Art Bell Quits Dark Matter

[Morgus]

I bet most of the problems users reported regarding dropouts and errors with the Sirius/XM internet stream were most likely caused by the user's network setup.
Many use cheap poor quality 2.4Ghz wifi routers and have lots of local wifi interference on that limited band from neighbors.
You can improve that by using a free program to check for what channels are being used nearby and also by using a good quality wifi router, ideally in the newer 5.6Ghz band which has more room available.
Ideally use a direct ethernet cable connection from the router to the PC you are playing the stream on.
Of course some ISPs have streaming issues too.
So I think even if Art did have his own free stream he would still get pretty much the same reports of streaming errors and dropouts if its a problem at the user end...

[Designx]

Doesn't play at all for me on my PC.
The browser window just says "connecting..."

When you hit connect do you hear anything that sounds a bit like primitive dubstep music with a few clicks and a dialtone?

JK

[ItsOver]

Gnoory
Last Active: Today at 05:11:27 PM

I wonder if Dave is listening to the stream?   

Dave's probably streaming right now.

[lonevoice]

Doesn't play at all for me on my PC.
The browser window just says "connecting..."

Keith is asking for feedback on http://artbell.com/testing-a-potential-live-streaming-solution/.   It looks like he would want to know the platform you're using if it's not working.

[tertiaryimam]

Ok, yes, google chrome is doing it beautifully.

To hell with you, firefox.

[dan7800]

I bet most of the problems users reported regarding dropouts and errors with the Sirius/XM internet stream were most likely caused by the user's network setup.
Many use cheap poor quality 2.4Ghz wifi routers and have lots of local wifi interference on that limited band from neighbors.
You can improve that by using a free program to check for what channels are being used nearby and also by using a good quality wifi router, ideally in the newer 5.6Ghz band which has more room available.
Ideally use a direct ethernet cable connection from the router to the PC you are playing the stream on.
Of course some ISPs have streaming issues too.
So I think even if Art did have his own free stream he would still get pretty much the same reports of streaming errors and dropouts if its a problem at the user end...

I agree. How many of these same users need to reboot due to Pandora timing out?

I have to reboot my router all the time.

[lonevoice]

Jargon for normal to good audio - loud and clear basically.

Ah, I see.  Thanks.

[bateman]

Ok, yes, google chrome is doing it beautifully.

To hell with you, firefox.

Same. Loud and clear.

[shell88]

Dave's probably streaming right now.

lol thanks. I needed that.

[dan7800]

Working on Safari

[Heather Wade]

Had no luck with Firefox or IE, but the media player is 5 x 5. 

(Heh, always wanted to say that.)   

[nooryisawesome]

working good, why are we listening to a police scanner or something? Let his wife do the show, hell let his kid do it.

Its still better than NOORY!

[dan7800]

Look at the number of comments already on the AB.com website. He has interest.

[nooryisawesome]

wait a minute take off traffic is better than Noory!

[guildnavigator]

This sounds like the drive-thru

How do you order??

[shell88]

Same. Loud and clear.

I can't get on with firefox either. I'm windows 7 laptop. I get an about:bank in my url and ongoing connecting......

[Nighthawk]

working good, why are we listening to a police scanner or something? Let his wife do the show, hell let his kid do it.

Its still better than NOORY!

HA HA you are so right, but its not a police scanner. It's air traffic control. I listen to this all time locally. I really enjoy it, and yes much better than noory.

[Art Bell]

 I almost hate to see this thread wind down, in life you almost never get to see such unmitigated hate
accross your screen. Long ago because of fast blast I learned to ignore it. When you do a show and have a
guest people think they hate you will see "dump this ass hole and go to open lines" and a lot more just
like it and much worse, in the end you have to do what you think is right and act on it. For the most part
by the end of the show you are getting messages like"best show I've ever heard". Once in a while you
do have to "dump the asshole" but if you follow the advice of a mob it almost always goes wrong.

This board is a lot like that. decisions that we are forced to make or make because we think they are the
right thing to do are just that, and if they turn out well your a genius, if not your dead to the World or at least
some posters on this board, but it is always fun to watch.

We are currently in talks with Sirius/XM which really knows how to deliver to vehicals very well. The idea is to
become Independent Broadcasters which means no pay from Sirius while still keeping it exclusivly Sirius/XM in
the Broadcast World, however we would then be free to stream free at artbell.com. Another words the best of
both Worlds. In the long run I think it would benefit all including Sirius/XM. I think this will work but if not we will
stream the show at the first opportunity, either way it will happen if I have to finance it myself, I will.

I know all this seemed very sudden to most of you but there was much going on behind the scenes you do not
know about and because it was said to me in confidence I am not free to discuss publicly, however I feel this is
the right decision. If I am wrong I am sure I will be dead to the World and some who post here.

I want the show to work at least as much as all of you but I have been at this for a while and I know what it
takes to be viable and when I say that I mean not just as a niche type show, viable Worldwide. I understand
that some of you are sooooo angry that you will not listen to the free steam and I will just have to find a way to
live with that.

                                                                                                                             Rage on,

                                                                                                                             Art

[nooryisawesome]

Working great I should also say. This would rock if Sirius agrees.

[AppealPlay]

Sounds great (well, great for an ATC feed I guess)!  I'm excited! 

[The General]

it sounds like the Trumbull Tapes...



1994 Trumbull County, Ohio, UFO Incident -- Police Dispatch Audio Tape Recording

[CRM 114]

Butthole surfers 22 going on 23 lyrics

[urbie88]

You know this drama has gone off the rails when the forums are listening to Vegas air control with baited breath waiting for something to happen. 

[lonevoice]

I bet most of the problems users reported regarding dropouts and errors with the Sirius/XM internet stream were most likely caused by the user's network setup.

All good advice, Morgus.  However, Sirius has acknowledged that they do have a problem with their internet streaming app.  For me, whenever I had problems with the Sirius stream dropping or freezing, I was still able to stream content flawlessly from iHeartradio and TuneIn on the same PC.  On my internet radio, whenever the Sirius stream froze, I could tune to any other internet radio station and it would work flawlessly.  It was strictly a SiriusXM problem for me. 

[cmilviper]

I almost hate to see this thread wind down, in life you almost never get to see such unmitigated hate
accross your screen. Long ago because of fast blast I learned to ignore it. When you do a show and have a
guest people think they hate you will see "dump this ass hole and go to open lines" and a lot more just
like it and much worse, in the end you have to do what you think is right and act on it. For the most part
by the end of the show you are getting messages like"best show I've ever heard". Once in a while you
do have to "dump the asshole" but if you follow the advice of a mob it almost always goes wrong.

This board is a lot like that. decisions that we are forced to make or make because we think they are the
right thing to do are just that, and if they turn out well your a genius, if not your dead to the World or at least
some posters on this board, but it is always fun to watch.

We are currently in talks with Sirius/XM which really knows how to deliver to vehicals very well. The idea is to
become Independent Broadcasters which means no pay from Sirius while still keeping it exclusivly Sirius/XM in
the Broadcast World, however we would then be free to stream free at artbell.com. Another words the best of
both Worlds. In the long run I think it would benefit all including Sirius/XM. I think this will work but if not we will
stream the show at the first opportunity, either way it will happen if I have to finance it myself, I will.

I know all this seemed very sudden to most of you but there was much going on behind the scenes you do not
know about and because it was said to me in confidence I am not free to discuss publicly, however I feel this is
the right decision. If I am wrong I am sure I will be dead to the World and some who post here.

I want the show to work at least as much as all of you but I have been at this for a while and I know what it
takes to be viable and when I say that I mean not just as a niche type show, viable Worldwide. I understand
that some of you are sooooo angry that you will not listen to the free steam and I will just have to find a way to
live with that.

                                                                                                                             Rage on,

                                                                                                                             Art

ART I LOVE YOUR ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ZomZom]

I cannot wait to rage on in the night once again!

[guildnavigator]

I almost hate to see this thread wind down, in life you almost never get to see such unmitigated hate
accross your screen. Long ago because of fast blast I learned to ignore it. When you do a show and have a
guest people think they hate you will see "dump this ass hole and go to open lines" and a lot more just
like it and much worse, in the end you have to do what you think is right and act on it. For the most part
by the end of the show you are getting messages like"best show I've ever heard". Once in a while you
do have to "dump the asshole" but if you follow the advice of a mob it almost always goes wrong.

This board is a lot like that. decisions that we are forced to make or make because we think they are the
right thing to do are just that, and if they turn out well your a genius, if not your dead to the World or at least
some posters on this board, but it is always fun to watch.

We are currently in talks with Sirius/XM which really knows how to deliver to vehicals very well. The idea is to
become Independent Broadcasters which means no pay from Sirius while still keeping it exclusivly Sirius/XM in
the Broadcast World, however we would then be free to stream free at artbell.com. Another words the best of
both Worlds. In the long run I think it would benefit all including Sirius/XM. I think this will work but if not we will
stream the show at the first opportunity, either way it will happen if I have to finance it myself, I will.

I know all this seemed very sudden to most of you but there was much going on behind the scenes you do not
know about and because it was said to me in confidence I am not free to discuss publicly, however I feel this is
the right decision. If I am wrong I am sure I will be dead to the World and some who post here.

I want the show to work at least as much as all of you but I have been at this for a while and I know what it
takes to be viable and when I say that I mean not just as a niche type show, viable Worldwide. I understand
that some of you are sooooo angry that you will not listen to the free steam and I will just have to find a way to
live with that.

                                                                                                                             Rage on,

                                                                                                                             Art

This thread has officially wound down ...folks.


Stream sounds clear, Art.

[nooryisawesome]

Ok if Art says its in the best interest of the show than i believe him. I think he really hurt his base by doing it in the manner he did. But i now respect what he is trying to do.

[Morgus]

I almost hate to see this thread wind down, in life you almost never get to see such unmitigated hate
accross your screen. Long ago because of fast blast I learned to ignore it. When you do a show and have a
guest people think they hate you will see "dump this ass hole and go to open lines" and a lot more just
like it and much worse, in the end you have to do what you think is right and act on it. For the most part
by the end of the show you are getting messages like"best show I've ever heard". Once in a while you
do have to "dump the asshole" but if you follow the advice of a mob it almost always goes wrong.

This board is a lot like that. decisions that we are forced to make or make because we think they are the
right thing to do are just that, and if they turn out well your a genius, if not your dead to the World or at least
some posters on this board, but it is always fun to watch.

We are currently in talks with Sirius/XM which really knows how to deliver to vehicals very well. The idea is to
become Independent Broadcasters which means no pay from Sirius while still keeping it exclusivly Sirius/XM in
the Broadcast World, however we would then be free to stream free at artbell.com. Another words the best of
both Worlds. In the long run I think it would benefit all including Sirius/XM. I think this will work but if not we will
stream the show at the first opportunity, either way it will happen if I have to finance it myself, I will.

I know all this seemed very sudden to most of you but there was much going on behind the scenes you do not
know about and because it was said to me in confidence I am not free to discuss publicly, however I feel this is
the right decision. If I am wrong I am sure I will be dead to the World and some who post here.

I want the show to work at least as much as all of you but I have been at this for a while and I know what it
takes to be viable and when I say that I mean not just as a niche type show, viable Worldwide. I understand
that some of you are sooooo angry that you will not listen to the free steam and I will just have to find a way to
live with that.

                                                                                                                             Rage on,

                                                                                                                             Art

Hey Art, how about a modified model/format for the show?
For the Sirius shows, you could model it after your old Sunday Dreamland show which was 3 hours long and you had a guest interview plus an hour of Linda Howe's reports, but no callers.

Then you could have a separate weekly (Friday night) streaming show that is open lines only.
The best of both worlds?

[analog kid]

Look at the number of comments already on the AB.com website. He has interest.

Does that comment system actually work? It doesn't appear to have any functionality.