TRF WANTS YOU!

[St Helens RLFC]

TRF will be running a weekly podcast for the duration of the Lions tour. We are looking for people willing to come on air and give their thoughts.

Please register your interest here.

 

[Steve-o]

I'm definitely interested.

Is there a timetable/schedule with the dates so us members can make sure we're availiable?

 

[Haysie]

I'm in for a netural perspective on the games. (Which will be biased to the boks, of course )

 

[Woldog]

I'm in for a very biased opinion of the games and Comparing the Lions Defence to the defence of Rugby 08.

 

[St Helens RLFC]

I'll draw up a timetable depending on the interest.

 

[O'Rothlain]

I'm down...!

 

[Ozzay]

i'm in

 

[Jer1cho]

I think someone as incredibly knowleadgable and sexy as myself is a shoo-in... :bravo:

 

[Thingimubob]

I'm in, but have exams atm (last one is a week today, so after that I'm def available)

 

[Prestwick]

FYI I have set up the ventrilo server where we'll be running the podcast from. When the time comes, a handy-dandy FAQ and HOWTO on how to set up ventrilo and get everything running will be availible.

 

[St Helens RLFC]

There is going to be a podcast at 10:45PM GMT TOMORROW (Thursday 27th).

If you want to participate you need to tell me, Prestwick or Steveo.

 

[Steve-o]

That's right, it should be interesting!
If you want to join in and you have a mic, PM the people mentioned above and a step by step tutorial will be sent to you on how to get ventrilo working. It takes 2 minutes from downloading the software to being podcast ready.

 

[Jer1cho]

How much bandwidth will something like this chew up?

 

[Steve-o]

Good question.

Bandwidth usage is determined by the codec and is dictated by the server. It could be as low as 600 bytes/sec or as high as 8000 bytes/sec per voice stream.

I got that from the Ventrilo website. Perhaps Prestwick can give stats and whatnot.

 

[Jer1cho]

Yeah i need that info! Best i can do is buy like a 500mb data bundle or something hey...

 

[Steve-o]

I'm gonna stick my neck out and say you'll need about 100mb if even that. I read with a codec like Speex you can reduce the quality of the sound so that it uses your bandwidth less. The lowest I read is that of a telephone call, which isn't THAT bad.
Gamers use Ventrilo so it should be easy on bandwidth.

Until Prestwick sheds some light on the issue I suggest you download the 2 most popular codecs, Speex and GSM.

 

[Jer1cho]

And i take it 10:45PM GMT means 12:45AM here??? Yeah... about that....

 

[Steve-o]

Oh snap! We are 2 hours ahead hey, forgot about that one.
Pushing it back 2 hours would be better...

 

[Jer1cho]

Need the HOW-TO for Ventrillo! I am all set up for tonight! Still though, make it earlier PLEASE!!!! Like 19:00 over there, which is 21:00 here, which is also directly after the game! Comoooooooooooooooooooooooooooone!

EDIT: ****, was it yesterday? AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

SECOND EDIT: Wait, it is tonight! YAY!

 

[Steve-o]

I'm also availiable straight after the game.

Any British or Irish members keen?