[amsat-bb] Re: MP3 streaming of Shuttle Audio?

[John Ronan]

If someone has the stream available, I can provide the bandwidth.  I  
already have an icecast server up and running.


Regards
de John
EI7IG

On 11 Aug 2007, at 23:40, Nate Duehr wrote:

> The original poster's issue was that he has a device that plays the
> worldwide defacto standard for streaming audio -- an MP3 stream.
>
> NASA has kindly seen fit to only offer up RealAudio/Video, WMV, and
> Quicktime formats, and has left the most common format in the world  
> out.
>
> Our local ARES group does an MP3 stream of our repeater system here
> locally, and we have "much" of the Shuttle Audio up throughout the
> timeframe when the astronauts are awake, preempted for local Nets and
> traffic.  I offered the OP the link to that in private mail, but I
> didn't want to post it to the list, as since it's not our club's
> server (it's run by one of the ARES guys), I didn't feel comfortable
> having everyone on AMSAT-BB "try it out", with the resulting
> bandwidth issues.
>
> It wouldn't be too hard to transcode one of NASA's streams over to
> MP3, via sending it up to a Shoutcast server, etc... I won't
> volunteer at this time, but if I get a chance (other more pressing
> things to get done for our club), I may look into setting that up on
> a server that's set aside for ham use here locally that has at least
> 10 Mb/s to two backbone providers.
>
> Would be nice if NASA did it themselves, though...
>
> Nate WY0X
>
> On Aug 11, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Robert McGwier wrote:
>
>> Vince and James:
>>
>> I think this is a better answer only because they regularly change  
>> the
>> last part of these URL's.
>>
>> http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
>>
>> 73's and good listening!
>> Bob
>> N4HY
>>
>>
>> Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote:
>>> At 08:15 PM 8/10/07 -0400, w8iss at wideopenwest.com wrote:
>>>> Does anyone know of a good MP3 audio feed of the shuttle mission
>>>> on the web?
>>>>
>>>> I am looking for one so that I can put it into my list on my
>>>> media server
>>>> here.
>>>> The Linksys Media Link I have only will do MP3 files.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> James W8ISS
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I listen live with RealAudio Player:
>>>
>>> http://www.nasa.gov/ram/55643main_NASATV_Audio_Only.ram
>>>
>>>
>>> KB7ADL
>>>
>>
>>
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