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Canadian Public Radio Streaming Ogg Vorbis

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-it-covers-vast-distances dept.

d00dman writes "CBC Radio, Canada's major national public broadcaster is now streaming in ogg/vorbis. Recently CBC had switched from realmedia streams to windows media streams for their radio broadcasts. After receiving a plethora of complaints, suggesting ogg/vorbis as an alternative, CBC has begun a test ogg stream of the toronto stations. They boast in their ogg FAQ that they're encoding with oddcast and streaming with icecast."

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  1. Cool! by isometrick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds very forward-thinking. I will definitely be listening to this stream when I move there soon.

    1. Re:Cool! by dr_d_19 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sounds very forward-thinking. I will definitely be listening to this stream when I move there soon.

      Yeah, because the obvious audience for internet broadcast is a local listener, and you wouldn't be able to listen to it now. :)

  2. typical Canadians by dankelley · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a bunch of standards-following wimps Canadians are. Join Kyoto protocol. Join international world court. Use the same ballot across the nation. (Count that ballot in hours.) Same-sex marriage. Soon-to-be-legal marijuana. Free health care. Soon to be free daycare. What a crew. Oh, and some Ogg Vorbis thingee now, too.

    1. Re:typical Canadians by gustgr · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now we have to wait for free hookers... I mean... free sexcare.