This is the audio server, the website is at rugbycracker.org.uk.
To get to your computer/internet radio/other device Cracker programming goes through a significant number of processes after it leaves the studio desk (which in itself a challenge):
The audio is piped back into a PC in the studio (the same PC as the presenters use) and then encoded into MP3 format and sent to a server in the studio. The server then connects over a 3G phone signal to the streaming server and sets up a VPN. The streaming server then pulls the stream from the Studio server when you connect to the streaming server (potentially over 3G again!).
Hopefully all that means that you get to listen to Great Music, for a Great Cause.
The streaming server is what you then connect to - all the different PCs in the path keep a "buffer" of audio to cover for any errors in the network, so what you hear is several seconds old - don't set your watch by the pips (not that we play any, now you know why).
Frankly I am always amazed that it *ever* works!
