Web-based radio possible via wireless?

[alienplantlife]

I work in a research lab where my time is split between working in front of the computer and working in the lab. I've contemplated getting a PPC for other reasons, then a great new use occurred to me. Is it possible to get streaming web content via wireless to the PPC?

I often listen to web-based streaming radio (new browser window opens with integrated window media stream) at my desk. I thought I might be able to take this with me to the lab using my PPC.

Possible? How?

Thanks in advance.

[Sooner Al]

Try...

http://www.weta.com/fm/live.html
http://www.kgou.org/

I listen to both on an iPAQ 3835 with a D-Link DCF-650W card and use the MS Windows Media Player...

I also open local music files, on one of my XP Pro desktops, and listen to music over my wireless LAN. I use a program called Netuse, along with Media Player, to do that.

http://www.bizzdev.com/en/downloads/netuse/

[JakobNebeker]

I listen to digitally imported (http://www.di.fm) over the the h5450's wifi. Works great.

Jakob

[msantoso]

if you like shoutcast, you can use GSPlayer (Freeware) do a google

however i realise that it can only play 128kbit format

You can use your browser go to winamp.com to shoutcast section, and click on the link, open it with GSPlayer

cheers,

Michael

[PetiteFlower]

This does not work. It will play like 2 seconds of music and then cut out, then start again, then stop, it's horrible!

Course this might have to do with my connection(Sprint Vision via Gomadic cable) but it's supposed to be pretty fast anyway. I just wasted an hour at work trying to get this working, help!

[Kaber]

I have a WiFi network at home. In the morning I take my iPAQ into the bathroom and plug it into some cheap speakers and listen to NPR program stream on WMP while taking a shower.

NPR Program Stream (http://www.npr.org/windowsmedia/programstream.asx)

It works great.

You can also stream video or audio from CSPAN (http://www.cspan.org)

I wish I could get the Real player for Pocket PC to work proper. I can't get it to play anything over the internet.

[jeffmd]

kaber, that steaming up your pda isnt good for its electronics.

I use GSplayer and run over to shoutcast.com and stream all the content with no trouble over my wifi link (dell axim)

[PetiteFlower]

Has anyone tried this using a cell phone connection rather then a wifi connection? Maybe that's my problem.

[Janak Parekh]

Has anyone tried this using a cell phone connection rather then a wifi connection? Maybe that's my problem.
I think you'll find a cell connection to be rather poor for this, unless you're using a really low bitrate stream.

--janak

[PetiteFlower]

Bummer, I was really hoping to be able to use it as a radio at work :(

I do have the faster kind of cell connection, but it's still kind of a sporadic connection--connects and disconnects as needed for data transfer. If I could make it more continuous, then maybe it would work better but I can't figure how. It's at least as fast as dialup and I KNOW it wouldn't sound this bad on dialup....

[Kaber]

Have you considered a 802.11 wireless setup for the lab? I don't know what your businesses policies are regarding its IT infrastructure, but maybe you can ask to have one set up. Its pretty cheap, and not too hard to justify... in most cases. Just make sure it is properly encrypted and secured.

[ppcvidz.com]

Yes, it is possible to get a media stream via wireless. That is the intent behin my website. While I don't have radio stations, I do have alot of video content....actually I think that a couple of the webcams are from radio stations with music. I don't know how well the site works over a PPC phone connection though.

[Janak Parekh]

I do have the faster kind of cell connection, but it's still kind of a sporadic connection--connects and disconnects as needed for data transfer.
Unfortunately, it's not so simple. While GPRS/1xRTT offer modem-like bandwidths, the latency is a lot greater (bandwidth = the number of packets at the same time, latency = the amount of time it takes an individual packet to get to the target). It's also more unreliable -- more "bursty". While this is fine for most web traffic, it's bad for streaming media.

I do second the calls to set up 802.11 in the office... or, alternatively, get a wired Ethernet CF card. Socket makes one. :)

--janak

[PetiteFlower]

That's a shame, but it does seem like the connection kind of goes in bursts. Eventually I'll get a wifi card to use at home, but I'm sure they're not going to let me plug into the network at work :) They actually block shoutcast sites through the firewall on the net. Ah well :)

I am loving being connected though...I went to visit my brother at college yesterday and stayed in a hotel last night and I could check my email and IM for a while before bed, just like at home! It was great :)