[grc] Trouble with Winamp

[Michelle Bradley]

Actually, I had used Winamp as "automation" for a streaming station for 
awhile.

But, Winamp is a MP3 player, not a radio automation system.

I would strongly suggest considering running Rivendell.  Rivendell runs 
under Linux and may have a few challenges to install but once it is 
going, it is rock solid.  Rivendell is free and there's quite a few of 
us on this list who are running it.

If we do get a Grassroots Radio Conference this year (which will likely 
be on the east coast), I would strongly suggest attending. We normally 
have workshops on Rivendell.

=m



On 5/10/2017 4:26 PM, Ellen Stewart via grc wrote:
> We are a new LPFM located in Sonora California. We have been streaming for the past several months, as well as broadcasting since January 29. We are using Winamp and have experienced fairly continuous problems with freezing and garbling and speeding up. We are in the station for several hours in the weekday mornings and most evenings. Often, when programmers arrive, Winamp is frozen. We usually can reboot and get it started, but it seems to be freezing more and more often and at present, will not allow CDs and the mic to play through it.
>
> Do we need to abandon Winamp for a more stable system? What system would that be? Is Rivendell a good option? What are the pluses and minuses?
>
> Naturally, we are a very low budget operation and just as we are readying a campaign for underwriters, Winamp is becoming less stable, making sales pitches pretty difficult.
>
> Any words of advice are greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks -
>
> Ellen Stewart
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