NEW! VF Radio Request System now open!

[Chris]

We are proud to announce the grand opening of the VF Radio Requests System!

The VF Radio Request system allows each VF User a chance to request a song from the VF Library (currently over 1000 titles). The titles range from full attraction ridethrus, to popular Disney soundtracks.

Here's how the system works. First, load VF Radio into your favorite media player by clicking on this link:

http://www.visionsfantastic.com:8000/listen.pls (http://www.visionsfantastic.com:8000/listen.pls)

Next, go to the VF Radio Request link:

VF Radio Requests (http://www.visionsfantastic.com/tunez)

You must create an account to make requests. You must use your own VF username to create an account.

Once logged in, you can browse the library by title, author, album, etc. You can also browse the latest additions or view a listing of recently played material (Playlist History). Also, 10 random tracks are listed for your listening pleasure.

The cookie that keeps you logged in expires after 30 minutes of idle use, so you will have to log in again if you keep the page open. The page automatically refreshes to update the playlist information.

To request a song, simply click the REQUEST button next to the title. The song will then be queued and played on the radio. Keep in mind that any other material queued before yours will be played first. Do not request the same song multiple times!

And now, some guidelines:

1. Please limit your requests to 3 titles per hour. If you're going to play a very long sound file of 15 minutes or more (queue music, loops), limit your request to ONE title per hour. Excessive use of the Request system may have an impact on your VF account. Don't abuse it!

2. At any time a VF Staff Member may alter the current playlist if we feel a particular title is being overplayed or a particular user is abusing the Request system. Requesters must follow the instructions of VF staff at all times.

3. Do not ask in the Shoutbox, boards, PMs, etc, for copies of material played on VF Radio. Doing this may result in action being taken against your account.

4. Please be considerate of other listeners. Do not request the same title that has just played several songs ago. Click the Play History link on the left column to see what has played recently.

5. Limit your total request time to no longer than 25 minutes of run time per hour.



Special thanks to Neo, Ca Screamin' Dude and other staff members who have helped to create and test the system.


Enjoy!

Chris Lang
Visionsfantastic.com

[Thlypsis]

Wow, what a great system. It's really nice to be able to browse the titles. Thanks to the designers and DJs!

[Chris]

You're welcome. I want to stress that everyone needs to follow the rules of no more than 3 titles in an hour period, or one title of 15 minutes in length or more. This will prevent huge bottlenecks in people getting their request's heard.

[krnsngr85]

this is incredible I like it. This is totally awesome thank you Chris and the VF staff this is AWESOME!!!!!!

[atrousda]

Thank you SO much!!! Applause, Applause!
The system is really great!

[Disney_Guy]

Wow, the place looks great, very excited to see it all!

[Strangel]

Yeek! I'd thought the radio was majority-vote based, ended up selecting something like ten songs before I read this. lol I ran back and removed my votes for all but three. Sorry about that! :)

[CA Screamin Dude]

Yeek! I'd thought the radio was majority-vote based, ended up selecting something like ten songs before I read this. lol I ran back and removed my votes for all but three. Sorry about that! :)I saw that! Thanks for reading and doing what you did. There are others who don't take the time to ever bother reading the rules, and we really appreciate that you did.

[Strangel]

I was mortified when I read the rules and realized what I'd done wasn't putting my vote in for favorites but asking the songs be played right then! LOL
I usually read the rules first, but I've been so excited since finding this place I've had a hard time not going spastic! :)
We're going back to Disneyland in October and I'm already asking every day "Do we pack yet?!" and seeing all the music from rides and attractions I miss just about did me in. :eek:

Edit: Trust me.. I'm not normally this hyper and bugnuts.. I feel like someone shot me full of sugar and caffeine, I just noticed my posts are starting to show it! lol

[disneyluva101]

Heya, i was just wondering, well whenevr i try to log in to the music request thing, it tells me that my passwords incorrect and so i have to go through the whole process of changing it and everything and then i open a new window and go into it and it still tells me that i am wrong, well i was juat wondering if you have to have a seperate log in for the music thing because eah its really frustrating

[Almandot]

i've noticed that it doesn't log you in even if your password is correct if you're accessing it at visionsfantastic.com/tunez you have to go to www.visionsfantastic.com/tunez having the www. in front, or lack thereof rather, seems to mess up a lot of hotlinking and other software these days. you'd think the software would have thought to account for something like that heh

[CA Screamin Dude]

Heya, i was just wondering, well whenevr i try to log in to the music request thing, it tells me that my passwords incorrect and so i have to go through the whole process of changing it and everything and then i open a new window and go into it and it still tells me that i am wrong, well i was juat wondering if you have to have a seperate log in for the music thing because eah its really frustratingThe VF Radio Request System houses separate username/password combinations than does the rest of Visions Fantastic. You will have to register separately to use the VF Radio system (we recommend you use your same username/password combination, to make things simpler).

[ah92us]

I just tried out this system today; pretty cool! Love it better than it was before. Thanks!

[Acsaylor]

wow, finaly a system for enjoyment. Good job guys

[Zip~a~dee~doo~dah]

Well done! Easy to use, too.

Would it be possible to get some Downtown Disney music in the library as well?

[CA Screamin Dude]

It would... We just don't exactly know what Disney is playing in Downtown Disney these days. If you do, feel free to tell us and we'll work on adding it.

You can always send me a PM if you have any issues or inquiries with the Radio that you'd like me to take a look at.

[coolmccool5]

Well, I have an issue. I had 3 titles played out, and had selected 3 more titles to play just after an 90 minutes of titles selected by other users, but after two titles had played, my selected titles immediately went to the top of the playlist, making it appear that I selected more than 3 titles in an hour.

[CA Screamin Dude]

This would result if titles you requested were also requested by other listeners. The staff can track your precise statistics, and we would be aware of this situation.

[AraBrokenDreamer]

When is the random song generator goign to be fixed? Most of the songs it plays are fine, but it freqents ToT and HMH, along with several other songs that are high requested as is. Also, quick question: if no one else is requesting (and you give plenty of time for them to do so, can you request more songs rather than let the randomizer kick in? And when exactly does a song become overplayed and thus temproarily blocked?

-Ara

PS. I have the rest of an album that is partially uploaded on the site, and would like to finish it out. Who do I contact for that?

[Chris]

First, even if the queue is empty, that isn't an excuse to post beyond the 3 titles per hour. As it stands, you'd see people filling up the queue constantly. Please follow the rules we've put into effect.

The randomizer bug isn't something we can easily remedy at this point and we can only temporarily remove materials that get overplayed or requested too much. We haven't set specific limits and this must be done manually. If you feel a track is being overplayed or requested too much, contact either CA Screamin Dude, myself or Neo and we can take care of it for you.

As far as the ramdomizer goes, the problem will become less apparent when more requests start coming in, so encourage your fellow VFers to try out the Request system, but keep in mind songs that are requested more will get more airtime.

Regarding materials you'd like to contribute to the station, contact CA Screamin Dude or Neo privately about this.

-Chris

[CA Screamin Dude]

Titles may become blocked because they are: longer than 10 minutes, are area music loops or fractions thereof, are being played by the randomizer many times during a given period of time for at least one week, or are similar to other popular titles.

Titles may become hidden because they are: requested too often (abused).

[kairamoon]

Hey guys great job on the request system :smile: is there any way to put the request part next to the radio box though? That way I don't have to keep finding this thread and I won't have to worry about it getting bumped out of the site updates. Thanks!

[Chris]

On the main page - http://visionsfantastic.com/main.php by the radio is a link that says "Make a Request" that will bring you directly to the Request system. We'd really like people to read the Site Announcements thread about the radio to help prevent people from breaking the rules (requesting too many songs, etc). Most times when we have to remove somebody's access to the radio, they often state they weren't aware of the rules.

[CA Screamin Dude]

I'd like to remind everyone to not go over the three titles per hour maximum we have set. If you are requesting a longer track, such as any area music #'d file, please keep it to one request per hour. Regardles, you should not be requesting more than 25 minutes of audio in any given 60 minute period. Do not play longer area music files back-to-back, and use the system's "Play History" function to see what has just played, so we aren't playing the same material over and over.

Not following these guidelines may result in your account being banned, and your songs skipped!

[ShrunkenNed]

OK, maybe I'm getting nitpicky, but I just want to get the rules right. Ezra donated some of his records to the collection, which I've noticed are in two parts. After the two parts play, they usually come closer to 40 minutes than the requested 25. Is this acceptable in these vases?

Again, sorry for nitpicking, I would just like to hear some of these records in their entirety!
Thanks

[CA Screamin Dude]

OK, maybe I'm getting nitpicky, but I just want to get the rules right. Ezra donated some of his records to the collection, which I've noticed are in two parts. After the two parts play, they usually come closer to 40 minutes than the requested 25. Is this acceptable in these vases?

Again, sorry for nitpicking, I would just like to hear some of these records in their entirety!
Thanks

I'm going to say yes, that would be acceptable. However, I'll ask a few things: first, make sure the titles haven't played recently (click on the H link you see next to the request button to see the title's play history, recently for these longer files means within the past 24-36 hours); second, request one at a time in this situation, wait to request the second of two parts until the first one is just about done. That will give other users a chance to request songs to play in between the two lengthier files if they so choose - an "intermission" of sorts can be refreshing for some users here.

[ShrunkenNed]

Makes sense to me...