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Currently, there are 1023 listeners tuned in to the radio
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Donations for this month:
Satou [VIP]
- $40
Cyroth [VIP]
- $25
cyberinviso [UVIP]
- $20
UndeadVA [VIP]
- $10
TroyWarrior [VIP]
- $10
plasma563 [UVIP]
- $5
OmRe [UVIP]
- $3.77
mwang217 [SVIP]
- $2
bronco [VIP]
- $2
gutanger [L]
- $2
Donations: $119.77
Goal: $1
Goal reached! Thanks to everyone who donated.
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AnimeNfo Radio Rules and Guidelines |
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Requesting Songs
AnimeNfo is an all-request radio station. As such, we have a number of rules that control how much you can request and when. We do this as a courtesy to everyone, so that everyone -old members and new- get to listen to the songs they want to hear
- Request Limits - This is the queue restriction scheme for all users. All times are in EDT (GMT-4) and show how many requests you may use every 150 minutes.
Monday - Friday
03:00 - 20:00 - 3
Saturday & Sunday
10:00 to 20:00 - 3
- Note, you may have 6 requests but this does not mean you can use them all as soon as you are able, depending on the queue and when the requestable block started you will need to pace yourself, and if you wish to use more than say 3/4 requests then ask a member of staff.
- Do not request if the queue is already over 2 hours. Wait for it to shorten up a little.
- Variety - Do not request the same songs (this includes remixes and covers), artists, or tagged sub-genres over and over. Just because you could listen to those songs all day long doesn't mean everyone can.
- Same show, different album - Do not request multiple songs from the same show. For example, do not request an opening from Bleach and then request an ending from Bleach.
- Same Artist tagged differently - Due to limitations on our system sometimes you may find the same artist tagged differently (such as Hamasaki Ayumi or Ayumi Hamasaki) in the event of this, do NOT request if the artist is already in the queue and do NOT request two songs from the same artist. This includes remixes. Under no circumstance should you request the original and the remix or cover of a song together.
- Over-requesting - If you request daily and are here all day, don't pack the queue as soon as you can, every time you can. If we see the same requestors over and over, even in long queues, you risk losing your right to request at all.
- We can see the exact date and time of your requests, so if a mod tells you that you are requesting too much, don’t argue
- If a block is only an hour long (I.E. just before an N or Oricon Block, DO NOT use all your requests. Limit yourself to just one in these instances. More than that will be deleted.
- If you are concerned that you are about to break the rule or aren't sure if it's safe to request, email or message a mod.
- Request Deletions - As a rule when the queue gets to a certain length (usually around 2 hours) the Moderating staff may choose to delete everyone in that queues third request and enforce a maximum of 2 songs per person.
Rating Songs
- Rating songs is one of the most important parts of the radio. It's how you are promoted and it's how we determine what music we keep.
- Rate honestly, and use the entire rate scale (from 1-10). It is possible to see your rate stats on your profile page. Failing to use the entire rate scale will prevent you from being promoted and can result in a demotion.
- Wait until all or most of a song has played to rate it. Even if you own the song, have heard it before or know it by heart, please wait to rate. No excuses for early rating will be tolerated.
The ChatterBox and Dedications
- The ChatterBox is the social nexus of AnimeNfo Radio. We have people of all ages from all around the world here. We have chosen to adopt the rules governing the ChatterBox taking that into consideration. Breaking any of these rules can result in warnings, suspensions or bans.
- You must rate at least 25 songs before you can post in the chatbox.
- Language - The ChatterBox is an English language only area. Do not post in foreign languages and do not carry on conversations in foreign languages.
- General Rating - The ChatterBox is rated PG-13 at all times. For those of you not in the US, PG-13 equates to the following: no foul language, no adult material - this means discussion and links. If you are unsure about posting a link or starting a particular discussion, please email someone on staff BEFORE you post it in chatter. For more information on the PG-13 rating, please see this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_picture_rating_system#United_States
- Discrimination - Statements of an offensive or discriminatory nature towards any race, gender, religion or sexual orientation will not be tolerated. Breaking this rule will result in an immediate suspension or ban. No exceptions.
- NO Spoilers - We take this rule very seriously. Do not post spoilers of any kind in the ChatterBox. It does not matter how old or popular the series is, someone will not have seen it yet. This also extends to links. Do not link to spoiler material without a clear warning before you post the link that it contains spoilers.
- Copyrighted Material - There is to be absolutely no discussion of illegal downloading or other copyright violations. This includes discussion of fansub groups, torrent engines, or any other illegal download sites.
- BBCode - BBCode is supported on this site, but should not be abused. Typing in multiple colors or using formats that disrupt the ChatterBox layout are not acceptable. Links using BBCode should be representative of the link posted and should not be used to send people to other sites not described or otherwise disallowed in the rules.
- Spam, etc - Do not spam the chatbox. Spam is not clearly defined, but some good examples would be be: posting more than 3 lines of text without any responses in between, posting gibberish (emoticons, sound effects or nonsense), posting long links without the use of BBCode. Do not overuse the color functions of the BBCode and do not type in all caps.
- Dedications - The Dedication option is only meant for dedications. Putting in links, advertisements and other random text or emotes is not allowed, a reason why you requested it may be accepted. All the rules of the ChatterBox apply to the dedication box.
Warnings, Suspensions and Bans
- If anyone on staff warns you, they must supply a reason in your warning or suspension notice. They also generally supply you with a means of contacting them to discuss the matter.
- If you believe that a staff member was wrong, DO NOT discuss it in the ChatterBox. Doing so will result in an immediate loss of chatbox rights. You may select a different member of the Moderating team if you do not wish to speak to the one who issued the punishment.
- Sometimes the Moderators can issue a verbal warning in the Chatterbox, and in those cases the above two rules are absolute. The warning will still be recorded on your account.
Radio Accounts
- Multiple Accounts - DO NOT create multiple accounts. If you do so, the account will be banned and you will be suspended. If you create an account because your other account has been suspended, both accounts will be banned.
- Account Problems - If there is something wrong with your account, don't make another one; please contact either yhn or supers (yhn@animenfo.com, supers@animenfo.com) to have the issue straightened out.
- If you, for whatever reasons, already have more then one account; contact a Moderator as soon as possible to have the other account(s) deleted. This way, you can state your reasons for why it happened and decide yourself which account to keep. If we find the double accounts ourselves, we will simply ban or remove all but one of the accounts and decide, based on your history, what to do with the last.
For any more information on "blocks" and how to contact a member of Staff you can visit the FAQ located here
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AnimeNfo - Frequently Asked Questions |
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This section consists of the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that we get here at AnimeNfo
How do I listen?
On the sites top navigation bar, if you click on 'Radio' that will bring up more options, if you select the 'Listen' option this will take you to a new webpage with a full list of our music streams.
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Connecting to a one of our music steams
You may notice that the music streams are hyperlinked and if you click on one of these links your media player should open the stream and begin playing (on Mozilla Firefox the browser might treat the stream like a download, in this event you should select the 'Open With...' option and choose a media player to use.
Alternatively with your media player already open you can access one of our streams by choosing the 'File' option on the menu bar at the top of the media player and selecting 'Open Url..' - This will bring up a URL box where you can paste in one of our streams addresses (for example: http://animenfo.com:8000)
when pasting in a URL drop the /listen.pls from the address entry or this option will not work. If you are still having problems connecting you can E-mail a member of staff or find more information here
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What are “Blocks”?
To add more variety to our radio station we have set up a schedule of “Blocks” which are set amounts of time where only a specific genre of music can be requested and played (Anime, Jpop etc)
The blocks vary between 1 hour to 2 hours in length and the types of blocks we have currently are:
Normal Playlist – During this block users are not allowed to request and our automated selection system takes control. No one can request during this time.
Normal Playlist/Requests – In this block users may request anything they wish to hear. All users may request during this time.
Normal Playlist/Requests 6+ or 7+ – in this block users may request anything they wish to hear as long as that song has a rating of 6 (or 7 in 7+) or above (more information on rating can be found here). All users may request during this time.
Jpop – Only Jpop. Only SVIP and UVIP members may request during this time.
Jrock – Only Jrock. Only SVIP and UVIP members may request during this time.
Anime – Only music Anime series. Only SVIP and UVIP members may request during this time.
Game – Only music from Game soundtracks. Only SVIP and UVIP members may request during this time.
Instrumental -- Instrumental music from any genre. Only SVIP and UVIP members may request during this time.
Doujin/Electronic -- Music from Inidie artists albums as well as selections from our electronic genre. Only SVIP and UVIP members may request during this time.
In addition the Animenfo Moderating team also run customised blocks to mix things up a little, these include:
Oricon block – This block consists of music from the Japanese top 30 singles chart and is updated each week with new music and a countdown from 30-1
Favourite block – this is a 2 hour block that is changed every two weeks and is a collection of users favourite songs, to have your song added to this block for everyone to hear you can contact a member of staff either in the Chatterbox, IRC or E-mail. Any member may have a fave in faveblock.
Classic Favourite block -- A throwback faveblock selected from sometime from 2008-present.
Custom theme block – this is a 2 hour block with a different theme each week, chosen by the users or the moderating team. If you would like to suggest a theme for this block you can contact astrangerhere in the Chatterbox, IRC or via E-mail
you can at any time find out when a block is or will be playing by visiting the schedule page here
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What are the different user ranks and how do I get one?
Here at Animenfo we reward users for rating songs, when a user has earned enough ratings to qualify for a user rank they will be promoted and more options on the site will unlock for them.
The user ranks available are:
Normal User [Nickname in white] - Simply register to become a normal user, you will be able to request songs during the Normal/Request blocks only
VIP [Nickname in blue] - You can achieve VIP status by rating 500 songs, earning this rank will unlock an option hidden on the songs called “Favourites list”. Just as it sounds, this option will allow you do add your favourite songs to a list that you can easily request from whenever you feel like it. You can also share this list with other users.
SUPER VIP [Nickname in purple] - Rate 2300 songs and have at least 200 songs in your Favourites list. Once you have earned this user rank you will be able to request in ANY of the blocks besides the Normal in which our automated system has full control.
ULTIMATE VIP [Nickname in Gold] - Rate 6000 songs and have at least 200 songs in your Favourites list. Once you have unlocked this user rank then you will be able to gain access to our special 320k audio streaming server. 320k is the highest quality stream available on the internet. Send a mail to doff@animenfo.com if you are interested.
Custom – A recent rank addition to the website, once users have rated 12000 songs they can contact a member of staff to have their user rank changed to say anything they want. Their privileges are the same as an Ultimate VIP’s.
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The radio won't play/The radio has stopped playing
If the radio will not play or has stopped playing and you have made sure that our streams are not experiencing technical difficulties, then be sure to try another stream as there are a certain amount of allocated slots per person on each of our servers.
If that does not fix the problem then try a different media player such as Winamp or Windows Media Player.
You can at any time contact a member of staff or visit the forums here
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The radio keeps buffering!
This is usually caused by network congestion. Check to see if someone on your local network is saturating your bandwidth, either by downloading large files, or running Peer2Peer applications. If that's not the case, then make sure you're using a server that suits the speed of your internet. You may have to use one of the lower quality music servers.
If you're still experiencing problems solutions can be found here
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How do I request a song?
You can request a song by clicking the 'Radio' button on the sites top navigation bar and then selecting 'Songlist' which will take you to a page where you can search a specific artist/song/anime.
Once you have searched and found the song you want to request you can click the button (once) on the “request” button or hyperlink that will be on the same line as the song you have searched for. (the request hyperlink or button may change depending on what theme you are using)
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It says I can't request now. Why?
There are many reasons why you might not be able to request at one time, one of these reasons may be that the song you want to request is incompatible to the genre of the block playing (more info on blocks can be found here) or another might be that your user rank is not high enough to request inside that block (more info on user ranks can be found here)
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Why can't I rate this song?
You can only rate songs that have just recently played within the last 30 minutes, we added this rule to stop users trawling through the songlist and rating everything in sight just to boost their user rank.
More info on ranks found here
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How do I favourite a song?
Adding songs to your favourites is a privilege that comes with rank. You must be a VIP with at least 500 ratings to be able to add favourites. For more information, please see the What are the different user ranks and how do I get one? section located here
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Can I have my request added to the Favblock?
Sure, just ask a member of staff and they will be sure to add a song for you. The restrictions are as follows:
Song cannot be over 7 minutes
Song cannot be considered one of our blacklisted "troll" songs or on an extended cooldown block
If a user had a song in the last block, they must wait until 12pm EST on friday to request a staff member to add another.
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I've reached the prerequisites of a VIP level, why haven't I been promoted yet?
The system is not automated and requires one of the Moderating staffs approval, they will be taking many things into account such as:- Good behaviour
- Proven track record of honest rating
If you haven’t been promoted yet then please wait and try not to hassle the moderating staff about it, as depending how mean they are feeling, they may make you wait.
And be warned that your user rank may be taken away if you break any of the sites rules.
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Can I become a VIP/SVIP/UVIP by donating?
Each donation is handled on a case by case basis by the Admin. VIP/SVIP/UVIP status may be awarded based on overall activity on the site. There is no set dollar amount which automatically grants promotion.
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Hey, could you add this song to the site?
We can certainly try Email your suggestion to requests@animenfo.com, however AnimeNfo remains one of the few LEGITIMATE sources for Japanese music ran by users from another country- as such we are required to PAY for the music we want to play and when we want to play it. This unfortunatly means we cannot add everyones request but all will be considered. (If you have the ORIGINAL CD and wish to support us by sending it to us then this can be arranged)
Please note: We DO NOT reply to each individual request email. We do not reply to them period. Please check the new songs page periodically to see if your song was added. If you do not see it, the song has been rejected. We get too many song requests each day to reply to each one of them with an acceptance or rejection. Pestering anyone on staff via chatbox or email will not help your cause. We have strict guidelines for what we are willing to add, and if your song was not added, please assume your song did not meet our critera for quality music.
WARNING - We do NOT take file submissions, this is in direct violation of our filesharing rule. We dont want your files and will source the music ourselves.
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I noticed you don't have an album cover for this song, can I send it to you?
You can send the art to astrangerhere@animenfo.com or Mehsi@animenfo.com Just be sure that the art is 500x500 and is in jpg or png format.
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I noticed that the artist or track title on a song is wrong, where do I report this?
You can report the song to any staff member and we will evaluate if a change is necessary.
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I have lyrics to a song, how can I add it to the song info?
You can email lyrics to astrangerhere@animenfo.com or mehsi@animenfo.com. Please be sure to include the source for your lyrics. Also, if you got them from a website, please be sure that the website does not contain any illegal downolads or copyright violations. We link all sources here and do not wish to link to illegal sites.
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Deleting Songs
The song database has grown quite large over the last few years. In order to continue to bring you the newest and best J-music, we will now be periodically deleting unpopular and lower-rated songs. Keep in mind the "rate fair" rule still applies. Rating a song lower with an intent to have it deleted, or rating it up to prevent deletion, are prohibited and flagrant offenders will be banned.
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Why should I donate?
AnimeNfo Radio broadcasts a high-quality 192kbps stream, this is much higher than most internet radio stations which typically broadcast at 128kbps. This extra quality does not come cheap though, so every penny you can spare is appreciated! If you like this site, we do need your help to keep it running. The monthly donation goal is set as the cost to run the servers less the money we get from our sponsors, so it may vary from month to month.
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Is there any way to donate besides Paypal?
Absolutely! Just send an email to Doff and we will do whatever we can to accommodate you.
Doff's and other member of staffs E-mail information can be found here
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How would I go about contacting a Staff Member?
Usually one or more of our moderating team are present in the ChatterBox, however they cannot always be there so if you ever need to E-mail a member of staff, feel free to do so at the following addresses:- doff@animenfo.com - Doff [Admin]
- supers@animenfo.com - supers [Admin]
- katybear@animenfo.com - Katybear [Admin]
- nayuki@animenfo.com - Minase [Staff]
- astrangerhere@animenfo.com - astrangerhere [Staff]
- nostalogic@animenfo.com - Nostalogic [Staff]
- yhn@animenfo.com - Yhn [Webmaster]
- mehsi@animenfo.com - Mehsi [Database Moderator]
contact Doff or supers for donation questins. Contact any "Staff" member for questions about warnings or general issues such as rules, username and tag changes. Contact mehsi about tagging of songs, album art and lyrics.
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Radio Statistics |
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Total songs:
20,139
Total accounts:
25,336
Total ratings:
5,390,361
V2 Total Visitors:
2,383,581
Logged in Visits:
537,963
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