Weirdsville! Web Radio can be heard with the RealAudio Realplayer®, which now comes as a plug-in with Internet Explorer and Netscape installers. If your browser does not have a RealPlayer® associated with it, you can download it for free from www.real.com. Detailed help about specific RealAudio problems can be found on the RealNetworks Support Page.

To listen to the Webcast, click on either the WeirdPlayer icons or RealPlayer links on the Radio page, depending on which audio program you wish to use. This will generate a random playlist corresponding to your exact musical needs at the moment. Consider this an I Ching of Incredibly Strange Music.

WEIRDPLAYER: If you have a current browser and also have the Macromedia Flash Player® installed, you should open the WeirdPlayers (main graphic channel buttons), which are customized Flash skins for the RealPlayer plug-in. Along with the Play, Pause, and Stop buttons, you can scroll through the playlist with the Forward and Back buttons. If you want to access the RealPlayer menu, right-click on the bottom status panel. NOTE: Due to the inconsistencies between the different web browsers, the WeirdPlayer might not work properly (i.e. no clip information or the buttons do not respond). Make sure you have the latest version of your web browser, Flash Player, and RealPlayer plug-in.
NEWS: 9/08The latest version of Firefox and Chrome do not support the code that shows the clip info in the Weirdplayer windows. Please use the RealAudio only links in the meantime.

REALPLAYER: If you have RealAudio RealPlayer installed on your computer, this link will open the RealPlayer program and download the playlist. You can scroll through the list by clicking the button to the left of the "Playlist" window on your RealPlayer®, but you won't know what the cut will be until you actually choose it. For info about the current track, click on the title bar to view clip info: Title, Artist, and Album credits.

ERROR MESSAGES: Occasionally you might get error messages when trying to connect to the webcast, after the RealPlayer® has popped up. A common message is "Currently AutoUpdate has no plug-in available to play your selection". This usually occurs when the server hosting the audio files is down or having problems. The best rule of thumb is either move to the next cut or close the RealPlayer® and try the link a second time. If the message pops up again, try back in a while. We at Weirdsville check the site several times a day to make sure things are up and running, and any problems are usually solved within a few hours.

Why mono? Though RealAudio now has quality stereo capabilities, we have chose to stick with the smaller mono files. Not everyone in the world has highspeed Internet service - our experiments have shown that mono streams better and cuts down on the dreaded net congestion. We'd rather sacrifice a little bit of sound quality to let the music flow as smooth as possible, plus most of our cuts were originally recorded in mono anyway. If you want the stereo version, buy it direct from the artist.

Why ReaPlayer? We often get email asking why we don't use MP3 streams or why we use RealAudio, with the biggest complaint being "it takes over your computer". We agree that the RealOne player was fat, sloppy piece of bloatware, and that the current RealPlayer comes with way too much corporate market-research crap. We are not affiliated or sponsored by Real in any way - I don't think we're even on their RealRadio seach engines. But, RealAudio is currently the best platform to transmit decent-sounding audio at the lowest bandwidth and connection speed, both of which are vitally important to reach our worldwide weird listenership. Plus, at 8400+ trax and counting, its way too late to change formats now! Our advice: install the RealPlayer, say NO to all their suggestion, webupdate, and spam choices, and let the WEIRDNESS flow thru...