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25 Years Of Being Into Internet Radio (1999-2024)

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Its dawned on me I've been into Internet radio since 1999. It all started with me using a friends computer and I tuned into a LIVE365 station. Cyndi Lauper All Through The Night was the first song I heard on the stream It was 2001 before I was able to afford my first computer and I set about learning How To Stream on the Internet. I've lost count of how many different bits of software I've tried in 25 years some of them were GREAT some of them were PANTS Oddcast, Edcast, Altacast, Jazler, MB Recaster, BUTT, Zara Radio, SAM Broadcaster & Winamp with DSP Encoders Early versions of certain software would Crash if you tried adding a large folder of music to it. Some software just didn't have great stability which was Sad because the software looked promising. I lost a position on an Internet radio station because of software issues. I spent a LOT of time FIGHTING with software just t...

Oddsock Gen Song Request Plugin (Winamp)

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Oddsock Gen Song Request Plugin (Security Risk!) I noticed a post on the Winamp forums where someone was asking for a song request plugin for the program. Another user suggested they should use the Oddsock Gen Song Request Plugin. While the Oddsock Gen Song Request Plugin was great for interacting with listeners years ago. Things have moved on somewhat especially in the world of Internet radio request scripts for websites. The Oddsock Gen Song Request Plugin is full of Security holes Which in turn means the person using it could easily have their copy of Winamp hacked Heres the report that I found online while looking stuff up. Advisory Name: Oddsock Playlist Generator Multiple BufferOverlow vulnerability Software : Song Requester Version : 2.1 Platform: Windows NT/XP/95/98/2000 Severity: DoS Vulnerability that terminates Winamp Summary: Oddsock Playlist generator is used by Radio DJs to allow listeners to choose a song to play from the Winamp Playlist.Song Requester Ve...