[grc] Trouble with Winamp

[eugene at wcrsfm.org]

I've been using Winamp for years with no problems with freezing up,
etc.  Probably a hardware issue with your computer. Would suggest
cleaning gold contacts on your memory modules.
Winamp has a powerful command-line programming plugin called
CLAMP.EXE.  It allows automating Winamp commands by using Unix/Linux
shell scripts.

Using Clamp in scripts, one can implement many of the automation
features that services like Airtime Pro, for example, provide.

Eugene Beer
Chief Engr., WGRN-LP, WCRS-LP, Columbus Community Radio

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Bradley" <mae at recnet.com>
To:<grc at maillist.peak.org>
Cc:
Sent:Wed, 10 May 2017 16:33:38 -0400
Subject:Re: [grc] Trouble with Winamp

 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
 > KAAD-LP.org <http://kaad-lp.org/>
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