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Octoshape: Any ideas on how that works and if possible with RarmaRadio?

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MichaelE

Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2010 8:13:56 AM

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Joined: 7/8/2008
Posts: 24

First off Philip, thanks a ton with the newest updates to RarmaRadio. I'm using Win7 64-bit and everything works great... actually it even works better than when I used to use XP 32-bit! That weird disappearing volume hasn't happened since I've upgraded, which was a big pain in the neck! So far so good with Windows 7 and RR.

My question is about this Octoshape thing I read about in the Radio Paradise page. Here's the page (scroll down to Octoshape Links):

http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=Listen

It seems like the only way to listen to the 192k stream is to use Octoshape (never heard of this before).

Here's the text from that page:

Quote:

Octoshape is a stream distribution system that connects you to a "mesh network" of other RP listeners rather than a central server. This is the only way to access our super-hifi 192k MP3 stream, and many listeners find that the Octoshape streams are more reliable and less prone to buffering and dropouts. The 192k MP3 stream plays through Windows Media Player by default, but after you've installed the plugin (see link below), you can right-click on it and select "Settings" and tell it to play through your default MP3 player (Winamp, iTunes, etc.) instead. Octoshape links require you to download & install the Octoshape plug-in. It's available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. If you have any problems, please contact Octoshape tech support.

Here's the Octoshape homepage:

http://www.octoshape.com

Have you heard of this before?

Windows 7 64-Bit
RarmaRadio v2.32.2

poldaker

Posted: Monday, January 11, 2010 9:54:33 PM

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Joined: 4/3/2007
Posts: 640
Location: London

Hi Michael,

Well for Radio Paradise the regular 192k stream they have on their listen page seems to work even though it says it doesn't (quite confusing).

But if you want try out Octoshape the latest RR V2.31 has limited support for it.

First of all you will have to install Octoshape.
Then start it and right click on the tray icon, go to settings and change it to use the system player.
Then click on the stream from IE or RR and it will play in your default
MP3 or AAC (depending on which stream you choose) player.
Go to that player and find the stream url (it should have octoshape in it) and that is the url you will need for RR.
So copy and paste it in the URL box or the station properties in RR.
From then on if you play that url in RR it will start Octoshape (if not already started) and play the station.

/poldaker

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