Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 10:57 PM I've actually found the quickest re-connect time to be through the livestream link -- meaning, when I'm recording the show, I leave the 91X "listen live" page open. Any time liquid player drops the stream for more than 2 or 3 seconds, I close it and open a new player through the link on the livestream page -- I've tried the "stop" and "play" buttons on Windows Media Player, but nothing picks up the stream faster than simply opening a new player. As far as Total Recorder goes, I always push the "stop" button whenever the player loses the stream and (obviously) push "record" again, once the stream is re-established, that way, even something as long a 20 minute stream-loss is only experienced as a 1 or 2 second gap in the actual recording. This is the same method I use with commercials as well -- I.E.: "stop" when they go to break -- "record" when they come back. By the way, I should mention for anyone who's new to Total Recorder -- DO NOT PUSH "PAUSE" DURING RECORDING -- In the old days, I'd push "pause" when they cut to commercial and "pause" again when they came back -- I found out the hard way that Total Recorder loses information when you do this -- I.E.: a show that should've been 1 hour and 30 minutes would end up being about 45 minutes. —steve |
