Listening online

[Magicme]

Its prob something really obvious but I used to be able to listen to some of my local stations online and now they wont connect for me. Its driving me mad. Anyone tell me how to fix it?

[dahamsta]

Try turning off your firewall first anyway.

[Magicme]

Didnt help. Cant get my Cool Edit Pro software to work properly either at the mo. :(

[A N Mouse]

The speakers pluged in and turned on? :D

When was the last time you were able to listen?

And has any other hardware or software been installed on the machine since?

Are you able to try on a different machine?

What format is it? Is it using real player or windows media player? (maybe try updating these)

[Magicme]

The speakers pluged in and turned on? :D

When was the last time you were able to listen?

And has any other hardware or software been installed on the machine since?

Are you able to try on a different machine?

What format is it? Is it using real player or windows media player? (maybe try updating these)

Speakers in built and volume turned up.

Can still get Today FM online.

A few months ago was last when could tune in.

Stopped working before I added new itunes so its not that, cant think of anything else other than maybe Avast anti virus.

Office computer doesnt have speakers but it has been possible to get them on other computers so think it is defo just my laptop.

Not sure what format it is but have up to date real player and windows media.

[paul_oshea]

have you definitely turned off your firewall or is there a list of sites or *<word> that the firewall will block?

Not connecting could also be to do with your bandwidth speed but very doubtful. Does it load real player or what? When you try to load it does it give you an error or just keep buffering?

Oh ya, turn off mute btw ;)

[thischarmingman]

Its prob something really obvious but I used to be able to listen to some of my local stations online and now they wont connect for me. Its driving me mad. Anyone tell me how to fix it?

You can thank me later :) (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_know_when_you're_going_deaf)

[Magicme]

You can thank me later :) (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_know_when_you're_going_deaf)


Feck off!!!!! :eek: :D

[Magicme]

have you definitely turned off your firewall or is there a list of sites or *<word> that the firewall will block?

Not connecting could also be to do with your bandwidth speed but very doubtful. Does it load real player or what? When you try to load it does it give you an error or just keep buffering?

Oh ya, turn off mute btw ;)

Just checked things out and yes the firewall is off and there is no list of blocked sites.

Bandwidth speed is grand.

Real player is fine. I get the following error message when I try to listen to the station:

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.

What you can try:
Diagnose Connection Problems

More information

This problem can be caused by a variety of issues, including:

Internet connectivity has been lost.
The website is temporarily unavailable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is not reachable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) does not have a listing for the website's domain.
If this is an HTTPS (secure) address, click Tools, click Internet Options, click Advanced, and check to be sure the SSL and TLS protocols are enabled under the security section.

For offline users

You can still view subscribed feeds and some recently viewed webpages.
To view subscribed feeds

Click the Favorites Center button , click Feeds, and then click the feed you want to view.

To view recently visited webpages (might not work on all pages)

Click Tools , and then click Work Offline.
Click the Favorites Center button , click History, and then click the page you want to view.




Have done the protocols stuff suggested. Still no joy.

[tetsujin1979]

have you tried listening to a radio station using the player on their website?

[Magicme]

Yup, Today FM works fine. Its just i105107 and northern sound that I cant get to listen to and they are my local stations that I kinda need to listen in to occasionally. Its really bugging me.

[tetsujin1979]

have you tried a different player? winamp? VLC? real alternative?

[Magicme]

no, had windows media player as well as real player so didnt really think I needed another!

Will give it a shot.

[strangeirish]

Had a similar issue a while back. I tried this (http://whynotrachel.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/advertisment-awa-radiolette-1-070607.jpg) and it seems to work fine now.

[tetsujin1979]

no, had windows media player as well as real player so didnt really think I needed another!

Will give it a shot.
Not really about needing another player, more about RealPlayer being utter, utter gash. Unless I absolutely, positively, have no other option that using it, I avoid it like the plague.