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Two listening streams

Whole Wheat Radio webcasts two streams. One is for 'low-speed' listeners with dial-up connections. The other is for 'high-speed' listeners with DSL, cable or other fast connections.

The low-speed stream is at: http://64.62.252.134:2670/listen.pls The high-speed stream is at: http://64.62.252.134:2680/listen.pls (Note that the IP numbers are identical. Only the 'port', or the part after the colon, is different.)

The low-speed stream sends about half as much data as the high-speed stream. This results in significantly lower audio quality. But for listeners who only have dial-up access or who want to keep their bandwidth usage to a minimum, the low-speed stream is preferable.

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Caveats

Whole Wheat Radio is not 'normal' radio. It is real - created by everyday people who are (thankfully) not 'professionals'. It has never been our goal to appeal to a broad, generalized audience. Whole Wheat Radio is a place where intelligent people with creative, interesting and alternative views tend to congregate, share personal stories, act silly, laugh ... and sometimes cry. It's like visiting a good coffeehouse with your best friends - while listening to great independent music you won't hear on 'normal' radio.

You may occasionally hear swearing on the broadcast and in the songs we play. If that sort of language offends you, or if you are ultra-conservative, or if you don't have a sense a humor - you probably won't like this site. No offense, but there are thousands of more appropriate sites for you to visit where you'll be warmly welcomed.

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Audio lag time

It takes awhile for the audio that is playing in Talkeetna to reach your speakers. This is particularly true if you are dial-up or in a location far away from Alaska. The set your audio lag time page allows you to adjust this site to match what you're actually hearing on your speakers.

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Problems tuning in

The purpose of the 'listen.pls' portion of the URL is to tell a computer what program to use to play the stream. Most computers have at least one player that has associated itself with the PLS file name extension. When a listener clicks on the stream, this program will come up and begin playing the music.

Unfortunately, a large number of music player software manufacturers go to great lengths to insure their player is always used. If a listener has installed Winamp, iTunes, Windows Media Player and Jetaudio for example, each one of the programs will try to associate itself with the PLS file name extension. This often causes confusion for users because they are uncertain which player will come up.

Sometimes no player has associated itself with the PLS file extension. In this case, when a user clicks to listen, either nothing happens or a box pops us asking them what program to use. If they do not select a valid player, they will not hear anything because no player is taking the incoming music data stream and playing it on their speakers. It is important listeners know how to associate their particular player with .pls music streams as well as M3U and MP3 music files. (NEED TO ADD BLURB ABOUT HOW TO GET PLAYERS TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH DIFFERENT FILETYPES)

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Not being able to listen at work

Many workplaces do not allow their employees to stream music at the workplace in order to save bandwidth costs. This is frequently done by blocking access to any port typically used for streaming audio data. Since WWR webcasts on ports :2670 and :2680 it is very likely that some workplaces block these ports. In this case, nothing can be done and you will be unable to listen while at work.

You may be able to listen to other webcasts at work but not Whole Wheat Radio. Why? Because some webcasts make a point of streaming on port 80 - the same port used by browsers to surf webpages. Your workplace cannot block port 80 access or else they'd be blocking you from seeing any website. But they can easily block unusual ports like 2670 and 2680 that WWR uses.

Although Jimbob is aware that things can be done technically to force the streams to play on port :80 (the standard port that all webpages use) he has been reluctant to make this available. When workplaces block streaming audio, they are doing it for a reason. Using technical tricks to get around this restriction could potentially get a non-technical and innocent person fired. For that reason, he has not enabled port :80 access.

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Other tune in options

Additional Tune In options if the standard Tune In doesn't work for you If you have trouble listening (i.e. nothing happens when you click the links to listen) first try tuning into other webcasts. If you're unable to listen to any webcast, it's likely that your player software is messed up. Try uninstalling and then re-installing it. If that fails, we suggest you go to http://www.jetaudio.com/download and download the FREE Basic version of JetAudio. JetAudio is a player (like Winamp, or Windows Media Player) that has several advantages to Winamp. It has MP3Pro sound quality built-in (which provides significantly enhanced sound quality on many webcasts) and it also handles Real Audio content. A second alternative is to download the FREE winamp player at www.winamp.com. Mac users can use Macamp to tune in. If you are having trouble, try clicking on each of the listen options to see if that works for you.
Standard Tune In for most MP3 players This option is the most common. It requires an MP3 player like Jetaudio or Winamp that has associated PLS files with it.	Try to listen to low-speed stream Try to listen to high-speed stream
Alternate Tune In for some MP3 players This option points to an M3U file. Some players that aren't configured to know what a PLS file is will work with this link instead.	Try to listen to low-speed stream Try to listen to high-speed stream
Windows Media Tune In #1 This option points to an ASX file that should work with most installations of Windows Media Player. If it doesn't work, try the options below this one.	Try to listen to low-speed stream Try to listen to high-speed stream If clicking on the links above just shows a line of text on your screen, try right clicking, 'Save as...' and save the ASX file on your computer. Then click on the icon you saved. That may open up Windows Player and start the stream.
Windows Media Tune In #2 This option points to an ASF file that might work with Windows Media Player if other options don't work. If it doesn't work, try the options below this one.	Try to listen to low-speed stream Try to listen to high-speed stream If clicking on the links above just shows a line of text on your screen, try right mouse clicking, 'Save as...' and save the ASX file on your computer. Then click on the icon you saved. That may open up Windows Player and start the stream.
Windows Media #3 and other players Tune In Many players (such as Windows Media Player) will work as long as you 'Open URL' and paste in the address of the audio stream. Our addresses are show at the right. Try finding 'Open URL' (usually under the File menu) and then paste or type in the exact address starting with the http:// of the audio stream.	Low-speed stream: http://64.62.252.134:2670 High-speed stream: http://64.62.252.134:2680
Real Audio Tune In Real Audio may work with either of these links. They point to a RAM file which then points to the stream.	Try to listen to low-speed stream Try to listen to high-speed stream

If you are still unable to hear the stream, try asking for assistance in the chat

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Audio stream status

The audio server is in California. It runs the SHOUTcast audio streaming software. The EJs and Winamp communicate with this server frequently both to figure out who is listening, if the server is up and running normally and also to report what songs are being played. A quick way to get the stream status straight from the audio server is:

Lo-speed stream status directly from Shoutcast
Hi-speed stream status directly from Shoutcast

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