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Thread started 03/25/06 10:31am

ruready

3121 listening room problems help

When I enter the 3121 room I hear the sound of chatter, but the song never starts. I have hit the play button, still nothing. Any help. Ever since they changed the room I can not get the songs.
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Reply #1 posted 03/26/06 6:31am

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I had the same problem - even with broadband, it seems to take a long time to load. You just have to be real patient - I have even waited 5 - 10 minutes and then suddenly the tracks start playing.

I am not sure if this is because of a lot of people visiting the room at the same time, or if it is due to the tracks not caching in the temp internet files folder anymore and having to re-load from fresh everytime.
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Reply #2 posted 03/26/06 7:37pm

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Could be a lot of visitors to the 3121 room since the cd came out.
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Reply #3 posted 03/28/06 7:05am

MattUK

metalorange said:

I had the same problem - even with broadband, it seems to take a long time to load. You just have to be real patient - I have even waited 5 - 10 minutes and then suddenly the tracks start playing.

I am not sure if this is because of a lot of people visiting the room at the same time, or if it is due to the tracks not caching in the temp internet files folder anymore and having to re-load from fresh everytime.


So does this mean there's no way of saving these tracks for posterity any more?
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Reply #4 posted 03/28/06 7:14am

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MattUK said:

metalorange said:

I had the same problem - even with broadband, it seems to take a long time to load. You just have to be real patient - I have even waited 5 - 10 minutes and then suddenly the tracks start playing.

I am not sure if this is because of a lot of people visiting the room at the same time, or if it is due to the tracks not caching in the temp internet files folder anymore and having to re-load from fresh everytime.


So does this mean there's no way of saving these tracks for posterity any more?


Some people say you can play them and then drag the resulting .swf file out of your temp internet files folder, but that doesn't seem to work for me, and anyway, you then need to find a program that can convert the audio of the .swf to something useful.

Another way is to get hold of some software that records anything your computer soundcard is playing. You can then usually save it as an mp3. There's freeware out there on the web but I usually find it has limitations such as length until you pay up, but worth trying.
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Reply #5 posted 03/28/06 7:57am

MattUK

Thanks. I may have a look although I've never much re-listened to anything I've held onto from Glam Slam or Reflection rooms - it's just the completist in me fighting to get out!
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Reply #6 posted 03/28/06 8:10am

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So far I've managed to save all of the files from the last two weeks. I've had to use two computers to do it, but it's worked so far. I've connected the computers through the microphone/headphone jacks and streamed the audio on one computer and recorded it using the second computer.

If someone needs help getting these three songs, let me know.

On a side note, I've been listening to some of the older Glam Slam songs and noticed that my Pop Life X from November 6th 2004 has some static in it. Does anyone else have this problem?
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Reply #7 posted 03/31/06 11:22am

ruready

I will try waiting longer for it to play. When the swf file loads does it display a white bar across the top like the mp3 files?
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Reply #8 posted 03/31/06 11:45am

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ruready said:

I will try waiting longer for it to play. When the swf file loads does it display a white bar across the top like the mp3 files?


No.
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