{"id":1478,"date":"2013-01-30T01:08:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T01:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2013-01-30T22:57:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T22:57:21","slug":"ds106radios-new-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=1478","title":{"rendered":"The New, Old Radio Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'>It has <a href=\"http:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=655\" target=\"_blank\">been over 2 years<\/a> since the freeform webradio experiment <a href=\"http:\/\/ds106.us\/ds106-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\">#ds106radio<\/a> poked its head up on the internet. \u00a0It has been a fast, loose, out of control experiment in audio held together by chewing gum, duct tape, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gforsythe\/5728521632\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\">a whole lotta awesome people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I was never quite crazy about the \/AutoDJ element of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centova.com\/pages\/cast\/\" target=\"_blank\">CentovaCast<\/a> and have always been looking for a a better (and more fun) alternative and found one in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcefabric.org\/en\/airtime\/\" target=\"_blank\">Airtime<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; I absolutely love their slogan &#8220;Find a way, or make one&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/25083275?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=e20020\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The live <a href=\"http:\/\/openedconference.org\/2012\/program\/archive-of-sessions\/\" target=\"_blank\">#opened12 live audio streams<\/a>\u00a0were powered by an army of mic wielding volunteers and Airtime. \u00a0It worked great and served up live audio from mobiles over 3 concurrent conference streams. \u00a0See here for listener #s over <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/2251996\/opened12_C680_visits.png\" target=\"_blank\">stream 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/2251996\/opened12_C485_visits.png\" target=\"_blank\">stream 2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/2251996\/opened12_C400_Visits.png\" target=\"_blank\">stream 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So taking inspiration from <a href=\"http:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/dtlt\/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamDTLT<\/a> and their great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timmmmyboy.com\/series\/building-the-domain-of-ones-own\/\" target=\"_blank\">Domain of Ones Own<\/a> ethos I figured it was high time <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=ds106radio\">#ds106radio<\/a> gets its own domain and start exploring some interesting ways to further freeform and distribute the audio experiment.<\/p>\n<p>So, introducing the new digs:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ds106rad.io\/listen\" target=\"_blank\">ds106rad.io<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The link above is a placeholder for what will morph into an HTML5 friendly mobile player. \u00a0For now, you&#8217;ll see links to 128k and 64k streams along with a widget the shows what is playing now and what is scheduled up next.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the functionality of <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=ds106radio\">#ds106radio<\/a> remains the same (e.g. mobile broadcasting, scheduled rotations of audio collections) but there are a few new pieces that I am jazzed about.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Smart Playlists<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/2251996\/smartplaylists.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ds106rad.io will will have it&#8217;s own dropbox coming soon &#8211; goodbye\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dropitto.me\/ds106\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dropitto.me\/ds106<\/a>\u00a0. \u00a0Airtime&#8217;s &#8216;Smart Playlists&#8217; will allow blocks of programming to be scheduled that will only play tracks submitted to ds106rad.io according to a wide range of criteria. \u00a0These playlists will be generated dynamically, so essentially if you wanted a show called &#8216;Listener&#8217;s Choice&#8217; you could create daily Smart Playlists that only play submissions made that day\/week. \u00a0Each day\/week in that slot you will hear a different mix.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Scheduled XCasting \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/2251996\/webstreams.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"443\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a long tradition of <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=ds106radio\">#ds106radio<\/a> XCasts &#8211; essentially taking a live audio stream from your computer or terrestrial station, broadcasting it to <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=ds106radio\">#ds106radio<\/a> and narrating over the top. \u00a0Airtime supports the ability to dial in any online stream and syndicate it with a given time period. \u00a0For example, in the North American witching hours on ds106rad.io listeners will hear <a href=\"http:\/\/ubuweb.rad.io\/\" target=\"_blank\">UbuWebRadio<\/a> syndicated. \u00a0This sort of radio syndication is something public broadcasters have been doing for decades &#8211; tune into NPR, BBC, or CBC in wee hours and you are likely to hear programming from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_Radio_International\" target=\"_blank\">PRI<\/a> and other such groups &#8211; now <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=ds106radio\">#ds106radio<\/a> can play with this too. \u00a0At present I am only syndicating WFMU (Tues thru Thurs 9-11 EST) and UbuWebRadio (Every day &#8211; Midnight-5AM EST).<\/p>\n<p>If you have any other live programs you think are a good fit for ds106rad.io which have a live online stream please let me know in the comments &#8211; would love to fill out weekly roster with some scheduled XCasts.<\/p>\n<p>I will be keeping the old server at\u00a0<a href=\"208.82.115.69:8010\" target=\"_blank\">208.82.115.69:8010<\/a>\u00a0for a few months as a relay of everything that is being broadcast at\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ds106rad.io\/listen\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ds106rad.io\/listen<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now despite all the new fun stuff like smart playlists and AutoXCasts you can all still broadcast live &#8211; cause that&#8217;s where the magic happens. \u00a0The live settings are:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> ds106rad.io<\/p>\n<p><strong>Server:<\/strong> ds106rad.io<\/p>\n<p><strong>Port:<\/strong> 8010<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mountpoint:<\/strong> live<\/p>\n<p><strong>Username:<\/strong> source<\/p>\n<p><strong>Password:<\/strong> ds106<\/p>\n<p><strong>Codec:<\/strong> mp3<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bitrate:<\/strong> 128 (or less)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protocol:<\/strong> Icecast2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stereo:<\/strong> Yes (or no .. as you like)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Will put the above settings for \/LIVE broadcasts in play starting tomorrow. \u00a0I will be posting some details on how everyone can turn their hand to station manager hijinx soon &#8211; stay tuned. \u00a0Looking forward to playing with the new digs.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been over 2 years since the freeform webradio experiment #ds106radio poked its head up on the internet. \u00a0It has been a fast, loose, out of control experiment in audio held together by chewing gum, duct tape, and a whole lotta awesome people. 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