RE: [seul-edu] test of new streaming server

["Mark Orenstein" <morenstein@alum.mit.edu>]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 5:28 am, mikee wrote:
> hello,
>
> i am writing to ask for a favor. we are burning in a new broadcast

> receiver.  would you give it a listen ?
>
> just point xmms, winamp or realplayer8 at : (location http://...)
:
>
>   http://209.12.218.243:8000/live
>
> there is a bunch of music by beethoven, percy grainger, bach, stan

> kenton, theo. monk, schumann, john zorn, holst,stravinsky,
prokofiev
> and others, and a reading of book 1 of wells' war of the worlds.
>
> let me know if you hear it and if it is clear.
>
> the stream is 32k sampled 22050hz-mono.
>


When I clicked on the above address, Internet Explorer 5.5 loaded
and
brought in a Quicktime plugin.  I played for 10-15 seconds and then
died.  I
tried this several times, with the same thing happening.

When I plugged the URL into Microsoft Media Player 7.1, it worked
fine.

Mark Orenstein
East Granby, CT School System