Sunday 20 December 2009

Technology - now working and on the blink

After finishing university for Christmas I've been busy. 1 live and another VT show. But that's normal.

I've spent some of the past couple of days setting up a test server for AllDay DJ (I'm now operating 2). The system is streaming fine from an old Duron 1.6GHz box I've got kicking around the house. This is all complete with in-house "Donkey FM" jingles. Well, you've got to test it with realistic audio. :P

Although I now have a few test rigs, development has come to a standstill at the moment due to university commitments. Specifically, I've got a sizable solo software development project to complete by April. It eats up a fair amount of time.

On another topic - we've had some technology fail. I'm currently shacking up with family for Christmas where they have a Sky HD box. All well and good, except it's throwing up an error. Specifically moaning about a lack of HDCP (encrypted content protection) support on the TV. Odd for something that's worked fine for a number of months. I've got a funny feeling that it's the set top box on the blink. However, the usual sky box fixes don't work. Go figure...