Subsonic Radio wants your ideas for updates.

[momeja]

I think a very good community of users has developed here at Subsonic, so I don't get the impression that anyone is abusing the system by requesting long tracks. So, I think it would be detrimental to eliminate this ability. Personally, sometimes I get the urge to listen to the Living Seas loop, Adventureland loop, or Wilderness Lodge loop. It would be disappointing if I had to wait for the station to automatically play these loops. If no one is allowed to request them, they'd only play in the overnight hours when the request queue empties out. During the day, they would never get played at all since the request queue is always full.

Well said and my point exactly, bdinger.

Btw, it's nice to see your post. I often request at night and I've grown to love the music of Horizons, largely because of you.

[DIAC1987]

"It would be nice if each park had their own channel of nonstop background music"

I totally agree with this. And, I am adding my vote to keep the long loops. However, if each park got their own channel, then I am sure the amount of requests for these long loops would diminish slightly.

[YZFDonor]

Maybe name a few more users as moderators to help keep watch over the forum. I know I'm on all over the place especially late at night so whatever threads are out of place or if anything goes wrong, one could help out and solve the problem.

Maybe each of us could have an assigned Top Level Forum to mod? I for one can't keep up with everything either but would be willing to be in charge of one, say DVC or one of the WDW ones.

[horizons1]

When deciding whether it makes sense to abolish the point system or change the time limit on requests, it would be useful to consult any statistics that have been gathered on usage. How often are there traffic jams with users all requesting music at the same time? Is there a way to leave the system loose and relatively unrestricted but then apply some sort of "flow control"? The idea would be to allow people total freedom to request during off-peak times but apply more restrictive rules during peak times.

[Jacca5660]

When deciding whether it makes sense to abolish the point system or change the time limit on requests, it would be useful to consult any statistics that have been gathered on usage. How often are there traffic jams with users all requesting music at the same time? Is there a way to leave the system loose and relatively unrestricted but then apply some sort of "flow control"? The idea would be to allow people total freedom to request during off-peak times but apply more restrictive rules during peak times.

Wow!! What a great idea! I know form systems I work with that this doable, but I have no Idea what the CODE MONKEYS would have to do. You could most likely set it up so it would trigger time restriction from data about how many people are requesting.

[horizons1]

I know form systems I work with that this doable

Exactly what I was thinking, Jacca. Forums handle spiking web traffic in some elegant ways - we could probably come up with a similar set of business rules and then of course they have to be coded. The proof, as they say, is in the pudding.

[sonicthehero]

I agree that an expanded sorting system when searching would be a swell improvement. It would nice to be able to organize tracks in order of most popular, date added, etc. The 'Date Added' option in particular would help as I often like to listen to the new material, and searching through posts to find it can be tedious.

[kcarts]

I'm reading this and all I can think of is Caddyshack......

"I want a hamburger, no a cheese burger. I want fries. I want a co..."

"YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!"


MY idea is a free trip to WDW for anyone who joined on May 29, 2007.

[elizabethswann]

I'm reading this and all I can think of is Caddyshack......

"I want a hamburger, no a cheese burger. I want fries. I want a co..."

"YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!"

The only time I heard a version of that quote is from Family Guy when Patrick Stewart and Wil Wheaton did that.

[bigred0707]

I am new to this site, so this may fall under a stupid suggestion... But when I review all the options to choose from to request a song to be played it would be nice to be able to listen to the song before making the request. I may be looking for particular music and then I find a lot of options regarding the subject I'm looking at (Example Space Mountain) and I'm not sure which one will have the sound I'm looking for.... It would be helpful to be able to listen to a song even if it is only 30 seconds to one minute of it..instead of trying several before I find what I'm looking for.

[MadEye]

I am new to this site, so this may fall under a stupid suggestion... But when I review all the options to choose from to request a song to be played it would be nice to be able to listen to the song before making the request. I may be looking for particular music and then I find a lot of options regarding the subject I'm looking at (Example Space Mountain) and I'm not sure which one will have the sound I'm looking for.... It would be helpful to be able to listen to a song even if it is only 30 seconds to one minute of it..instead of trying several before I find what I'm looking for.

A preview system like iTunes or Amazon. Could be useful.

[Jacca5660]

I am new to this site, so this may fall under a stupid suggestion... But when I review all the options to choose from to request a song to be played it would be nice to be able to listen to the song before making the request. I may be looking for particular music and then I find a lot of options regarding the subject I'm looking at (Example Space Mountain) and I'm not sure which one will have the sound I'm looking for.... It would be helpful to be able to listen to a song even if it is only 30 seconds to one minute of it..instead of trying several before I find what I'm looking for.

A preview system like iTunes or Amazon. Could be useful.

This seems like it would be a lot of code and stress on the system.

[BayLakeTowers]

What if you broke up the long tracks in to part one, part two, etc.? That way someone could request all the parts to make a long block if the had the points, or request only a fifteen minute block of a 60 minute loop. I know I would like to request the background music for EE, but I don't have the points for a 75 minute block. But I also don't need to listen to all 75 minutes, I only need to hear maybe about 30 minutes of it. You could still keep the loop in tact for a background entry, but break it up for requests.

[BayLakeTowers]

As for the search engine, what if you simply added a few radio buttons to select DisneyLand or WDW or Resorts to limit or expand the search. Like the difference between Google's basic search bar and their advanced search. If I type "Animal Kingdom", for example, I get everything from a Mainstreet parade, to the DAK lodge. It would be great to have a way to limit the results to only the park.

[disneydreamer58]

I too like the long tracks because when I am at work and can hear an hour of Illuminations or Wilderness Lodge I am in heaven because I can still concentrate on my work. I do try to request those when I know that I am going to have to do a lot of reconciliation work. But if they have to go out of the request loop and were available to hear as another option I am open to that.

Thanks for all you do! This site is my daily escape from reality!

oh yah and the search engine being more user friendly would be great....though it could be user error on my end