Social:Rainwave
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| Original author(s) | Robert "LiquidRain" McAuley |
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| Initial release | September 10, 2006 |
| Stable release | Rainwave 5
/ December 12, 2015 |
| Repository | https://github.com/rmcauley/rainwave/ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Windows Mobile, Android, iPhone |
| Available in | English, French, German, Spanish, Finnish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Dutch, Polish |
| Type | Music |
| License | Open source |
| Website | https://rainwave.cc/ |
Rainwave is an interactive radio website that allows users to request, rate, and vote for songs in real time.[1] The site hosts five separate radio streams and focuses completely on video game music. Rainwave is a free service, funded primarily by Robert "LiquidRain" McAuley, and supplemented by user donations.
History
The Rainwave web interface and back-end was written by Robert McAuley. The initial version was called "Raincast" and was written as a stream helper for IceS. It was announced to the Icecast mailing list in November 2004.[2]
In the summer of 2008, with the addition of a second stream for OCR Radio, Rainwave became the official online radio station for OverClocked ReMix.[3][4] At the same time, the Rainwave interface was upgraded to version 2, or "R2".[5]
In March 2009, a third stream, V-wave, was added to the site.[6] V-wave specializes in video game music covers and chiptunes. For a brief period, V-wave featured live radio shows as well.
In February 2011, V-wave was renamed to Mixwave and then eventually Covers.
Later that year, in August 2011, 2 new stations were introduced. The first was named Omniwave, which hosted all music available on via the website. The second was Bitwave, a stream exclusively for chiptune music. From this point on, Rainwave also started to present its music streams in MP3 format.[7]
Technical Functionality
Rainwave interface and server-side software has been designed and implemented by Robert "LiquidRain" McAuley.
It is divided into various layers with different functionality:
- Lyre: JSON API written in Python using Tornado.
- Orpheus: custom-made software C++ app made to control Rainwave (incl. elections, song selections, request processing, etc.)
- Eurydice: custom-made web app paneling system used for the site.
- Liquidsoap: third-party software for audio streaming.
Audio streams are in the Vorbis and mp3 formats at approximately 96 kbit/s.
See also
References
- ↑ "Interview: LiquidRain of rainwave.cc" (in en-US). 2008-05-17. http://driph.com/words/2008/05/interview-liquidrain-of-rainwavecc/.
- ↑ McAuley, Robert (2004-11-13). "[Icecast Raincast a 'stream helper' I've made. Looking for feedback."]. http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/icecast/2004-November/007849.html.
- ↑ ormgas.com -> rainwave.cc
- ↑ "OCR Radio (streaming OC ReMixes 24/7)" (in en-US). 5 June 2008. https://ocremix.org/community/topic/11875-ocr-radio-streaming-oc-remixes-247/.
- ↑ "Rainwave 2 Launched - Rainwave". http://rainwave.cc/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=38.
- ↑ "V-wave has launched! - Rainwave". http://rainwave.cc/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=549.
- ↑ "Omniwave, Bitwave, and MP3 Streams Arrive! - Rainwave". https://rainwave.cc/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2059.
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