Gameday audio on cell phone.....

[robotikarm]

Just wondering if anyone has tried it. Does it use up minutes as well as data?

[Bote McBoteface]

Yes it does use up minutes as well as data.

 

 

I had it. I liked it a lot but had to use it very sparingly (or after 9 oclock or whenever the free minutes started.)

[Irrelevant Dude]

I thought about trying Gameday Audio on my cellphone at work, since I can't get AM radio reception and they block most websites. Instead I setup a radio at home with a line in to my PC that streams audio to an external IP. If the Cubs are playing, I just turn my radio on WGN before I leave for work in the morning and then open the IP through Windows Media Player at work... works like a charm!

[robotikarm]

I thought about trying Gameday Audio on my cellphone at work, since I can't get AM radio reception and they block most websites. Instead I setup a radio at home with a line in to my PC that streams audio to an external IP. If the Cubs are playing, I just turn my radio on WGN before I leave for work in the morning and then open the IP through Windows Media Player at work... works like a charm!

 

That is exactly why I considered gameday audio on my phone. How do I do the external IP setup? That sounds like the perfect solution.

[Irrelevant Dude]

That is exactly why I considered gameday audio on my phone. How do I do the external IP setup? That sounds like the perfect solution.

You will need to download the free Windows Media Encoder software and setup the encoding task. Somewhere in the options you can choose the internal port number and you will need to remember this port. I have my encoding task scheduled to start encoding automatically at 8am M-F. From there, you will need to login to your router settings and find the "Virtual Server" option. You will need to enter your internal IP address for the PC that you're streaming from, and then the private port is the one that you chose to stream to in Windows Media Encoder. For the public port, you will probably want to choose 80, since that is rarely blocked. Once you have that setup and running, you can open the URL in Windows Media Player (using your external IP this time), for example "http:\\xx.xx.xxx.xx:80". Hopefully that helps, but I'm sure I left some details out, so feel free to send me a PM if you have any more questions.

[robotikarm]

For anyone interested.....I have AT&T service and one of their trusty customer service workers finally contacted me and informed me that this feature only uses data and not minutes.