I've very curious to see how SL handles the new whales in the virtual world pond. There have been others probably even before SL. I remember Playstation attempting and somewhat succeeding with their very watered down and kid friendly PS Home. That was actually my first interaction in a virtual world and I liked it enough to see what else was out there after Home shut down the servers. They did a lot of things differently and it was built on Unreal engine 3 i believe. It wasnt nearly the size SL is but they consistantly had a 5 digit user base in a world that wasnt spread across infinity which made a world seem to populate instead of the scattered thousands SL has. SL has a lot going for it but I'm affraid that it's biggest asset and attraction will also be what keeps it from being much more than what it is right now. The users built SL and thats pretty bad ass. The economy is alive and fairly healthy and the creative people do some amazing things, especially when a few team up. But as tech savvy and creative as so many are, we're not pro developers. We dont take the time or care enough about getting the most out of every spec of available digispace. A home built by a pro is beautifuly designed, built and then optimized to where it weighs nothing comparing that to a typical sl builder, designer, creator, a left shoe, thatll look amazing, will end up taking up as much space as a city built by a prodev. Not only that, but pros also have to make sure their creation can be accessed and used by any. Has to play well with scripts written by someone who may not speak the same language or know more than the bare minimum of how to accomplish whatever the task may be. I'm rambling but I say all that to say this, without a dedicated develpment team and standardized assests and limited commercial realestate it doesnt make much sense for SL to even try to move forward. There's no where to go that wont make this whole thing crash and burn. There needs to be a middle ground between User generated and Dev team generated and still be able to have a real economy where users are inspired and encouraged to create like they are now. Hearing Zuch spew sounds about how innovative his metaverse is and then goes on to describe things that have been common and basic in SL for over 10 years grinds my gears for sure. I don't know whats going on in front of the scenes let alone behind them and I hope LL is making hard, smart decisions about the future of SL I was there for the last day of PS Home, which was far sadder than i imagined it being. I can't even fathom how itd be if SL has to shut it down as well. Emotionally people would be torn apart but also the legal department would be working over time. How many hundreds or even thousands of dollars have you spent? When servers are shut off does any of your only recently nonexistant digital assets have any sort of worth that the thousands and thousands of SL users would undoubtedly try to recoup? I'm glad i don't have to worry about these things unless I want to because it's interesting to think about. This is going to be interesting to see how these online worlds navigate. LL better not be soft though cause say what you will about Zuch, the man's a roboshark that will eat you alive if given the chance. And if anyone knows a good source to learn about the what and whens and hows of metaworld news please let me know. P&L
Basically what the title says. I was a long time Pioneer rekordbox and VDJ user and I just decided to switch to the Traktor s4 mk3 controller which comes with Traktor Pro 3 software. All is going fine until I try to stream and I see that I have to use Icecast. Figured no big deal, can't be too much different than Shoutcast. I bought a month Icecast stream from TRM and get the info to put into the Broadcasting section of the Pro 3 software. I feel like I wasnt given enough info. Now I'm not a tech wiz by any means but I seem to do okay but have been hitting a wall with this. I have Proxy Settings, Werver Settings and Metadata Settings. I was given an address and a password, I feel lost. If anyone out there can help it'd be greatly appreciated. Or if you may know of somewhere i should go to to find out or someone in world ishould speak to. Thanks DJ!
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