Please! Will someone do something to enable me to play Windows Media audio on my land? In particular, the amazing KISS 100, The Station For A Fun Young London!
I'm sick of the mediocre SL radio stations - give me real music to play to my guests!
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Charlotte Gillespie
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01-24-2005 11:12
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Lecktor Hannibal
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01-24-2005 11:33
Check this out
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Patrick Playfair
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Radio Station
01-24-2005 11:34
I would suggest that you speak to the owners of the radio station. If they do not provide a stream which you can play in SL, perhaps they would if you asked them.
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Roberta Dalek
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01-24-2005 11:42
Commerical radio stations are alas unlikely to change...
If we could stream Real Audio it would be magnificant. We could stream BBC stations, for example. |
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Siobhan Taylor
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01-24-2005 11:43
Commerical radio stations are alas unlikely to change... If we could stream Real Audio it would be magnificant. We could stream BBC stations, for example. Except that we'd have RA streams which are, let's face it, hideous. _____________________
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Zuzi Martinez
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01-24-2005 11:59
this isn't much of a solution but you could always stream it in a program behind sl and post the address on your land if nothing else works.
is there a station for an old stuffy boring London?  |
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Siobhan Taylor
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01-24-2005 12:00
is there a station for an old stuffy boring London? Yes, Capital Radio _____________________
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Charlotte Gillespie
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01-24-2005 12:43
Yes, Capital Radio Capital's alright, compared to the utterly lethargic Heart 106.2 |
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Roberta Dalek
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01-24-2005 15:19
Capital is for early teen London.
The worst are Virgin and Heart - they are just dull. I still want a way of streaming BBC Radio 4 to my parcel - surely with Philip Linden's background this must be possible  |
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Torley Linden
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01-24-2005 15:34
Roberta, LOL, that's a great way to call upon precedent.
Process is so applicable.  I have liked some UK radio stations, like the underground garidge/drum 'n' bass type thingamaroos. World radio is cool, just to see how different cultures approach it with formats and stuff. Even if I can't understand all the languages, there is a colored flavoring to be enjoyed. _____________________
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Siobhan Taylor
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01-24-2005 16:44
I still want a way of streaming BBC Radio 4 to my parcel - surely with Philip Linden's background this must be possible Agreed. I have radio 4 on my alarm clock, lol. _____________________
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Tread Whiplash
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Other Stream Types...
01-24-2005 18:16
Just FYI,
The MP3 format and related streams (like SHOUTcast) are open formats. That means that anyone can create tools that use them. WMA, RA, QT, and others are prorprietary formats; and require licensing fees if you want to incorporate their "player" technology into another program (like the SL client). So unless y'all want to start paying LindenLab the large amounts of $$ that Apple/Microsoft/Real would likely try to charge them for developing this, I don't think its gonna happen soon. Take care, --Noel "HB" Wade (Tread Whiplash) |
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DoteDote Edison
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01-24-2005 18:26
Just FYI, The MP3 format and related streams (like SHOUTcast) are open formats. That means that anyone can create tools that use them. Funny, I thought the MP3 format was licensed out by the Franhouffer Institute... I know I didn't spell it correctly. |
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Zuzi Martinez
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01-24-2005 19:33
yeah MP3 requires a license and from what i've read it's expeeeeeeeeeeensive. you might be thinking of OGG which is free as far as i know.
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Chibi Chang
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01-25-2005 07:29
An official MP3 encoder needs a liscence, an open decoder doesn't. Which is why we have shout/icecast.
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Lex Neva
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01-26-2005 14:22
Also, I imagine getting an application to play WMA files in MacOSX might be difficult.
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Morse Dillon
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01-26-2005 23:09
Just FYI, with a little trickery I was able to rebroadcast KISS 100 in MP3 (ShoutCast) format using my own dedicated server. This is an option if one wanted to set up their own shoutcast server or subscribe to one.
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Charlotte Gillespie
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01-27-2005 15:37
Just FYI, with a little trickery I was able to rebroadcast KISS 100 in MP3 (ShoutCast) format using my own dedicated server. This is an option if one wanted to set up their own shoutcast server or subscribe to one. I could plug in my FM radio and play it over Shoutcast - I've done it before. But with the limited resources I have access to, it's not an option  |