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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: LORm on August 21, 2005, 02:26:59 AM

Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: LORm on August 21, 2005, 02:26:59 AM
I've been having trouble with the PHNL/PHJR feed and after listening with different programs to various feeds including my own, I was wondering which media player each of you use to listen to a feed. I get different results with each player.

Sometimes a feed will have trouble staying connected with one and not hiccup at all with another other. With some players some feeds can get wacky. I am curious to see what the everyone is using. Personally I find that iTunes works the best for me on the majority of the feeds. Any comments or additions are welcomed.
Aloha,
LorM
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Jason on August 21, 2005, 10:17:23 AM
I use both Itunes and Windows Media Player and they work flawlessly for me.

What else do the rest of ya use?
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Jonathan_tcu on August 21, 2005, 04:17:11 PM
I use or atleast TRY to use iTunes, but mine hasn't been working for a couple of weeks.
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: keko126.5 on August 21, 2005, 06:45:26 PM
My mac dieded, so i havent downloaded iTunes for PC yet. Otherwise, Windows media has a cool scope visual!
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: tyketto on August 24, 2005, 02:11:37 PM
I'm listening to JFK currently, using XMMS on my linux box. Works perfectly.

BL.
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Brewkelyn on August 24, 2005, 03:20:39 PM
I-Tunes works great for me, no problems.
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Jonathan_tcu on August 25, 2005, 06:23:10 PM
Just so you know, my iTunes program conks out after 90 secondfor any ATC broadcast and fails to rebuffer.  I did some troubleshooting, uninstalling and trashing old files, no differnence.  Is there a possible feed quality issue?
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: dave on August 25, 2005, 07:33:26 PM
Quote from: Jonathan_tcu
Just so you know, my iTunes program conks out after 90 secondfor any ATC broadcast and fails to rebuffer.  I did some troubleshooting, uninstalling and trashing old files, no differnence.  Is there a possible feed quality issue?


Doubtful.  Have you tried another program like Winamp to verify whether it is your Internet connection that's causing the trouble?

I have seen connections for many hours with no trouble.
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Jonathan_tcu on August 25, 2005, 07:46:38 PM
Yes I have.  I tried to download a Winamp program for eMac, but I wasn't sure which application to select from my hard drive.  I tried a friend's computer in Peterborough who used winamp and that worked and was far more attractive than iTunes.  I also tried to open the file via Real Audio player, but that doesn't work.
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Jonathan_tcu on August 26, 2005, 06:47:36 PM
Good day folks.  I downloaded a recent version of Real Audio for mac and it's working much better than iTunes.  Except that the Toronto center frequencies I'm monitoring, kept getting disconnected every minute or so and automatically reconnects.
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: pocho on August 27, 2005, 05:22:07 AM
I use Winamp. Works great.

-pocho  :wink:
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Jonathan_tcu on September 12, 2005, 06:42:27 PM
I switched to Real Audio now instead of iTunes and it's working like a charm.  I noticed I don't lose the connection once 2 min's rolls around.  I'll keep using Real Audio  :D
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Michael.C on October 27, 2005, 01:39:16 PM
WinAmp FTW (for the win).
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: kenkku on January 06, 2006, 09:57:56 AM
I use VLC Media player under Linux. Works well I guess.
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: jamall02864 on January 06, 2006, 05:16:55 PM
i have hersd a lot about Winamp but i dount know if its free or where to get it can you help me
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Biff on January 07, 2006, 05:31:38 PM
Winamp is free.

http://www.winamp.com
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: jamall02864 on January 08, 2006, 04:44:09 PM
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Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: KMSY on January 08, 2006, 04:48:51 PM
I like Winamp because it comes with a bunch of different colors- j/k. No it's just basically a music player- pure and simple, no strings attached- although I think there's a video player in here somewhere.

I like Media Player sometimes, for watching the animations if I'm bored. Or speeding up or slowing down a song, just for kicks.
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: weatherman on January 16, 2006, 12:18:35 PM
MusicMatch works fine, although sometimes it will randomly stop.
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Ronski on January 23, 2006, 03:37:48 PM
I changed to Winamp after having trouble with RealPlayer.

 :(

The trouble was, me :oops:

Didn't R.T.F.M :roll:
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: breezy on January 24, 2006, 07:19:53 PM
I've only been using LiveATC.Net for a few days... I chose "other" in the poll because mostly I've used my networked (by hacking) DirecTivos to listen to audio streams. It's sort of fun to get bored of TV and in a few clicks be listening to ATC! If I am near/on my PC I use Winamp.

I took the "all" list and grabbed just the "Status: UP" entries, made a playlist.m3u file and put it onto my box that is running JavaHMO. I used the JavaHMO interface to add that playlist as "Air Traffic Control audio".

The box running JavaHMO, in turn, makes the LiveATC (and other stuff like movie showtimes, wx maps, etc.) available to each of my 3 networked DirecTivos.

By default, DirecTivos aren't networked, but if you have a Series 2 DirecTivo that is NOT an R10 model you can add networked features so that it can do most of the same networked stuff that a standalone Tivo box can do - see http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=265929 for info on getting networking going.

I am also able to securely access my DirecTivos via the web to setup recordings, check listings, etc.
Title: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: AmericaWestCMH on February 08, 2006, 07:47:13 AM
Windows Media Player, seems to work ok.
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Hobbyist on May 14, 2006, 10:03:14 PM
I would use Windows Media player, because it connects better. Thanks from Hobbyist.
PS LiveATC.net got a different web-site. I like it.
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: countit on May 17, 2006, 09:02:19 PM
I use iTunes for a lot of the feeds, but the actual mp3 and video files play better on windows media player, so I will use that as well.
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: BigOkie on May 22, 2006, 08:57:48 PM
Winamp 2.95..all that new Winamp stuff is bloated.  Plays flawlessly for me using 2.95
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: FlyGuyAlex on June 15, 2006, 08:14:35 PM
I use Winamp and RealPlayer! They Both Rock! :-)
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Jonathan_tcu on July 13, 2006, 06:35:10 PM
Now that I am using a Windows based computer, which winamp program uses the alpha tags or displays the frequency during the transmissions?
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: GROUNDBOUND1 on July 15, 2006, 07:41:43 PM
Just installed Winamp..... Now I understand why it's so popular!  I like it much better than RealPlayer.
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: airplanebarn on July 24, 2006, 10:26:59 PM
 I'm not too computer savy so here's a ' stupid' question. When I click on an airport to listen to Windows Media comes up and starts running numbers at the bottom of the black box...then like an hour later I can hear the feed....then if I change airports it starts over ..another hour. I use media player for some saved files, which comes right up and plays. So what s up with this? how do I link it or download it so I can listen to a feed  when I want..not one  a day.
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: tremendous on July 25, 2006, 07:37:45 AM
i use itunes and usually get up time of 2+ hours. occasionally it will drop but it's right back up, and it's more than likely traffic on my work server rather than anything to do with itunes.

i like itunes because it leaves it in the playlist so doubleclick and i'm away.
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Mark_OE on August 14, 2006, 09:59:41 AM
The Media Player (Windows) seems to work fine with all feeds.
I recently banned Winamp from my disk, so i just use the WMP.
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: Silverbob on November 05, 2006, 03:39:32 PM
Hi I'm a newbie I use wmp with no problems whatsoever
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: MikeA on January 16, 2007, 07:01:41 PM
I used to use  Musicmatch Jukebox untill I updated it and it doesn't work any more, so now I use iTunes and it seems to work great.
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: jerry_butler on January 29, 2007, 10:45:02 AM
I'm another newbie who uses Winamp as it has always been
my personal favorite. Also it's user friendly.

Jerry


Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: bgarmyatc on February 09, 2007, 09:45:32 PM
I just prefer Windows.  I know it's the world standard and a lot of folks would prefer that it wasn't. 
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: gustavob on April 10, 2007, 01:14:57 PM
Windows Media Player ...
I like the way it blends on with the taskbar.
No need for winamp since WMP11 does it all... :-P
Title: Re: Which Media Player Do You Use to Listen to LiveATC.Net?
Post by: jacobtron on April 11, 2007, 12:18:09 PM
me i use ether musicmatch or realplayer