Hey, glad you figured it out. As for the stream, it all depends on who is broadcasting. Since you tuned in on the ShoutCast then a ShoutCast broadcaster was on when you were tuning in.
Our ShoutCast broadcasters are on shoutcast becasue they don't meet the system requirements to stream to the WindowsMedia server. Those requirements are:
- Windows 2k or XP
- Pentium class PC
Our shoutcast broadcasters vary in OS and some are even on MAC's. There in lies the problem in that older MAC's and Windows PC's less than XP or 2k are usually limited in hardware config. As a result, the streams are set lower to accommodate for the user's PC. Additionally, the Shoutcast users are exceedingly on DSL and some DSL upstream bandwidth is limited to less than 100k. To stream a 44.1kHz stereo, 128kbps stream would max out the user's connection and kick or buffer the stream excessively. To remedy this, we have established that our shoutcast users keep their streams limited to 56k mono, 44.1kHz. But it's all limited to the encoder type software the user is using. There are various and this is a source of confusion at time.
To standardize things, we have agreed that the WindowsMedia server will be the default media server in the near future as we are phasing out the shoutcast server. We don't want to shut anyone out so this date isn't set yet and will be established sometime this year.
Additionally, to standardize things some more, we have established the link:
http://cyberjamz.com/live.php
This is a script that generates the appropriate metafile and downloads it to the user's PC. This script, however, only delivers an .asx file that will only fireup the WindowsMedia play on whatever platform you are on. If Windows Media player is properly configured with all it's streaming protocols enabled, it will read the shoutcast stream. The URL contained in the .asx for shoutcast is:
http://cyberjamz.com:8000/
The URL for the windows media stream is:
mms://wm.cyberjamz.com/live
Hope this helps!
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Originally Posted by easytracks
found it in another post here: "http://cyberjamz.com:8000/listen.pls" in iTunes does the trick.
Any chance of higher streaming rate in the future? (iTunes says 32 kbps)
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