Aimee Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 I cannot seem to figure this out. A few people in Chat told me it works fine for them. When I'm in the chat room, I see the area to press play and listen live, But it wont play. (works fine on my laptop) I was given a link to listen on a different webpage, but it tells me I need Flash, which my phone doesn't support. What am I doing wrong? I have a Galaxy note 3 and the person who told me it works perfectly for them has a Galaxy note 2, so I imagine it should work for me too. I have no problem listening to podcasts. It's listening live during call in shows in chat that I'm trying to figure out. Thanks!
Kevin Beal Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 The Reason According to Google's Chrome for Android FAQ (and the android browser itself too, I'm sure), they've decided against supporting flash, so the usual route will not work out of the box. This is because Adobe gave up on trying to market Flash for mobile. The reason for that is because Flash is actually a big overhead and completely unnecessary in mobile and modern browsers when it comes to playing audio and video. The browser itself directly supports that now, but in order to support older browsers you see a lot of flash players out there. ~10% of Americans don't use browsers that are any good and developers are afraid to turn them away. Increasingly, Flash is being phased out of the web. Javascript native to your browser can do pretty much everything Flash can do and a lot more (including 3D gaming) without having to download any plugins. Flash is the most popular browser plugin of all time, but it's going away, and it should. The Solution(s) The best (least hacky) solution is a direct audio file download. And newer phones can pause and play from the lock screen, so that's pretty cool. That link is currently this one: http://209.105.250.73:8417/fdr-stream. But I don't know exactly how that works or if it changes (not wise linking directly to IP addresses). You can also get a special browser for your phone called Photon Flash Player and Browser to make Flash work on your phone. You can also get the Real Player for Android and using this link to hook into the streamer: http://cast5.serverhostingcenter.com/tunein.php/freedomainradio/playlist.ram.
JamesP Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 If a Shoutcast app is available on your phone, you can install that and search for the "Freedomain Radio" channel, too.
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