What is project freecast?
After signing up, you're able to book an hour or two during which time the server is effectively yours to play/talk for anybody who wants to tune in and listen.
There's an active forum full of advice and an IRC channel where DJs and admin can often be found. Previous users of the service have gone on to purchase shoutcast servers of their own, and sometimes even FM licences.
Currently the server is able to support 50 listeners, and a quality of up to 56kbps..
May 3, 2008
Credit reset problems |
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We've had a couple of users report that they're having problems with their credits not being reset at the end of the week. We're checking this out now, but if you are having this issues, please just let us know in the comments section of this news post and we'll fix it up for your account individually until we track down the real problem. Thanks -Dom
April 15, 2008
New Beta IRC Client |
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OK guys, I decided to try out a new java-based IRC client. I put this up in addition to the existing IRC stuff we already have, but check this out and let me know if you like it.
So check it out, let me know if you like it: http://freecast.co.uk/irc/beta/
March 31, 2008
New Flash Player |
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Greetings all, Dom here again and back so soon.
I've added (though, more like enabled) a new feature to the site: An embedded flash player for Freecast. If you click the new link on the left hand side that says 'Listen Now (Flash)' it will pull up wavestreaming's nifty flash player app. Feel free to link this player in to your site, just copy the link location or the HTML. I'll post more detailed instructions on how to do this soon, or if anyone wants to write a quick guide and post it on the forums that would be very helpful.
Let me know how that works for you!
-Dom
Dom Introduction + Duplicate Accounts Notice |
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First off, introductions: This is Dom C. here [binary1230 on the forums], I'll be helping out with some Freecast administration and coding.
Andrew and Stuart have recently allowed me to volunteer some of my time in order to help out with making Freecast even more awesome than it already is. I am very interested in all your experiences interacting with freecast and will be paying close attention to feedback. Also, with more of us keeping tabs on the site, we should be able to very effectively minimize any unforeseen downtime.
In the case of any emergency issues with the site (e.g. site is down, shoutcast server unresponsive) I encourage you to email me directly at binary1230@at@yahoo@d0t@com, and I'll get back to you ASAP.
Secondly, I would like to remind everyone that the use of duplicate accounts in order to gain more slots per week or book more than 2 slots in a row is forbidden under section 12.8 of the terms of service of this site. Anyone doing this without our explicit permission is subject to having all their accounts deleted and/or risking a site ban.
There are a few valid special cases where we do allow duplicate accounts, please email us if you believe your duplicate accounts should be allowed. Also see related (but older): [Multiple Accounts - forum thread] for more info on duplicate account policies.
I am currently working on some improved and automated methods of duplicate account detection that will be rolled out soon. You have been warned!
Beyond that, keep putting up your ideas/issues in the Bug Report and Improvements section of the forums, I'm always interested in feedback.
Here's to another great year at freecast!
-Dom