Shoutcast Radio Garbled - Buffering???

Solittle · 27th September 2006, 01:18

I listen to Shoutcast radio and will often record to my hard drive using Replay Radio for later burning of CDs. It records anything that comes through your sound card. Anyway Shoutcast will work just fine for an hour or two then the sound becomes garbled. When this happens I notice that a small bar at the bottom of the sacreen will indicate that Winamp is rapid cycling buffering. It is as though that over time some of the contents of the buffer (where ever it is) is not being released and slowly fills. Any ideas? - - I am a novice at this.

I have Winamp 5.24, an AMD 1800 CPU, 512K memory, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card and run under Windows XP Pro.

Sawg · 27th September 2006, 01:27

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Solittle · 27th September 2006, 18:46

Sawg - Boy that was helpful! Now do you have any input to my problem?

If you mean what I think you mean there is nothing illegal or immoral about recording audio or video form the web, TV or whatever for your own private use. For commerial use - yes - but not private. Having said that if what I wrote violates any WINAMP policy please delete the first two sentences. I still need the help.

ujay · 27th September 2006, 19:37

Not seen exactly that before, get the occaisional drop out sitting on 0% buffer and always assumed this was a connection problem. Re-starting the stream always fixes it.

Does this still happen without the output recorder and are you using reliable soundcard drivers, sc_4193 and sc_4161s both work fine for me.

UJ

dotme · 27th September 2006, 20:01

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Sawg - Boy that was helpful! Now do you have any input to my problem?

Your problem is that you don't read the rules, and are too f*cking cheap to pay $1 per download. Yes, dude - I think you're immoral.

Seriously... Posting on a forum for webcasters to report difficulties stealing the music they purchased, and pay to broadcast, isn't very smart.

Solittle · 27th September 2006, 21:16

Dotme - Now - Now - Since when do you have to pay to listen (& record) web radio? Note that I never wrote anything about downloading music that should be paid for. I have never done that and don't plan to start. For your info I do this so that I can listen to the radio at my office as our walls, floors & cieling are concrete and stop all broadcast signals - live radio does not work.

Now do you have any solutions?

ujay - Yes stopping and restarting will clear the problem. My hang up with that is sometimes I will want to record 3-4 hours unattended at a whack in 1/2 hour chunks so I may not be at the computer when the problem occurs. I usually try to accumulate 50 hours or so of jazz from KPLU )great station!)and burn a CD as data to play from my desktop at work. I was/am hoping to find a "real" solution.

SLR · 27th September 2006, 22:28

A thought - that might resolve any issues of legality whilst answering your technical problem.

Have you got or would you consider getting an internet connection into your office - in order that you can tune into your favourite internet radio station live - without any need to record etc off air ?

Just a thought.

tuckerm · 27th September 2006, 22:37

*locks*

Well. That is if i was a mod.

Solittle · 28th September 2006, 01:03

SLR - We have an extensive fiber network, T1 lines and internet access. We also have a very restrictive firewall that blocks live transmission of web radio. I would gladly use that or broadcast radio if I could.

If I had to sit in a soundless four walled office I would go nuts quickly. Playing my jazz CDs as background music does quite nicely.

27th September 2006, 01:18	#1
Solittle Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 5	Shoutcast Radio Garbled - Buffering??? I listen to Shoutcast radio and will often record to my hard drive using Replay Radio for later burning of CDs. It records anything that comes through your sound card. Anyway Shoutcast will work just fine for an hour or two then the sound becomes garbled. When this happens I notice that a small bar at the bottom of the sacreen will indicate that Winamp is rapid cycling buffering. It is as though that over time some of the contents of the buffer (where ever it is) is not being released and slowly fills. Any ideas? - - I am a novice at this. I have Winamp 5.24, an AMD 1800 CPU, 512K memory, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card and run under Windows XP Pro.

27th September 2006, 22:28	#7
SLR Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mouse to Mouse Solutions Posts: 314	A thought - that might resolve any issues of legality whilst answering your technical problem. Have you got or would you consider getting an internet connection into your office - in order that you can tune into your favourite internet radio station live - without any need to record etc off air ? Just a thought. Mouse to Mouse Solutions Ltd - www.mouse-mouse.co.uk - enhanced products now available - M2M Autopilot with crossfade - Port 80 streaming - Pay-as-you-go streaming Double or Quit promotion - 100% extra listener slots FREE

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27th September 2006, 18:46	#3
Solittle Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 5	Sawg - Boy that was helpful! Now do you have any input to my problem? If you mean what I think you mean there is nothing illegal or immoral about recording audio or video form the web, TV or whatever for your own private use. For commerial use - yes - but not private. Having said that if what I wrote violates any WINAMP policy please delete the first two sentences. I still need the help.

27th September 2006, 19:37	#4
ujay Forum King Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: London Posts: 6,072	Not seen exactly that before, get the occaisional drop out sitting on 0% buffer and always assumed this was a connection problem. Re-starting the stream always fixes it. Does this still happen without the output recorder and are you using reliable soundcard drivers, sc_4193 and sc_4161s both work fine for me. UJ

27th September 2006, 21:16	#6
Solittle Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 5	Dotme - Now - Now - Since when do you have to pay to listen (& record) web radio? Note that I never wrote anything about downloading music that should be paid for. I have never done that and don't plan to start. For your info I do this so that I can listen to the radio at my office as our walls, floors & cieling are concrete and stop all broadcast signals - live radio does not work. Now do you have any solutions? ujay - Yes stopping and restarting will clear the problem. My hang up with that is sometimes I will want to record 3-4 hours unattended at a whack in 1/2 hour chunks so I may not be at the computer when the problem occurs. I usually try to accumulate 50 hours or so of jazz from KPLU )great station!)and burn a CD as data to play from my desktop at work. I was/am hoping to find a "real" solution.

28th September 2006, 01:03	#9
Solittle Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 5	SLR - We have an extensive fiber network, T1 lines and internet access. We also have a very restrictive firewall that blocks live transmission of web radio. I would gladly use that or broadcast radio if I could. If I had to sit in a soundless four walled office I would go nuts quickly. Playing my jazz CDs as background music does quite nicely.