California-101 Radio
Surprise :!: See if you can hear KVCD.Net's audio ad every half hour or so :cool:
Thanks François ;) Visit California-101 radio here: http://www.california101radio.com/Ca...101RadioB.html Forum here: http://california101radio.com/forum3/index.php And listen to their music, with either WinAmp or VLC (Video Lan Client) here: http://www.california101radio.com/tunein.pls It ROCKS :!: :mrgreen: -kwag |
I just hear it! Very good kwag! :D
8) "You are invited to join this new exiting multi-media technology!" 8) ...or something like that! :mrgreen: |
i'm the member # 3 of the California-101 Radio forum:
http://california101radio.com/forum3...a06eafd704d1f5 :hopline: now my avatar can't stop! 8) OT :screwy: i know that member #2 from somewhere... |
And the music the play is very good.
I wish we had a regular radio station like that here. We had but they're messing with it and it's going to end up crazy... Nice hearing the add, though :D Cheers |
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Hi Karl, Jorge, rds_correia and muaddib, and everyone here at KVCD :D
I'm glad I could join the community and I want to thank you so much for those kind words, full of encouragment (I went through tough moments and I know there will be other hard ones with this radio,...but I really like "this baby"). I saw Karl gave you the Ogg streaming address...But, who knows, the server (located in Fremont, CA, USA) might overflow one day (this happened twice on an ancient MP3 server); So, even know we're sharing the same passion for "intelligence for anyone at low prices,...etc...you surely get what I wanna say...Lol", let me give you two other stream dns : http://195.140.141.200:8000 (Paris and Europe) and temprary http://216.12.162.16:8008 for the American Continent. This last one is in MP3, but it may help if Ogg overflows and/or is our of order. :roll: As I told Karl yesterday or the day before, I will try to post things here (also on the French KVCD Forum of course), but I'm not a specialist of video/images matters. So, let me appologize if I won't be able to currently participate in your technical chats (though I checked some of them have some "common points" with audio... :D I wish you'll enjoy the stream and participate to the growth of the only West Coast radio on the Internet, and I'm sure this is the starting point of a great adventure of partnership. :wink: Thank you all for your kindness. I really appreciate it. François |
you're WELCOME california101radio ! :D
we all love audio. (..well...i more than all here (i think) ) :wink: in French forum or in English forum you will get lots of help for video if needed but using words like " I'm not a specialist of video/images matters" you will be advanced...(humble persons are friendly and wise) ask Phil in French forum about me :lol: ....i am the most humble of all here! only my humbleness don't let me post more delight about myself! :roll: :rotf: (Phil will explain) :rotf: serious....you're really welcome. i need more fellows to encrease the audio area! :D great place are the california101 page and forum. great embrace and stay with us! |
Hi François, and welcome to the forum :!:
I just finished hooking up my Toshiba PocketPC E740 to my Dolby sound system. I'm receiving your station via my WIFI system, which covers all my house. Your station sounds just beautifull all over our living room :mrgreen: Thanks for a wonderful music selection :D ( And for streaming Vorbis ;) ) -kwag |
Hi François :D
You only show us good taste here 8). You make that clear in the music you play at California101 and you also make that clear by joining the party with us here. I am also a music lover. I love good music - whatever kind as long as it sounds good ;-). Of course I prefer melodic rock and music from the 80's but I'm very interested in the added value and the contribution you can give us when it comes to music encoding techniques and available formats either for streaming or for backup. Keep the nice work going on at 101 and welcome to the forum :D Cheers EDITED: hey, Vorbis was a good choice :arrow: Your station "rocks" here in Portugal ;-) |
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Hi Jorge, Thanks again for writting and appreciating California-101; I'm very glad about the fact you joined the upcoming "West Coast community". ;) ;) ;) I don't know what your favourite Artists/Bands are, nor if you prefer Soft Rock ballads to more "energetic" Rock (mind you, you can like them both...Lol). Can I ask you where you are from ? Just for me to know (I'm not a secret agent, and I won't tell anyone... ;)). LOL I wish you a great day, no matter where you are in this Great Big World! François -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- California-101, the only West Coast Radio on the Internet! @ all if he is or not a secret agent for me is irrelevant cos seems(and is) a very cool and attentive guy, don't you think? :D @ François i'm brazilian,(it's not a secret.is always after my avatar) from MG state BH city and i like...: beatles,stones,hendrix,gentle giant,santana,metallica,megadeth, elo,travelling wilburys, black sabbath,uriah heep,rush,led zep, (pink floyd just a little cos seems "ray connif" of the future...the wall is cool)the cult,alice in chains,b-52s,steve vai(i knew him in Brasil....of course,i remember....he don't know who i am now,....he forgot :roll: ), jethro tull,blackmore's night,deep purple,....stoping..all are tired to read. hard rock? soft rock? bla,bla,bla rock?...i like it all! :arrow: but "energetic" Rock i can listen all day long(as i do) 8) thanks and a great day for you too....the world is your, countries will dissapear in the future cos the universe is too big... we have space to "host" ourselfs :wink: |
"ray connif"
WOW, I had forgotten about that one :lol: -kwag |
Hi to everyone here, :D
So many great messages I can't even believe it by myself...Thanks guys and girls, that makes me feel glad and really welcome (beware of the fact I could come too often in the future...Lol). Seriously, I'm glad you enjoy the West Coast radio and that we can join our efforts all together for a better streaming world (....."And I said to myseeeeeeeelf.....What a Wondeful Woooorld !....ooooooh yeaaaaaah....." Louis Armstrong). Lol First, I'm amazed to be heard all through an entire house Karl. :wink: The Power of WIFI tech. Then, I want to appologize if I didn't really introduce me here ("I missed again !"...Lol). My name is François and I live in Paris area, France. I'm 37 and I also like a lot the 80's musics (reminding me that many good souvenirs...sigh...). That's mostly for rds_correia (Bom Dia ou...boa tarde...eu naõ posso falar coretamente porque a verdade està que naõ tenho a opportunidade de falar todos os dias.... :wink: )... For Jorge : I had learnt Brazilian (Italian at school and Brazilian by myself), because I was a big fan of Bossa Nova, and, of Tom Jobim. I remember the day he died, and I was working on a local radio. That really made me sad and I had decided to break the rules (it was a little station) and play Tom CDs instead. Lol Well,...I have been loving Southern California and the Californian Bands/Artists since the age of 18. That's really my passion. That's the reason why I decided, one day, to set up a West Coast radio on the Internet...just because there was actualy something missing about that! (which isn't the case for other Formats). Lol I will ask Phil on the French forum about this joke that concerns specialists and not specialists... :wink: But,...you know,....i'm stubborn: I am not a specialist! LOL I would be glad to share my experience with you (both in radio matters or streaming matters). I have plenty of things to learn (and no,...this isn't a "false humble aspect"); The case is that I have been learning so many things about stuffs I even wasn't aware about before for more than one year with one of the coolest guy in the streaming audio Industry (and yes...I'm talking about Mediacast1, located in Denver, CO, U.S.A.), I realized that the road was a long one. I'm not a codder, I'm a very ancient tech' in the computer industry (486 - P1 era), but I have learnt many things thanks to him. As for OggVorbis,...if the people at KCVD really start to make my audience pick up, I would propbably need to think about reducing the MP3 and growing the Ogg server. I need to check that in the days/weeks ahead and talk about that with you. :D Please note I haven't set up my new "shop" or "boutique" on the new site and that you all know the problems with donations...So,...those things should be spoken more often on some forums too (I'm not talking about California-101, but totally in general. "Freedom has a price", that should be a good Topic). Lol For those of you who like good stations on the web (80's and others), I also be glad to share our links. For instance, I read Karl was mentionning Virgin Radio...and YEAH ! They always have done a superb great job (not only have they been streaming Ogg for ages, the also play real good music (the London simulcast, and some dedicated musics on some other ports (like the Motown hours !!! Damned good !)). Then, about the 80's, I could recommend (albeit the ones I don't even have to mention) a French one which is....very particular...it's called Magic Radio, and the address is : http://www.magic-radio.net I don't know them personnaly, but they are very good and I could check they were actualy nice people with a good spirit community too. :D For the rest,...I stay mute...not because I could be a secret agent, but because it might "hurt" some people here (....it's about some Clear Channel Stations... :wink: :wink: :wink: ). Have a nice day, wherever you are you all :D François |
....and....I LOVE the Karl's Avatar !!! Jeasus,...that's too funny...I'm rolling on the floor each time I take a look at it.
François [/IMG] |
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He even decided to change it but we managed to make him change is mind ;-) Thanks for such an open minded words and for sharing the links with me/us. I'll stay tuned to California101...at least as long as my cable connection permits :twisted: Cheers |
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Maybe you could run some tests with the new Vorbis Codec, using a Quality of -1 :idea: The sound is almost the same as the 64Kbps stream you are doing now, but the bitrate is ~45Kbps. Really, there's hardly any difference, and you'll save a lot of bandwidth. Mind you, this is with the latest Vorbis Codec, LibOgg 1.1.2 and Lib Vorbis 1.1.0. I see you are using Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20020717, as seen on the stream information. Here are a couple of very tiny samples I just made, both encoded in Ogg Vorbis at 45Kbps, using the latest Codecs: http://www.kvcd.net/Tears-For-Fears-...-The-World.ogg (303KB) http://www.kvcd.net/SPINNERS-One-Of-A-Kind-(Love-Affair).ogg (223KB) Quote:
I really don't know what avatar I would have picked up. So she's to blame for the choice :lol: -kwag |
No one to blame for this Avatar...Definitively not Karl ! Lol (omg)
I checked your Ogg (Tears for Fears one) and effectively it's pretty good. On the other side, I don't really take care of the Ogg part (I send the signal from Paris, but Mediacast1 takes care of it all...So, I'll see about the configuration of that; But I was aware of the new versions, when I was moved to another Icecast server). Don't mention it rds_correia...Feel free to tell us about your radios too (eg : Hertzian ones, like RFM...) or Internet ones. :D Good luck for the connection issues...I had practically lost every listeners because of that, when I moved out a few months ago, and when I was streaming from home... :? I know how tough it can be. Goodnight 8) zzzzz François |
Hya guys :),
Hey, we have another Portuguese speaking member :encore: Let's see I could point you to Radio Comercial 97.4 http://www.radiocomercial.pt/ or Best Rock FM 96.6 http://www.bestrock.iol.pt/. The later one is the best one although they emphasize on latest rock hits. They had a wonderful morning team that could really team up with a good black cup of coffee and they would make you laugh as hell :twisted: but unfortunately they've thorn that project appart :roll: I wonder why they did it. That's why nowadays I'm concentrating on California101 8) Cheers pal |
Hi you all, :D
I hope this day will be a good one for everybody (the question we often ask to ourself when we wake up....Lol..."eeeeeer, do I have to wake up???"...). Thanks for the links rds_correia and for posting to my new forum. Wow,...so many nice words about the West Coast radio. :D You know,...sometimes people who have an incredible talent have to go away and/or are fired on a periodical frequency; That's the average in radio and in each country I think (I only realy know about France and the USA). While some others remain, years after years...hey,...that's the way things are! :cry: On the other side, and thanks Lord, some morning crews are good and stay on air for years. Lol Just one thing you'll surely find it hard to believe; But I rarely listen to radios in France now...This fact of life has been true for a couple of years or so. I prefer listening to other radios, thanks to the Internet; Different languages, different savoir-faires, different senses of humour, and sometimes,...great laugh moments (eg: our friends from Québec, Canada for the accent) or some differences between the Californian stations and the UK ones...omg,...that's wonderfull !!! Thank you mr. Internet (eeeer....is it a Mr. btw ??? Lol). See you later and thanks again :D François |
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OT François...why you're praying all the time? what is your desire and your will ?!?!? :? ..... :lol: Edited: California-101 radio is posted here too: http://forum.digital-digest.com/show...threadid=42072 :!: |
Wow Jorge...Thanks a bunch for the linking...(how many technical forums have you got ??? Lol). :wink:
Your help is really appreciated. I will register to this message board too when I know a little more about it (but it seems you're quite talking about the same things as Karl). I will surely need many papers for my logins and passwords...Lol (aaaah....I admit it...I already do that. LOL). The fact I often say : "Thanks Lord" is something I took from Phil Collins, with his songs and comments. He usualy says that in concerts or during interviews...I even prefer that to the traditional "Thanks God"...and it also may remind me of another Artist : George Harrison. Lol Bah...I'm very musically influenced...Lol 8) Friendly, François |
Oooops....You might refer to my Avatar ??? Lol
Ok...if this is the case, here are some explanations : 1 - currently no funny toon to get as my Avatar (THANK YOU KARL...THANK YOU...LOL (on the floor again !!!)). 2 - This is Steven Seagal. He's not one of these Actors who say they practise Boudhism on a daily basis (like R. Gere or others...) just because "it's currently fun" to say that. I like some aspects in Boudhism (not all of them !!!...Lol) and I've been practising Aïkido for some years now. That's the best I can tell you (with Phil Collins)... :lol: François :wink: |
George Harrison? :D from time to time i post part of his songs in the forum. "brainwashed" is a real life in shot story!!!! (like Beatles way)
that's what i listen eveyday....i LOVE that guy....is with GOD now. i have "everything" of GH and was a very kind of person. was so simple to be a BEATLE....don't you agree? Phil Collins? yes, i have some audio-cds and i knew from the begining of genesis. was about your avastar that i was kidding and i really trust in GOD... see GH and PC....they really trust in GOD! amazing guys. hey 8O better stop cos i'm going ot but i have more that i like: genesis, phil collins,peter gabriel and (forgive me) and forgot to post :arrow: dream theater!.....it's a dream. 8) let me get out or someone will "kill me" posting about musics. :lol: but have more that i like...... :lol: |
Hey guys,
Sorry to bump in on the nice conversation but I found my way with foobar and streaming. Just paste California101 link in 'Playlist>Add location...' menu. It rocks :) Cheers |
@François (and all!),
I'm conducting a little experiment here :cool: You see, I am now listening almost haf the day to California 101 radio (thanks again François :D ) But the problem is, that if my wife wants to hear the station from her PC, and my daughter too also from her PC (we have about 5 machines in the house!), that would require three (or more!) streams from Carifornia radio, which would costs bandwidth to the servers (and to François!). So this is what I did in my server. I installed all required servers Icecast2, oddcast, etc., on my primary machine that I tune to California 101 radio. Then I have a local server on my local intranet, where anybody on my house can connect to, and this way I only take one precious stream from California 101's provider, but I can have many "repeater" streams in my house, in my local server :D This saves bandwidth (and money to François :lol: ), and I help ease the network strain, because I only listen to one stream. It works like a charm :!: As a matter of fact, I'm considering investigating "Multicasting" possibilities to add to my server, so this way, I can have several real-time streams broadcasting inside my house (in my Intranet), and this will be very convenient :cool: I have to brush up more on Multicasting, but I'll take a close look at it :) What do you think about this guys :?: -kwag |
To make it more visual, I just drawed this (excuse my ugly drawing :!: ), but you should get the picture ;)
http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i...2004/10/17.jpg -kwag |
Hi you all, :D
So glad to read those lines. I thank you Karl for your installation at your home (do they all listen to California-101 ?), but, at this point, there's no emergency as for my bandwith. Once again, I'm not the one who really takes care of Ogg...and you may all want to listen to the stream here via this format, while ignoring the MP3 one, I think the server should not overflow by now (though supposed to be effectively limited)... I had different Icecast servers for the OggVorbis stream and the specifications have sometimes changed; The last modification (along with the dns of the site) should incite me to think we could make one test, at one very particular moment of the day, to see when Ogg overflows; That should be interesting. Mind you, just the same for the MP3 part; I know the server located in California won't accept more than 10 concurent listeners...But mine in Paris could easily do that though not using any Linux versions, nor even win server 2003...Currently, only Win XP Pro (and I already checked everything was ok with 15 concurent listeners,...though the O.S. is not made to support more than 10 connections...). As I told Karl in one mail, I am not currently very healthy (bad cold matters...), and I need twice as much time (or more) to read, write or go on improving my site. I was amazed some people wrote some lines in the old Californian message board...Strange messages though (mostly the one about the TV show...where did they find this old forum ???). lol Thank you all for still listening to California-101 every now and then,...and please,...don't hesitate to post on the radio forum; The next concert is Friday...So, it might be a little too "short in time" for me to find the one you would like to listen to,..but I need your "willing lists". :wink: I think I am going to stream James Taylor (Live in Rio) for Jorge. :D This one is a real great concert. Well,...take care you all, and have a nice day :D Viva a Baja California ! 8) Don Francesco De La Vega Lol |
Hi François,
Take care of that cold first :!: That's more important right now :) -kwag |
I will Karl...Thanks. :D
Better not think of the work I have to do...otherwise,...I simply may suffer from a mental disease. Lol François |
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Hey I'm listening to Peter Frampton on 101. It's just great having a good radio around my computer. Again, all credits go to François ;-) Cheers mate |
Thanks rds... :D
If you like it, that's the main thing...My pleisure. :wink: I should know about your tatse concerning energetic Rock...But feel free to ask for specific songs whenever you want to (I know this is not already all set up (dedicate songs system) but you should ask for your music ! GO !). :D Signing off now, and going to bed now...(where's my bed? Where's my bed?...). François |
I should have read the "docs" a little more :) :oops:
The concept I was talking about, is already set up and discussed in the Icecast documents: http://www.icecast.org/docs/icecast-...ile.html#relay -kwag |
Hi ! I´m tuning in California101 radio e I´m listening "What a fool belives" and the streaming is perfect ! It´s very cool !
Great work, François ! Cheers, |
Hi, :D
Thanks Danilo. If you like the Doobies and/or Michael Mc. Donald, there are plenty of their songs in the playlist and you should get the one you haven't heard for sometimes. :wink: btw and for everyone who has posted here : what do you think about some "cracking" LPs that can hardly be found on CDs ??? (I should post a topic on my forum about that...). Albeit you're all very technical aspects oriented and implicated, you could hear real great californian tunes that I had to remove from the playlist (I'm not rich enough to have thousands of CDs...and no,...you can't find anything while using the P2P...Lol). Eg : some Greg Guidry, Nicolette Larson or Karla Bonoff's songs... What do you say? (talking about the cracking sound at California-101) 8) Thank you for telling me and have a nice day, François |
Hi François,
For cracking, clicks and pops removal on LPs, I think the best program is "Groove Mechanic" by Coyote Electronics. http://www.coyotes.bc.ca/GrooveMechanic.html It's really amazing 8O -kwag |
Hi Karl, :D
Thank you for the link, that's kind. ;) I'll check that seriously, you can bank on it. You know, I have different tools here, but the main current problem is : how can I spare the time to take care of everything...Lol "Cleaning" the old good LPs is a great job (I have been "sollicited" by one engeneer who lives 4 kms from my appartment,...(typical mass mail), just because his business was refreshing your records). I thought it would have been a good idea (working together, for instance...as I love LPs)... I haven't gotten any reply since them (surely thinking my station wasn't worth it from him...see what I mean). Anyway,...be sure I really appreciate all your help and support you give me. :D The latest news : I just (a few minutes ago) got listed on another radio directory : http://www.thestreamguide.com That's great. :) Friendly, François |
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:ole: :lol: Edit: WOOOOWW, you're on the top of the list on that link 8O Again: :ole: -kwag |
LOL,
...well,...Thanks again anyway Karl...LOL :D But you know, if I'm currently on top on the list, that won't last long, that's for sure; It's just because I may be the last whose radio has been accepted in the directory. :wink: Top of The List,...not "Top of The World" (Carpenters). Lol Please tell me about what you think concerning any suggestion made on the radio forum...and I'll give you a copy of the reply I sent to this University (I couldn't ever afford to stream the show live). Anyway,...it's high time to go to bed for me; My cold must have been a little one (or that's only the beguining); I went to an Aïkido meeting tonight and had some celebration with my club. :D Take care, :D François |
Hi my Friends, :D
I won't be able to be in front of my desk for a long time today... :cry: But I just wanted to inform you about the tonight Live at California-101; As promised, and as I haven't received any special request about that Friday rendez-vous (8.00 PM (GMT) and 8.00 PM (PST)), I'll stream James Taylor in concert at Rio De Janeiro for Jorge. :wink: I wish you'll enjoy it,... Have a great day, :D François |
Hi François,
At what time will you start the concert stream :?: Thanks :) -kwag |
Hi Karl, :D
The concerts always start a 7.00 PM (GMT) and are re-broadcasted a second time a few hours later (at 5.00 AM (GMT). Each Friday. France changes "it's clock time" tonight, to adopt Winter time...Just fancy... Don't forget you also have a temporary US MP3 stream "signal departure" at http://216.12.162.16:8008 if the French one gets you into skipping matters ( http://195.140.141.200:8000 ) and Ogg ever overflows...(who knows ? Lol Maybe one day...). Have Fun, :wink: Gotta go again, François (The performance starts exactly in one hour...with NO cuts...I never do that on California-101...That's boring and that sounds like FM stations). |
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