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Date:	Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:56:51 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: firewall issues at meeting location ?

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Sheridan George wrote:

> I did receive Steve's post and was waiting for your response (below).

Hi Sheridan,

Not sure how my reply to you went astray, unless it was a typo on my part in the addressing.

> I looked at both Shoutcast.com and Somafm.com. I was able to get into the sites and click on a
> broadcast without anything melting. The only response I got is "what process should be used to open
> ?" type question. I tried MS Media player and it said "... format unknown."

Thanks. I'd say that's a promising sign, as far as it goes.

> I asked one of my computer whiz-kids to check out both sites (without telling him what I had done -
> I just gave him a copy of your post). His analysis was we didn't have the correct program to play
> the music but there was no firewall problem.

O.K., I think that's what we wanted to hear, and the player thing is not unexpected. At their portal main
page, they (Shoutcast / Somafm) mention suggested players for each platform, including I think Mac & Linux.
(No mention for *our* small fraternity, of course, but Dink has covered that quite well.) For Win, I think
this turns out to be WinAmp, perhaps above a certain version level. MS is tied in to their own proprietary
alliances with competing internet radio portals, perhaps including one they own outright, so it could well
be that the Win Media Player does not connect with Soma.

> If there is a program I could download onto my wife's work laptop (WinXP) I could run it over to
> school and test again, if that makes sense.

I believe that would be WinAmp, but it is looking like you need not bother going to the trouble.

That (may) still leave open the question re what Jerry will be doing. I don't know that he reads this
list. Maybe someone should ask him. In my view, it is always desirable to try and avoid unwelcome
surprises. Doesn't the reaction of a firewall depend upon how "objectionable" what you are doing may be,
according to the rules by which it is set up ? I had to initiate exceptions in mine, in order to allow IRC
chat or RealPlayer to work; however, QuickTime streams never had any problem with it.

Jordan

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