Axim doesn’t like streaming Liberal Talk Radio with Windows Media Player?

pcguys · 09-06-04, 09:41 PM

I’m trying to listen to Air America Radio at: http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen.asp

I seem to have problems with Pocket Internet Explorer clicking on ‘listen-live’ links on pages, especially if it has any javascript. So, I viewed the page source, and figured out that the link for the ‘listen-live’ butten points to:

http://play.rbn.com/play.asx?url=air...s?mswmext=.asx

So, I emailed it to myself, and while WiFi, clicked on the link. It indeed launched internet explorer, which then launched Windows Media Player. It only plays for a few seconds, and then abruptly closes Windows Media Player. Sometimes, it closes the player before it even starts playing.

What gives? Is it a conspiracy?

Thanks for being liberal with your help & suggestions.
-Mike

09-06-04, 10:05 PM

In reality your probably just overloading the poor PDa with more then it can do. WiFi speeds very a LOT and so you may not be getting a steady stream of data, this can cause some of the programs to shut down.

EDITED FOR POLITICS

pcguys · 09-07-04, 01:33 PM

I was expecting a bit more ‘compassion’ and help from the knowledgeable republicans in the group :-)

As much as I like my Axim, I don’t think I would trust it to count hanging chads :-)

-Mike

PS: no Axim left behind! (bring it with you everywhere!)

ma$ke · 09-10-04, 12:51 AM

I was having the same problem, trying to listen to internet radio webcasts. Did you ever find a solution?

niteriderxp · 09-10-04, 05:25 AM

I extracted the actual link that is within the site.
mms://wms-rbn-sea11.rbn.com/airam/airam/wmlive/live.asf

Give it a try and see if that fixes your issue.

dekruyter · 09-10-04, 06:21 AM

I use GSPlayer and shoutcast.com, with absolutely no problem. Shoutcast puts the play list right into GSplayer, and off you go.

Many site have high quality broadcast, 128bps and 44mhz.

pcguys · 09-10-04, 07:21 AM

Sadly, the extract link also closes.

Any other suggestions?

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Mike_Jones · 10-09-04, 04:27 AM

hello all, I've been lurking for awhile now and this is my first post.
to the original poster, if you havent solved the the problem yet try using Real Player for pocket pc and use this URL:
rtsp://rx-lvl3-ny10.rbn.com/farm/*/airam/airam/live/live.rm?end=180:00

Gigi · 10-09-04, 06:16 AM

Guys, be nice. Let's keep politics out of this:

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=46957

Mike_Jones · 10-09-04, 07:06 PM

Gigi, I agree with you but my statement had nothing to do with politics. I was trying to help the original poster stream AAR on his Axim. Perhaps you can go back and remove the political statements and leave my post for reference.

10-09-04, 08:32 PM

EDITED BY GIGI: I have already asked nicely, but I need to say it again: PLEASE LEAVE POLITICS OUT!!!

Mike_Jones · 10-19-04, 02:56 AM

Originally Posted by pcguys

I’m trying to listen to Air America Radio at: http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen.asp

I seem to have problems with Pocket Internet Explorer clicking on ‘listen-live’ links on pages, especially if it has any javascript. So, I viewed the page source, and figured out that the link for the ‘listen-live’ butten points to:

http://play.rbn.com/play.asx?url=air...s?mswmext=.asx

So, I emailed it to myself, and while WiFi, clicked on the link. It indeed launched internet explorer, which then launched Windows Media Player. It only plays for a few seconds, and then abruptly closes Windows Media Player. Sometimes, it closes the player before it even starts playing.

What gives? Is it a conspiracy?

Thanks for being liberal with your help & suggestions.
-Mike

Hello Mike,
In addition to the methods I posted above, you can now stream AAR without any breaks in connection using the new Windows Media Player 10 for Windows Mobile. I have been testing it out on my wifi connection and have yet to be disconnected.

Mike_Jones · 10-19-04, 03:13 AM

Do you not see that the gist of my message is about solving his streaming audio dilemma and not about the content of the stream? I could care less if streaming content was political, musical, or porn.

10-19-04, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by Mike_Jones

hello all, I've been lurking for awhile now and this is my first post.
to the original poster, if you havent solved the the problem yet try using Real Player for pocket pc and use this URL:
rtsp://rx-lvl3-ny10.rbn.com/farm/*/airam/airam/live/live.rm?end=180:00

You got Realplayer to work? care to explain how?

Gigi · 10-19-04, 10:04 AM

Post in this thread ONLY if you have a comment/suggestion/question RELEVANT to the poster's original question!

All other comments will be edited and/or removed. Aximsite is not a place to insult/offend others for their political beliefs.

Thank you for your understanding.