Listening Radio On Internet...reliability?

[troudball]

hello there, i wonder if you are always able listening radio on internet (i m french so i will listen french radio) from europe area.

when i say always, it's because i need it for my job so i need reliability 24H/24 and i wonder if there is traffic shapping or slow connection depending on the moment of the day.

I have the same question for skype (sound without video could be enough for me)

do you notice a premium service is better for internationnal ?

thanks guy!!!

[monty]

The requirement for audio is so low that even our local broadband can handle it!

Radio is no issue whatsoever, skype quality can depend on more factors then just your local internet provider, but for me it works OK 95% of the time over mobile internet (3G)...

[lor]

We stream radio nearly 24 hours. Most of the time it works fine on our TOT connection but about three or four times a day the connection is dropped and have to wait a couple of minutes to get it back. On bad days it will go on and off every couple of minutes and of course there are the days where all your internet goes off! But when it is working quality is great.

Chris

[troudball]

to lor : "On bad days it will go on and off every couple of minutes"

how many bad day in a month? and what provider do you have? any premium subscription or normal?

[monty]

Mine never goes off, using True docsis 14/1.4 (699/month).

I've had it play all day on a 3G connection without bufferring once!

[Digitalbanana]

I can stream radio without buffering on my android using just a low bandwidth 348kbps (DTAC's 3G service speed!!) via mobile.

[lazygourmet]

I am using Radio Tray with Ubuntu.

Here is a -more or less- complete listing of French FM radio available on streaming.

Edited February 24, 2013 by lazygourmet

[schondie]

Another user of Radio Tray here. I have a bad TOT connection (torrent choking etc) but streaming radio works 99% of the time.

[transam]

Search. ''Easy Listening Radio'', it's a US site and caters for most stuff. Good sound too using VIA sound download.

[lemonjelly]

tried shoutcast ?

[thatp06]

Hi Troudball,

Like others said speed/reliability/stability of local ADSL broadband internet connection (which starts at 2 mbps but now averaging 4-6 mbps or even higher) is no longer an issue. Listening to internet radio typically consumes about 50 MBs per hour = very low bandwidth consumption.

The problem when you occasionally have rebuffering/signal dropoffs while listening, occurs, most of the time, at the streaming server of the station you're listening to. The server is only able to handle a limited number of connections at any given time (for example 50,000 simultaneous listeners for major stations). Once that limit is exceeded, you get that annoying hickups. This usually happens during peak listening hours in the source countries, such as when you listen to BBC Radio 2 during drivetimes in the UK. At other times of day, hardly any problem.

If you listen to internet radio a lot, consider getting a standalone WiFi internet radio. I got a good portable, rechargeable model from a Bangkok retailer.

Edited April 29, 2013 by thatp06

[Digitalbanana]

If anyone is into UK BBC radio you miight try Radio Downloader which is a free shareware product that allows any BBC stream to be saved quickly as an mp3 file to listen when you like. A 2 hour steam can be saved in 3 minutes. It also works in background or if you go away so you can catch up on all your favourites that might have been missed in the web sites 7 day window. Also works for podcasts.

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[NewUsers]

I have TuneIn Apps on my iPhone always listen to 181fm with AIS 799 package. Its still good even my 3G is already on FUP, but dont play around with other apps which also use internet connection. lol

Check out http://tunein.com/get-tunein/ they got app for many OS.

[BlackPuddingBertha]

If anyone is into UK BBC radio you miight try Radio Downloader which is a free shareware product that allows any BBC stream to be saved quickly as an mp3 file to listen when you like. A 2 hour steam can be saved in 3 minutes. It also works in background or if you go away so you can catch up on all your favourites that might have been missed in the web sites 7 day window. Also works for podcasts.

Yes, an absolutely excellent tool that I use daily. Set the programmes/series you like and it downloads them all for you without any intervention at all.

http://www.nerdoftheherd.com/tools/radiodld/

You can actually set it to record the original aac stream quality without converting it to mp3 at all, which is even better.

[BlackPuddingBertha]

"i wonder if you are always able listening radio on internet (i m french so i will listen french radio) from europe area."

I listen to internet radio from the UK, US and France almost all day with only very rare dropouts. Even 320kbs mp3 classical music stations work well, though if possible you should try and select an AAC(+) stream which will have higher quality for lower bandwidth than mp3.

[Digitalbanana]

If anyone is into UK BBC radio you miight try Radio Downloader which is a free shareware product that allows any BBC stream to be saved quickly as an mp3 file to listen when you like. A 2 hour steam can be saved in 3 minutes. It also works in background or if you go away so you can catch up on all your favourites that might have been missed in the web sites 7 day window. Also works for podcasts.

Yes, an absolutely excellent tool that I use daily. Set the programmes/series you like and it downloads them all for you without any intervention at all.

http://www.nerdoftheherd.com/tools/radiodld/

You can actually set it to record the original aac stream quality without converting it to mp3 at all, which is even better.

This seems to have stopped working?? Bugg3r! Any ideas on a workaround besides recording the stream a real time speed that takes ages? Really enjoyed Radio Downloader whilst it lasted!

[KittenKong]

This seems to have stopped working?? Bugg3r! Any ideas on a workaround besides recording the stream a real time speed that takes ages? Really enjoyed Radio Downloader whilst it lasted!

You can use get-iplayer instead.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/651090-downloading-bbc-radio-programs-now-radio-downloader-is-gone/

http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer/html/get_iplayer.html

[kokesaat]

I have an iPad and a smartphone, both 3G capable. I'd like to play US radio in my vehicle while out and about. My 2008 Vigo has no USB or in-jack. Best I can tell, there's no way to modify a factory radio to accomodate a USB or in-jack.

I'd like to have some sort of speaker system to go along witht he iPad or smartphone when streaming-while-driving. Those wireless speaker systems are nice, but seem very pricey (5000+ and up). Does anyone have ideas for adding some sort of easy-to-connect speaker (or wireless) for around 2000?

[innerspace]

Itrip is the big brand but copies here. Takes any headphone output converts to radio and plays through trucks stereo.

Only hard bit here is find an unused radio frequency on to broadcast the 2metres from ipad to car radio.

[2008bangkok]

Yoou could pratically stream radio on a 56k modem so anything better than that your good to go

[mr3cho]

I have TuneIn Apps on my iPhone always listen to 181fm with AIS 799 package. Its still good even my 3G is already on FUP, but dont play around with other apps which also use internet connection. lol

Check out http://tunein.com/get-tunein/ they got app for many OS.

Also using tuneIn app. It's great. Radio stations from around the world. Seldom connection issues over 3G here in Bangkok.

These are the same radio stations you find in iTunes under the radio tab but with the app, you can do a search.

my favorite stations are:

Abacus Mozart

Calm radio Mozart

TechnoBase.fm for contrast haha

[justsumhelp]

Not exactly radio but Spotify is really great, their radio works by searching an artist you like and then it continuously streams music that is similar. The only catch is to initially sign up you have to use a VPN based in one of the supported countries ( I used USA). After the sign up you don't need to use the VPN anymore. Here is a list of free VPN's http://www.vpngate.net/en/

Edited July 6, 2013 by justsumhelp

[Phil Conners]

Hm, yes you do - if you keep using Spotify without a proxy they will eventually block your access. Check out Hola.org for a free and easy solution.

[2008bangkok]

Hm, yes you do - if you keep using Spotify without a proxy they will eventually block your access. Check out Hola.org for a free and easy solution.

Typical Phil negative post again

[justsumhelp]

Hm, yes you do - if you keep using Spotify without a proxy they will eventually block your access. Check out Hola.org for a free and easy solution.

If they do block it, ill just sign up with another fake email.

[KittenKong]

Hm, yes you do - if you keep using Spotify without a proxy they will eventually block your access.

If you have a free Spotify account you need to connect via a VPN/proxy once every week or so. That resets the counter and it will then start working without a VPN again, until the next week or so.

A pay Spotify account (any level) works from anywhere without a VPN.

But either way it's not really internet radio.

[Phil Conners]

Hm, yes you do - if you keep using Spotify without a proxy they will eventually block your access. Check out Hola.org for a free and easy solution.

Typical Phil negative post again

Please clarify what was negative about that?

Hm, yes you do - if you keep using Spotify without a proxy they will eventually block your access. Check out Hola.org for a free and easy solution.

If they do block it, ill just sign up with another fake email.

That's of course an option, though I think it's easier just to use it through a VPN or proxy so it doesn't get blocked again

[george]

Hm, yes you do - if you keep using Spotify without a proxy they will eventually block your access. Check out Hola.org for a free and easy solution.

Just use the paid version 9.95usd/month and you can use it in Thailand without proxy.

[justsumhelp]

Phil had a look at hola.org and it seems like a security risk. It works like a p2p network using other machines to route traffic etc... so theoretically https request would be safe to sniffing, but many sites either don't have https logins or even if they do they dont handle https all the way through ( firesheep was great at demonstrating this). When I get a chance ill set it up and run wireshark to see what i can sniff out. Just giving you a heads up.

[Phil Conners]

Hm, yes you do - if you keep using Spotify without a proxy they will eventually block your access. Check out Hola.org for a free and easy solution.

Just use the paid version 9.95usd/month and you can use it in Thailand without proxy.

Content available on the free Spotify varies with the country of access (proxy used). I only use Spotify to listen to occasional old Danish songs that I can't find anywhere else, and they are generally only available when I use a proxy server with an access point in Denmark. If I use a US proxy the Danish content is simply not found. Are you sure that with an US subscription ($9.95USD) you will get access to localized content?

Phil had a look at hola.org and it seems like a security risk. It works like a p2p network using other machines to route traffic etc... so theoretically https request would be safe to sniffing, but many sites either don't have https logins or even if they do they dont handle https all the way through ( firesheep was great at demonstrating this). When I get a chance ill set it up and run wireshark to see what i can sniff out. Just giving you a heads up.

Hola only proxies select content, and you can control yourself what you wish to get proxied and through which country.