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#1
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: Anniversary
Last post by Mike Sinclair - November 09, 2024, 01:44:03 PMI was on OtsJuke very early on (within a year of release). It served me well for a long time, but for me, it came up short of what it should have become. As a mobile/Wedding DJ, I had to go elsewhere for my software needs a few years ago, but Ots will always have a special place in my heart. And I have fond memories of many in this group who provided great advice along the way... probably the best group I've ever been part of.
#2
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: Anniversary
Last post by Kev - November 07, 2024, 04:31:47 PMI can't remember exactly when I got OtsDJ - but it was decades ago! Scary eh?
I wonder with the US politics result if we'll see a return of Jeff!
I wonder with the US politics result if we'll see a return of Jeff!
#3
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: Anniversary
Last post by Jigger - November 05, 2024, 08:00:16 AMWell put and said Milky, I did not expect to be still discussing Dj software after 25 years but still enjoy using it.
#4
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: Anniversary
Last post by milky - November 03, 2024, 09:24:21 PMI've bee with Ots since the very beginning (or close to it). I stumbled across it when looking for a replacement for Real Player which crashed numerous times per night, and was initially impressed with the stability and the DSP.
It is a great piece of software, but, sadly could have been so much more. It seems to have evolved in a series of "spurts" but with great gaps in between the spurts. We got S&L, but it only went part of the way towards true radio automation and legal logging requirements.
We got video, but are forced to use one specific format of video from early DVDs when others have embraced all of the available formats. These days, when every smartphone can display multiple formats, Ots has fallen way behind.
We got a user interface that looks pretty similar to what it was on day one, 25 years ago. Most others have a much nicer, modern dashboard that is user-configurable to suit individual needs.
We got a kind of controller scripting language, but it was limited to a handful of then-available DJ controllers, and has never evolved. Some enterprising people have managed to get it to work with other , more modern equipment, but it is hard work and not for the faint-hearted.
Like Ron, I still use Ots daily locally within my home, and to stream privately so that I can hear my own music wherever I am in the world. The fact that it remain perfectly stable for many months between re-boots is remarkable. I just wish that it had become the world's leading playout software, as it had the potential to do way back in 1999.
It is a great piece of software, but, sadly could have been so much more. It seems to have evolved in a series of "spurts" but with great gaps in between the spurts. We got S&L, but it only went part of the way towards true radio automation and legal logging requirements.
We got video, but are forced to use one specific format of video from early DVDs when others have embraced all of the available formats. These days, when every smartphone can display multiple formats, Ots has fallen way behind.
We got a user interface that looks pretty similar to what it was on day one, 25 years ago. Most others have a much nicer, modern dashboard that is user-configurable to suit individual needs.
We got a kind of controller scripting language, but it was limited to a handful of then-available DJ controllers, and has never evolved. Some enterprising people have managed to get it to work with other , more modern equipment, but it is hard work and not for the faint-hearted.
Like Ron, I still use Ots daily locally within my home, and to stream privately so that I can hear my own music wherever I am in the world. The fact that it remain perfectly stable for many months between re-boots is remarkable. I just wish that it had become the world's leading playout software, as it had the potential to do way back in 1999.
#5
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: Anniversary
Last post by DJ_Zath - November 02, 2024, 07:08:13 AMI've been using it since... (thinking) ... 2001!
but, unfortunately, it has let me down... though I still use and love it!
(one day, I will find the gremlin that causes the issues... but so far, it eludes me!)
but, unfortunately, it has let me down... though I still use and love it!
(one day, I will find the gremlin that causes the issues... but so far, it eludes me!)
#6
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Anniversary
Last post by Jigger - November 01, 2024, 07:11:56 AMI am sure members will know Ots was launched in 1999 25 years ago, I think I have been with Ots for 24 of those years. Still using it every day although no longer doing gigs. Those of us that are left on the forum have been here from the early days as well. It has never let me down. Congratulations to Ots.
#7
Who's Casting? / I got Ots on DEBUT on Kick!
Last post by DJ_Zath - August 11, 2024, 06:00:55 AMhello, hello, hello to everyone! hehe
Lately I have been streaming with my new system.. and I thought I'd try out some of OtsAV's bell and whistles.. I only JUST realized I can "turn it all on" and so I DID!
all but video (oh wait! I got one video I can play) as I didn't have anything to play but I DO.. so I'll turn that on as well hehe otherwise, I could never turn on ALL the effects at once.. I might as well do it now! that way I can give OtsAV some EXPOSURE on the major platforms.. that should EXCITE some peeps in the land down under!
https://kick.com/warp-radio (I'm also on Twitch, Dlive, Oddysee, Trovo, slingTV, Vaughn and a others- just to name a few... and, of course, https://www.warp-radio.tv and audio only streams available at https://www.warp-radio.com
yes, I am showing LIVE OtsAV screen action!
Lately I have been streaming with my new system.. and I thought I'd try out some of OtsAV's bell and whistles.. I only JUST realized I can "turn it all on" and so I DID!
all but video (oh wait! I got one video I can play) as I didn't have anything to play but I DO.. so I'll turn that on as well hehe otherwise, I could never turn on ALL the effects at once.. I might as well do it now! that way I can give OtsAV some EXPOSURE on the major platforms.. that should EXCITE some peeps in the land down under!
https://kick.com/warp-radio (I'm also on Twitch, Dlive, Oddysee, Trovo, slingTV, Vaughn and a others- just to name a few... and, of course, https://www.warp-radio.tv and audio only streams available at https://www.warp-radio.com
yes, I am showing LIVE OtsAV screen action!
#8
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: an update to my friends (h...
Last post by DJ Nikki - August 02, 2024, 02:55:55 AM
YAY that's great! #9
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: In other news....
Last post by DJ_Zath - July 28, 2024, 05:50:40 AMUPDATE:
Ots licenses were reset and Ots went in the new box... BUT... I am NOT HAPPY with this WinDOHs 11 crap AT ALL snags, traps and cloudfare EVERYwhere! UGHH! and theres even update problems! (dumb thing keeps telling me to update to something thats not even for this version of WinDOHs, so it trys- then FAILS.. then trys again over and over and over and over, wash, rinse, repeat!)
I can turn OFF winDOHs UpCRATE, but then I don't stay current... (and as long as this keeps happening, it doesn't get other updates anyways!)
the whole thing is about to go BACK to the store!
Ots licenses were reset and Ots went in the new box... BUT... I am NOT HAPPY with this WinDOHs 11 crap AT ALL snags, traps and cloudfare EVERYwhere! UGHH! and theres even update problems! (dumb thing keeps telling me to update to something thats not even for this version of WinDOHs, so it trys- then FAILS.. then trys again over and over and over and over, wash, rinse, repeat!)
I can turn OFF winDOHs UpCRATE, but then I don't stay current... (and as long as this keeps happening, it doesn't get other updates anyways!)
the whole thing is about to go BACK to the store!
#10
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Re: an update to my friends (h...
Last post by Kev - July 27, 2024, 05:25:56 PMGreat news Zath!