14-11-2007 AH.FM Firewall friendly streams

**Dan** · 25-11-2007, 01:31

hmm nice find, thanks distantland...

**dfx** · 25-11-2007, 01:50

Originally Posted by DistantLand

I was searching more on it and i found this

Flash does not support packet based streaming of mp3 from the shoutcast server, consequently the mp3 accumulates in RAM and on the user's hard drive. Flash treats the mp3 as a large file download instead of discarding the packets as they load, which is how a player like WinAmp handles shoutcast streams. Accumulating in RAM is not desireable because eventually the mp3 can use up too much RAM causing problems for the end user's computer.

hm whered you find this? i never did any flash coding, but i find it hard to believe that a coding language has such a limitation...

ps: that being said, this flash player DOES leak mem like crazy... just a few minutes of playing and my firefox is up to 2 gig mem usage

**xruntime** · 25-11-2007, 04:45

Oh that just sucks...

how about java?

edit: wheres the flash player dfx?

**Dan** · 25-11-2007, 04:54

Afterhours Radio Player

thats the one

**xruntime** · 25-11-2007, 15:25

After 5 minutes its only at 100k which is good for firefox

**Dan** · 17-01-2008, 02:09

links updated for anyone who is behind firewalls..

Winamp/Itunes
http://www.ah.fm/firewall192k.m3u
Windows Media Player
http://www.ah.fm/firewall192k.wvx
Quicktime
http://www.ah.fm/firewall192k.qtl
Real Player
http://www.ah.fm/firewall192k.ram

**DistantLand** · 17-01-2008, 04:32

Originally Posted by dfx

hm whered you find this? i never did any flash coding, but i find it hard to believe that a coding language has such a limitation...

ps: that being said, this flash player DOES leak mem like crazy... just a few minutes of playing and my firefox is up to 2 gig mem usage

minicaster only player i found that works.. i made a site for myself...

Afterhours.FM!!!

use it if you like..

**jedrekmx** · 18-01-2008, 00:29

why does that not surprise me... stupid flash! Eats too much ram and rapes the PC.....

**DistantLand** · 18-01-2008, 04:30

Originally Posted by jedrek

why does that not surprise me... stupid flash! Eats too much ram and rapes the PC.....

because crappy adobe owns it now.

**xruntime** · 03-02-2008, 02:57

Originally Posted by DistantLand

minicaster only player i found that works.. i made a site for myself...

Afterhours.FM!!!

use it if you like..

Dan, how about installing this thing at ah.fm/ineed ?

Cause that url is kind of hard to remember

I prefer streaming from my browser cause its easy to access and no need for extra programs (if i open it with winamp my playlist/media library gets cleared and i have to readd it later...takes 5 seconds but im lazy)

**SentriX** · 18-02-2008, 11:58

I just want to say thankyou for saving my life. Sat here at college without trance until I came across this.

Much Thanks <3

**in·iq·ui·trance** · 20-02-2008, 20:14

Originally Posted by xruntime

Dan, how about installing this thing at ah.fm/ineed ?

Cause that url is kind of hard to remember

I prefer streaming from my browser cause its easy to access and no need for extra programs (if i open it with winamp my playlist/media library gets cleared and i have to readd it later...takes 5 seconds but im lazy)

Hehe, I had that same problem with my playlist.
I solved that by not listening to any other music than AH.

Good suggestion on having it embedded into a page at AH.