Dutch Experimental IPv6 MP3 Stream Relay

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Dutch Experimental IPv6 MP3 Stream Relay

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 20, 2003 @11:51AM from the semi-practical-application dept.

Remco den Besten writes "In order to promote the IPv6 protocol, some Dutch enthousiasts deploy an IPv6 MP3 stream relay server. So, do something different with your IPv6 connectivity and listen to the streams offered! See & listen (both IPv4 and IPv6)."

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Let's promote IPv6... by Mopatop · 2003-07-20 11:54 · Score: 4, Funny

...by supplying an IPv4 stream as well, because we acknowledge it's a lot of hassle for people to use IPv6! Genius!
Re:Why do we need IPv6 ? by Mopatop · 2003-07-20 11:56 · Score: 4, Insightful

Because we're gonna run out of IPv4 address, and port forwarding is very annoying. IPv6 is the future, but it's just not gonna work if we leave it up to the users to do something about it.
Lol ... by SuperDuG · 2003-07-20 11:57 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm sure this will be the main selling point.
IT_GUY to Boss: "Sir I believe its time we began supporting IPv6"
Boss: "And what are the benifits?"
IT_GUY: "More IP's better system etc."
Boss: "What about MP3 Streaming, does it have that?"
IT_GUY: "Why yes it does sir."
Boss: "Well then load it up!"
Ahh if only pretty music and pictures were the key components of Open Source software, would make convincing implementation so much easier.
"Look at all these benchmarks"..."ohhh pretty colors, we'll buy it!!"

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1. Re:Lol ... by Dog+and+Pony · 2003-07-20 12:15 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  "ohhh pretty colors, we'll buy it!!"
  
  In my experience, that is how bosses make buying descisions...
  
  As well as the average Joe, just today, after recommening an acquintance several Linux distros (he is looking to try it, out of interest), he asked: "What about Lindows? Look how good this looks!" and gave this link to a *really* silly flash commercial: http://images.lindows.com/closed/LindowsRock.html.
  
  Look and learn folks! This is apparently how you get users... sigh.
Uh, but? by Realistic_Dragon · 2003-07-20 11:57 · Score: 4, Funny

Will this be the first IPv6 service to be shut down by the RIAA?

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1. Re:Uh, but? by Surak · 2003-07-20 12:06 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No, the RIAA will now believe that IPv6 is a tool for pirates and file sharers and will lobby congress to have it remove, resulting in the ultimate and untimely death of the Internet due to running out of IP addresses. ;)
  
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2. Re:Uh, but? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-20 12:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I wouldn't think so, since this is a Dutch effort, and not hosted in America. If I'm not mistaken, the Dutch can tell the RIAA to suck on the big one, seeing as the RIAA is an American based fascist organization. Maybe I'm mistaken though.
First time! by AmoebafromSweden · 2003-07-20 12:17 · Score: 5, Funny

This is the furst guy to do something like this with IPv6.

I guess he is also the first IPv6 user that will be sued by the RIAA.
Thank you by omar.sahal · 2003-07-20 12:19 · Score: 4, Funny

All the site admins need to encourage IPv6 use! a good slashdoting

Not a troll
The difference you can HEAR by Capt'n+Hector · 2003-07-20 12:19 · Score: 4, Funny

Wow, IPv6 really made those mp3s sound better. It was almost as if I were there!

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IPv666 by eskimoboy · 2003-07-20 12:22 · Score: 5, Funny

This just in: RIAA uses the DMCA to shut down all IPv6 services, claiming they have the potential to distribute illegal MP3s.
Re:I don't want to be a killjoy by irc.goatse.cx+troll · 2003-07-20 12:25 · Score: 4, Insightful

The point is you can listen to it without wasting disk space. Also turns you on to new music you otherwise wouldnt know about. I dont listen to traditional radio, nor do I watch mtv -- The only way I can learn about new music is streams and word of mouth.

Listening to a good stream has a much better flow to -- Random mp3s jump from song to song, but a good stream is setup more like a good radiostation, where songs flow together rather than jumping from an aggressive song to some slow ballad

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Darn article descriptions by TrekkieGod · 2003-07-20 12:33 · Score: 4, Informative

Although the description makes it sound otherwise, the streams are available only in IPv6. What is both in IPv4 and IPv6 is the page with the information about the stream.

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no excuses not to use IPv6 by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-20 12:39 · Score: 5, Informative

There is a working M$ v6 kit now

now.. no one has any excuse not to use it..

Windows 2000 IPv6 Kit

Win XP IPv6 HOW-TO
Re:Why do we need IPv6 ? by khuber · 2003-07-20 12:57 · Score: 5, Funny

v4 has a bug. Upgrade to v6. v5 was out last week but they had to take it down when they found a security problem.
cure some ignorance by tomstdenis · 2003-07-20 13:20 · Score: 5, Interesting

Even if I load the ipv6 module in linux and use ipv6 applications. Doesn't my ISP have to route ipv6 packets before I can even use it?

Tom

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1. Re:cure some ignorance by Styx · 2003-07-20 13:51 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  No, you can do IPv6 tunneling over IPv4. See http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/06/01/ipv6 _tutorial.html for instance.
  
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2. Re:cure some ignorance by duckstab · 2003-07-20 15:15 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Hurricane Electric offers IPv6 tunnels, and will allocate you a /64 block of addresses. The application forms and some excellent tutorial materials can be found at http://ipv6.he.net/
Re:RIAA in IPv6? by EpsCylonB · 2003-07-20 13:23 · Score: 4, Interesting

Q. How do I install the IPv6 Protocol for Windows XP or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1)?

A.

To install the IPv6 Protocol for Windows XP:

1. Log on to the computer running Windows XP with a user account that has privileges to change network configuration.
2. Open a command prompt. From the Windows XP desktop, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
3. At the command prompt, type:

ipv6 install

Wow, it was literally that easy, now what did it actually do ?
Sigh... by sweet+'n+sour · 2003-07-20 14:51 · Score: 4, Informative

Good... Maybe someone else will have better luck convincing Nullsoft that ipv6 actually IS desired:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=3b5228a9 5119a267d91817195a9ad715&threadid=125475&highlight =ipv6

Btw, same goes for ipv6 support in Mozilla for windows... the *nix versions have had ipv6 support for a while now, right?
Are there any other ipv6 alternatives for windows? IE and Windows Media Player both have ipv6 support for win2k sp3 and up as well as XP, but I'd rather not use those if possible.
Re:Heh by CoolVibe · 2003-07-20 15:04 · Score: 4, Interesting

Yep, and to top it off, I hacked the xmms port to compile with ipv6 support. I just diffed the contents of the xmms tarball there with the original, made a patch, and submitted it to FreeBSD gnats here.
Oh, you just want the ipv6 patch I made from it? Go ahead, take it. Just go to your xmms 1.2.7 source root and do a patch -p0, oh well, y'all know the drill.
Have fun listening :)