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royjames
18-01-2005, 22:37
I have broad band and have installed real player so why is it I can't hear the radio on line??
Any help is most welcome.


roy.
:loopy:
nomme
18-01-2005, 22:55
OK - I'll bite.

Do you have a sound card and speakers?

Nomme
Phanerothyme
18-01-2005, 23:03
is R1 online 24/7 (haven't checked). Does your computer make any noises at all Roy?
royjames
18-01-2005, 23:15
Hi yes the P C does make noises and as for the question if i have speakers yes i do.
God I must seem like a right plonker with all this stuff.
punk
19-01-2005, 04:06
Try downloading the real player alternative codec:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

And uninstall real player, its a POS
LBoogie
19-01-2005, 05:01
What actually happens when you click on 'listen live', does the BBC player actually pop up?
royjames
19-01-2005, 16:45
The actual site says im on it live but still dont hear anything?
LBoogie
19-01-2005, 20:46
hmm that's weird. Try using it it in on a different player. I'm sure they have a ' click to hear in a freestanding player' button.
cgksheff
19-01-2005, 21:45
Have you selected the "British Ears Only" option?
royjames
19-01-2005, 22:17
Yes as far as I can see it ought to be working ,this hi tech stuff is beyond me sometimes lol.
cgksheff
20-01-2005, 01:43
Sorry for the dig!
Have you checked that the volume i turned up?
ToryCynic
20-01-2005, 19:17
Originally posted by punk
Try downloading the real player alternative codec:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

And uninstall real player, its a POS

Ah - you mean that BBC player :D (?) The Beeb are the only people that insist on using it.

Alex
venger
20-01-2005, 20:56
Originally posted by royjames
I have broad band and have installed real player so why is it I can't hear the radio on line??
Any help is most welcome.


roy.
:loopy:

Someone I know came across the very same problem.

I forgot who it was so never found out if they sorted it, sorry.

Perhaps reinstall software and try archived files to test the software?
carcrash
22-01-2005, 02:10
Try using windows media ( god I never thought I would ever come to say that) I'm a bit of a radio junkie and I find it to be much more stable than real player. On the radio 5 website it gives you the option of choosing either.
What I would really recommened is getting a digital radio. I have had mine for over 2 years and I would be lost without it.
Jamie
22-01-2005, 11:41
Lucky you Roy!

I have broadband, and *CAN* listen to radio 1 online ... :(
Phanerothyme
22-01-2005, 11:54
The music on PhanFM is much better. (
http://tori.screaminghost.com:8010/listen.pls (if clicking the link doesn't work, cut and paste it into the "open URL" field of your favourite media player (64kbps shoutcast stream))

When it doesn't sound like its been put through the gnarly audio mangler machine that the broadcast software sometimes metamorphoses into.