[REL] Radio Stations and Music Mod

[fred8615]

I've created a second set of PSA's. See the first post for details.

[haz]

cannot download khj-part 7 from file front all others got no problem just this one would not download,is there anywhere else or from someone who has it.really appreciate it.haz

[fred8615]

Originally Posted by haz

cannot download khj-part 7 from file front all others got no problem just this one would not download,is there anywhere else or from someone who has it.really appreciate it.haz

Replied to the PM he sent, but I wanted to post here too.

The file is available at two other sites. See the first post in the thread. Also, FF has always acted wonky from time to time. Eventually it will straighten up. But if you can't wait, just use one of the other sites.

BtS Mods does require registration to view and download, but Silenthunter Mods doesn't, at least for the radio stations.

BTW, I may have found another site to upload to. It's called Mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com). It's ad supported for the free access, but it's unlimited upload and download too, and you can use an accelerator for downloads. And they don't seem to care about what you upload either, based on what I've been downloading from them, so I could upload the music too. The only problem is for a free account you're limited to 200 MB file sizes, and all my stuff is in 256. I'd have to redo them, and that would mean more files to download. But I am seriously considering it.

And finally, someone sent me a PM about torrenting the files. For various reasons that's just not an option.

[haz]

thank you for your pm,will try other sites as well,yeah i know ff is usually a pain.thanks again

[BULL]

For some reason when I open up the .ini file using notepad and edit the file it will not let me save the file so I can add the station. Is this a Vista issue or did I miss something in the instructions? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[fred8615]

I've uploaded a huge set of Country Music songs. See the first post for details.

I'm also working on getting some Chinese music. It occured to me we should have a Chinese station too. So far I only have modern versions of traditional Chinese music, but I'm hoping to find some period pieces too.

[fred8615]

It appears BtS Mods is gone. I'm getting an "Account suspended" message when I go there.

If it is indeed gone, and stays gone, I think I'm going to try uploading my stuff on Mediafire. I'll have to redo the compression on everything because their limit on free accounts is 200 MB file sizes, but I know they won't be concerned about the music, and I don't like having them in just one place.

But for now, if you want the music files, they're only at Silenthunter Mods.

[joea]

Drat, noticed that this morning. Was registered and there was lots of really good stuff there.

Hope you can get your stuff uploaded elswhere as well as at Silenthunter mods.

[Sailor Steve]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...3&postcount=31

Have you considered putting them up here at Subsim Downloads?

[fred8615]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...3&postcount=31

Have you considered putting them up here at Subsim Downloads?

I would love to, but Neal can't handle the traffic of the big stuff.

[Sailor Steve]

My 'Loading Screens' mod is 250 MB compressed, and it's there. Are your radio files bigger than that? Neal does have a server that should handle it.

[fred8615]

After thinking it over, I've decided to go ahead and upload my stuff to Mediafire. See the first post for the link. Just the music files are up right now. I'm in the process of uploading the radio stations now.

I also decided to use the pay option. This way I don't have to redo all my files to a 200 MB size, which is the limit for their free service, and you the downloader don't get any ads to deal with. The only potential problem is that for the pay service, you get a limited amount of bandwidth each month, and you have to pay for any GB you go over that month. But it appears it's only a few cents per GB, and any unused bandwidth from one month rolls over to the next, so I think I can handle it. If not, I can just cancel the paid account and redo as a free one. It has unlimited bandwidth, but you have the ads on that option.

BTW, you may notice I've removed the "mirroring" files from the first post. Since I've uploaded them here, there's no need to mirror them anymore. So I won't be uploading them to Mediafire as well.

[Budds]

Still one nagging little aside......

Was anyone ever able to get the sim to read the music files from another location...... ya know, Sim = C:\SH4 .... But music files are located @ H:\Music ?

I have a pretty big Music/News collection and would like to have it in a central location, like an external hard-drive.
My radio folder is just over 20 gigs now, and I would like to add another 20 gigs or so but hate the idea that my SH4 install eats so much space.
Plus alot of the music/shows I have are also used for common listening pleasure, so I have most of it duplicated on my external HD where I point my media player to for background music around the house.... waste of space IMHO.

In any case.....
Thanks Again for your efforts here Fred !
(And Greets from Tallahassee Florida.... Almost Neighbors ! )

[fred8615]

I've got most of the radio stations uploaded now. At this writing I'm uploading the KPO station, and after it I'll just have the KOTR station left.

Budds:

I think I did try your suggestion awhile back, and it didn't work. It's simple enough to test though. Just change the link in this line of a station's listing in the radio.ini file:

Folder=Washington

...to wherever you want to put your files.

But as I said, I don't think it works.

[General Tso]

Fred, I just wanted to thank you for all of the great radio stuff and to ask a question. Do you work for a company that makes hard drives? Because of you my Radio folder is 51 GB.