genre limiter to the right.
Play with it to get valid values for maxbitrate and genre.

http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?maxbitrate=24&sgenre=Rock

mtk0 · 29th December 2003, 15:44

that's useful but you're still left with all the heavy duty shoutcast web site cruft. all i need on a treo is a text description and a link. i don't know how the shoutcast website was built, but if they knew what they were doing originally, it should be easy to parametrize the pages with the browsing device's UserAgent header.

28th December 2003, 23:06	#1
mtk0 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2	shoutcast and the treo600 there is a nifty client app called pTunes that will play shoutcast streams over the net on a handspring treo600. the first catch is that using the existing shoutcast web interface on the treo is painful. while the treo's web browser correctly displays the page, looking at it is like scanning a mondrian painting at one inch from the surface. the second catch is that because of bandwidth limitations (the wireless connection is rated up to 100K+ but typical speeds are more like a slow dial-up modem), only streams encoded below 64 bits/sample are practical (and 24 bits/sample is probably the real sweet spot). is there any way to get a low resolution shoutcast web page? preferrably one where you can set a maximum bit rate and then vary the genre?

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29th December 2003, 15:31	#2
FesterHead Alumni Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 14,109	http://www.shoutcast.com/ There is a bitrate/genre limiter to the right. Play with it to get valid values for maxbitrate and genre. http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?maxbitrate=24&sgenre=Rock

29th December 2003, 15:44	#3
mtk0 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2	that's useful but you're still left with all the heavy duty shoutcast web site cruft. all i need on a treo is a text description and a link. i don't know how the shoutcast website was built, but if they knew what they were doing originally, it should be easy to parametrize the pages with the browsing device's UserAgent header.