Thanks Flor for all the info. Was never able to play any RTE stations here in work using Real Player probably a network block, but there is a Windows Media Player option on this new link that opened for me with no problem. Also thanks you posted a very interesting item earlier this week that led to me solving a problem I had playing DVDs, downloaded a great program which worked a treat. All the best, Tony. -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: 24 June 2008 00:27 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vicsireland] RTÉ Digital Radio Services now broadcasting on-line As of today (monday the 23rd June), RTÉ Radio have put their DAB services on-line. This means that people outside the areas of Dublin, Cork and Limerick cities who have Web access, and those living in the above-mentioned conurbations who don't yet have DAB receivers but also have Web access, can now hear them 'live'. They are, as usual for RTÉ Web, difficult to locate exactly on the RTÉ radio site; but http://www.rte.ie/radio/dab.html is as good a place as any to start from. Now, in addition there is an RTÉ Media Player, which will play any of the RTÉ radio stations, digital or 'analogue'. There may be problems, however, in navigating between the Media Player - which can now also play an embedded Windows Media stream - and the main 'RTÉ information' window: they seem to cut across each other. One is tabbing in the player itself; but then the information window comes into focus when one didn't ask for it, didn't alt-tab to it to bring it into focus. Also it would be nice if RTÉ developed an independent Media Player interface - truly separate from the browser - in similar manner to what the BBC have done with their IPlayer. Thus, I believe there are accessibility issues on the site as I have referenced. On another note: Whilst it is good that RTÉ have put their digital services on to the Web for the benefit of those who haven't yet got terrestrial access to their digital audio broadcast service, I would hope that this move isn't just a way of short-changing the rest of the country, to save that all-important money from their end. I was able to get the RTÉ Choice url into Windows Media Player and have it play there, at much better volume than in the native RTÉ embedded Windows Media player. (There was a lot of rubbish in their stream url address, and I had to remember and then manually type in the url as it might be seen properly by WMP, as it would not copy. My work-round worked, much to my gratification.) (I did, however, hear a hum on the RTTÉ Choice transmission, betraying that it was a relaying of other broadcasts - from BBC, NPR, and some other stations. (I also heard the other stations, but Choice had interesting content going on it.) I would therefore be interested if people would explore http://www.rte.ie/radio/dab.html and how they find it working or not working. (Incidentally, the stream url that I got hold of, I had to get via the properties, via context menu. Even then, it was not spoken by JAWS except it showed in braille.) (I had turned Flash off for the RTÉ site, previously, because I'd found it annoying, among other things. But since there is a Flash player involved on the digital site I have now turned Flash back on.) I'm using JAWS9.21.69. This e-mail and any attached files are from FAS and are confidential. This E-mail is intended only for the addressee indicated in the message. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy, distribute or use the information but please delete the email as soon as possible. Any views or opinions expressed in the email are those of the sender only and not necessarily those of FAS. FAS - Training and Employment Authority P.O. Box 456, 27-33 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Tel: 353-1-6070500, Fax: 353-1-6070600, Email: info@xxxxxxx