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More About Listening to "The Ark" in OS X and Linux
Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 at 3:33 PM by Jason Barker
Shortly after The Ark launched, I wrote about listening to The Ark in OS X and Linux. The problem for OS X and Linux users is that, because The Ark embeds the Windows Media Player into a player page, it was difficult for OS X - and impossible for Linux - users to listen to The Ark. OS X users can install Flip4Mac to play the media stream in QuickTime (which then embeds into the page in place of WMP), but this still left Linux users out in the cold. In my previous post on the subject I gave a direct URL to what at that time was the 128k stream of The Ark.
I noticed yesterday that the artist and song information in the player page were not updating - the list seems to be stuck on "Abba Father" by Kerygma. While looking at the source code for the player page to see if I could locate a problem (I couldn't), I noticed that the 128k stream to which the player page links has changed again to:
http://63.247.194.178:7475/SAM_WMA_3A-128 (the 32k stream is at http://63.247.194.178:7475/SAM_WMA_3A)
These new streams contain an expanded playlist, including the new shows and segments I mentioned yesterday.
If you are using Windows, or use Flip4Mac to stream Windows Media files through QuickTime, I encourage you listen to The Ark using the OCN's player page for the station. If, however, you cannot get Flip4Mac to work on your Mac (some people have experienced difficulty with the program, and even I have trouble with it in Camino, where it plays files without showing the QuickTime interface), or you are using Linux, pasting one of the above URLs into your media player will enable you to listen to contemporary Orthodox music radio.
Edited on: Monday, May 28, 2007 3:53 PMPosted in Online Resources