Shameless chatroom/Radio show?

[zanner]

You can set up a basic/free independant chatroom like I have on my forums, then just post a link for the chatroom on the forum. This is what I did.

[herman]

chatrooms are good for film nights too- me and fellow blogger james do occasionally have film nights its a bit non technical the way we do it too- we just both set a time and play our films the same time- and then chat while watching.

Incidentally there are some pretty nifty open source chatrooms.

for radio/tv stations- and a tv station could be a trailer reel for example- check out miro (democracy player).

this one I ve just road tested-

http://www.123flashchat.com/chat_module_download.html

there is a version that will integrate with these forums (vbulletin)

oh and democracy player is here-

http://www.getmiro.com/

there should be instructions on how to create a channel there somewhere to broadcast videos etc- for example shameless channel could show a public domain movie with commercial breaks featuring trailers and change the movie now and then. (swamp women would be a good movie to start with),

if I had the time and a faster net connection I would do this for you guys but this would suit someone with a bit of video editting experience.

[herman]

incidentally i think democracy player works by having connecting to rss channels that users can subscribe too

[Jonny]

Originally Posted by herman

for example shameless channel could show a public domain movie

What's the deal as regards 'public domain' in the UK? I was under the impression there's no such thing. Anyone know anything about this?

[vipco]

I know this will probably sound strange but as i've never taken part in a chat room, what exactly goes on.
I've been asked to to join in sometime by some sites that run them , but posting i've no problem with but when it comes to chatting I can be very low in confidence so I never bothered .

I still think its an excellent idea though for Shameless as it seams the next logical step for the site.

[herman]

Originally Posted by vipco

I know this will probably sound strange but as i've never taken part in a chat room, what exactly goes on.
I've been asked to to join in sometime by some sites that run them , but posting i've no problem with but when it comes to chatting I can be very low in confidence so I never bothered .

I still think its an excellent idea though for Shameless as it seams the next logical step for the site.

its just like this really but real time with everyone online at the same time, if you have ever used anything like msn messenger then its like a group of people being on the same messenger at the same time. err I m not really explaining this very well. you ll have to wait and see, it'll be a surprise

[vipco]

I think I get the idea.
A bit like a game lobby were who evers there can talk to anyone else who's there, before or after the game.?

I've been on those but always waited till someone sopke to me first as I tend to find it hard just to go in somewhere and start talking to people I've never spoke to, but once I got to know afew names it was a bit easier.

[NossB]

There's always Stickam to consider, which is like a chat room with the downside that you get to see everyone's ugly mug.

http://www.stickam.com/