Music Streaming

I need STEP BY STEP instructions (that I can understand lol) on how to put music on land, I have Winamp, which has Shoutcast on it, im willing to delete it all from my computer and start all over to make sure i get it right. TY.

Provided you are entitled to change the media settings on the land in question:

1) Rent a stream from one of the many SL vendors (I use Musecast)
2) Populate Shoutcast fields with the appropriate IP address, port number, password info provided by your stream
3) Go to the media settings in About Land and paste the stream address in the audio field
4) Play something good on Winamp
5) Connect Shoutcast
6) Activate the SL media player

What is the difference between Shoutcast and Winamp, what are the purposes

Winamp is the media player where you store your music files. Shoutcast is a plugin for Winamp which allows you to stream what you have stored.

Do I have to rent the stream?

Does it really need to be shoutcst or will another music serivce work?

Aha, now you are taking me beyond the edge of my understanding. I use Winamp, Shoutcast and I rent a stream inworld. This is what I know, and it works for me

So if I want to play my music I would populate it in Winamp then...lol, how do I know if I have Shoutcast lol, yes you are talking to someone who knows nothing about this. I see a Shoutcast button through Winamp, so does that mean I have it?

Annoyingly, I'm travelling at the moment, so I'm suffering a crappy laptop instead of the home setup with Winamp etc. I work it instinctively, so much so that I can't bloody remember the way you find out. I think there is a drop down menu on Winamp which shows the installed plugins and lets you activate the ones that aren't.

At this point, I make frantic gestures to other Winamp/Shoutcast users to come and bail me out of the increasingly gaping hole I am digging for myself

this is great if you wish to only play your music, but if you wish to just have streaming music,,, such as a "radio station", you can just do step 3 above, and it wont cost you a dime. If you need a list of URL's of various "radio station's/broadcast" that you can use for free checkout http://www.shoutcast.com or IM me inworld ... and i can give you a notecard with some that i have collected/use.

hahhahahhahhah, nah, maui throws the rope in and says TY for the info.

You're welcome, Maui. Best of luck.

perhaps just follow the instructions on shoutcast.com ( or google for some help) there's really enough to find.

no need to rent a stream, with enough bandwith ( adsl will work too) you can use the shoutcast dnas on your own computer

Where on shoutcast is the instructions? Exactly where, lol

I have rented a Shoutcast server from these guys a few times : http://www2.annuna.net/

They have an in-world store, so you can pay for the server with L$. The web page also has instructions on how to setup Winamp.

it's really easy to do from sl ..i rent a stream for 4,000 lindens a month..let me find the guys name..it's jamie something..bleh a week break and i can't even remember a simple name..


FOUND IT!!!

just look up Jamie Otis in the search and look on his profile..he has very good service and is a great guy too =) i have used his service for like a year and never any problems ..

Why do you use SL paid $L, to stream your music when i hear that streaming from Shoutcast/Winamp is free?

I agree it's MUCH easier to have a shoutcast server somewhere, versus trying to stream from your own cable/DSL connection. It does cost some $L, but most people's home upload bandwidth is such that trying to stream as a local server starts to pause and skip with more than a handful listening.

I used to have a primer online, here's a link to it... It might help a bit, anyway.

http://www.lovelymachine.com/Dolmere/2008/03/jaycatt_nicos_streaming_primer.html

i use shoutcast *winks*
you can stream into sl free with your shoutcast server?
it's much better using a server than straight line in i believe..
i don't want to get into all the sam software and junk like that..just turn it on and it plays without problems.. hehehe
4,000 a month to not have all the headaches is good for me =)

by renting a stream from someone, they provide you with enough bandwidth so that many people can listen to the stream at one time. 3-4 people will use up all the upstream bandwidth of a typical DSL connection. Cable might be better.

Shop around. You can get 30 listeners for much less than 4k L$

Max

at 4k a month i get 100 listener limit..it's the basic a dj would need for sl..being that i am in the clubs alot and tend to stream in the clubs i manage or own or have friends that may own them..it's nice to have the room for everyone to be able to join in =)

if i were just wanting to listen to my own music and it was for my own use on my land i would stop my streaming on sl and just turn on my winamp and let it play while on my land..it wouldn't make sense for me to stream to my own land for me to hear ..then i am streaming and running winamp at the same time killing off system resources..

4k is about the norm for 100 listener.. but if you don't need that much then yes i would shop around. *winks*

If you just want music on your little piece of land (and you have the right permissions) -

Open up www.shoutcast.com
Pick a station you want, and click Tune In
Winamp should open and it should start to play
On the Winamp Console, click on File, and then View File Info
This will show you the stream address - http, etc, etc
Copy the Stream Address
Go back to SL, click on World, then About Land
Click on the Media Tab, and then paste the stream address into the Music URL box
All being well, and after a second or two, you should hear the music via SL

Of course, if you want to have parties with loads of people, you might need to rent a stream as others suggest. I have no idea how that works.

Hope helps!

also there is a huge list around here somewhere with tons of stations to choose from..i have it in my inventory that i use for my land..but i can't get in game..let me see if i can find it for you..

found them..i am sure some may not be working but most do ..there are some really good ones on here..

Internet Radio Streams
URL Station
http://129.173.67.99:8000 WeFunk
http://205.188.215.231:8004 radio.wazee
http://89.248.167.22:4060 1.AB-SoulfulClassicJazz
http://64.62.252.130:8030 1.FM - Blues
http://64.62.252.130:8070 1.FM - Channel X
http://64.71.145.133:8010 1.FM Chillout Lounge
http://64.71.145.130:8055 1.FM Jamz
http://64.62.194.11:8020 1.FM-Country
http://216.66.69.100:6210 1.FM-Flashback
http://64.5.130.50:8000 1920s Radio Network
http://213.251.186.167:8000 1-RaDioNIMBOODA.com
http://67.15.180.35:8020 2Believe-Spanish
http://66.250.45.52:7575 3WK Classic Underground
http://66.250.45.52:7800 3WK Classic Undergroundradio
http://88.191.24.102:1755 8 0 's H o t M i x
http://64.202.98.51:808 808 Live Reggaecast
http://81.169.182.149:808 808 Live Reggaecast
http://205.234.168.52:80 90.7 KWMU-FM
http://205.188.215.229:8004 977 80s
http://66.0.192.157:8000 ABS Bluescast
http://66.199.227.218:8000 Absolute Technoise Radio
http://209.9.238.4:9298 Always Country
http://205.188.215.226:8018 Angel Fire Radio WDDT Rock & Roll
http://205.188.215.226:8012 Bassdrive
http://38.99.68.230:9010 Bay Smooth Jazz
http://207.200.96.232:8006 BeatBlender
http://83.133.119.93:80 Beatles Radio - Fab Four & More
http://64.62.252.134:5100 Belly Up 4 Blues
http://69.22.167.174:8000 BIGUPRADIO.COM Slamming Dancehall Reggae
http://88.191.17.219:80 Black Dog Radio
http://62.75.202.238:13000 BlackBeats.FM
http://85.214.55.100:8000 BlackJam-Radio.de
http://220.85.13.109:7700 BlueClassic
http://210.109.97.69:8000 Blues On Air
http://38.96.148.26:7890 Blues Radio UK
http://87.98.150.1:8000 Bollywood Music Radio
http://87.98.150.2:9200 Bollywood.mu
http://207.200.96.232:8014 Boot Liquor
http://205.188.215.225:8002 Breaks
http://213.251.176.192:3015 Canal creole
http://205.188.215.225:8010 ChroniX Aggression
http://205.188.215.225:8004 Classic Electronica
http://130.166.72.1:8006 Classic Heartland
http://213.73.255.244:2026 Classic Soul Network
http://205.234.179.203:80 Classical Minnesota
http://64.71.145.106:8004 Classical WGBH 89.7-HD2
http://89.248.167.7:13000 COCORADIO.COM
http://130.166.72.1:8006 Country-Heartland PUBRadio
http://205.188.215.232:8028 Cowboy Cultural
http://64.202.98.133:9130 CRC Hard Rocking 80's
http://207.200.96.225:8022 Cryosleep
http://85.21.79.5:8040 Deep Mix Moscow Radio
http://85.12.7.2:8000 DEFJAY HIP-HOP AND R&B
http://129.16.159.166:8000 DigitalGunfire-Hard Hitting
http://205.188.215.228:8006 DIGITALLY-IMPORTED
http://64.92.199.69:8240 Dinner Jazz Excursion
http://88.191.16.70:10780 Diva Radio
http://207.200.96.229:8030 Drum & Bass
http://69.5.81.72:7550 ELVISMEN-SALSA
http://205.188.215.228:8016 FLARESOUND
http://194.158.114.68:8000 FREQUENCE3-Paris France!
http://88.191.18.198:8220 Fun Radio - Soul&Dance
http://62.250.7.133:8000 Funk HiQ
http://195.234.45.50:8000 GothVille Radio
http://207.200.96.228:8076 Groove Salad
http://222.122.131.95:8000 HAPPYDAY
http://222.122.131.95:8000 HAPPYDAY*New Age
http://217.64.173.227:19720 HBR1-Dream Factory
http://38.96.148.38:8755 Hiphop Philosophy
http://205.188.215.228:8018 HOUSEMUSIQUE
http://213.251.129.50:8080 idobi Radio-Alternative
http://140.142.8.222:8000 KEXP Live
http://66.90.118.85:10014 KGRL
http://207.44.222.47:8080 Khaha.com
http://81.173.3.20:80 kinkfm.com
http://207.218.248.42:8000 KOQX Blues Radio
http://66.225.205.53:80 KXPR Radio-Classical
http://213.251.133.49:9320 La Radio de La Mer
http://red.neostreams.info:8000 Landfall Radio, Island Music
http://213.251.129.22:8000 Led Jam Radio
http://205.188.215.225:8018 Limbik Frequencies
http://64.62.161.77:8000 LiveHardRock.com
http://88.191.28.74:8090 LOUNGE-RADIO
http://195.56.146.186:8220 M3MUSIC Classical
http://218.189.210.17:4800 MAGNATUNE.COM
http://205.188.215.228:8012 Megarock Radio
http://69.12.217.101:8000 Memories 89 One KCEA-FM
http://213.186.41.214:80 MIZIKRADIO
http://213.251.173.211:9446 MKM RADIO
http://69.13.65.118:8002 Mountain Apple Company
http://38.118.158.78:8070 MPEGRadio.Com
http://194.97.52.210:8700 mth.Alternative
http://208.53.158.16:100 Music Massage
http://129.241.205.150:8080 Music One
http://89.248.163.114:5502 Nashville FM
http://145.58.33.32:8022 NPS Output Webradio
http://84.244.180.46:8034 OLDIES45.NL-50s60s70s80s
http://209.51.162.163:8070 One Dot FM
http://211.43.215.166:8136 ORSRADIO-Best Latin Hits!
http://64.62.253.223:9030 Otto's Baroque Musick
http://64.72.117.112:8000 Pegajosa
http://66.90.118.85:9502 Pirate Cat Radio
http://213.73.255.244:10500 Prolocation:IranianRadio
http://194.158.114.67:5000 PulsRadio
http://64.27.19.195:8668 Puro Reggaeton
http://145.58.33.32:8048 Radio Netherlands
http://207.200.96.226:8056 Radio Paradise
http://88.191.11.123:8767 Radio Rivendel
http://205.188.215.231:8004 radio.wazee
http://82.149.227.170:11600 Radio700-Schlager und Oldies
http://207.200.96.227:8060 RadioDarvish-Persian
http://66.98.164.56:12614 RadioJackie-London
http://208.53.131.181:8000 Radiophile
http://64.72.117.112:8000 RadioReggaeton
http://217.118.212.74:8500 Radioseven
http://88.191.27.15:8128 RaDioTEENTAAL
http://205.234.220.66:7970 RAGGAKINGS
http://66.254.105.246:8000 Random Loveline-Talk
http://72.36.247.66:9000 Reggaetoneando-Peru
http://211.43.215.169:8376 ROMANTICA FM
http://72.236.125.114:8050 ROOSTER CLASSIC COUNTRY
http://212.72.165.24:9012 rootsrockreggae
http://205.188.215.231:8010 SALSASTREAM-Best Salsa
http://207.200.96.225:8010 Secret Agent-Downtempo
http://205.188.215.227:8008 SKY.FM - Modern Jazz
http://82.96.64.7:8080 SKY.FM COUNTRY
http://66.250.45.118:7694 SKY.FM-Classic Rap &HipHop
http://205.188.215.225:8000 SKY.FM-Roots Reggae
http://205.188.215.232:8014 SKY-Class&Flamenco Guitar
http://216.179.194.131:8978 Smoothbeats.com
http://207.200.96.226:8052 SMOOTHJAZZ.COM
http://66.232.110.34:8000 SmoothLounge
http://212.72.186.18:8180 Soft N Easy Net Radio
http://205.188.215.228:8000 Spirit of KJAZ-San Fran.
http://69.9.183.97:9224 Star104
http://38.96.148.19:8300 Steel Radio
http://69.28.128.148:80 stream/radioio_country_free_hi,Radio Country
http://82.197.165.137:80 Swiss Inet Radio-Classical
http://82.197.165.139:80 Swiss Inet Radio-Opera
http://82.197.167.138:80 Swiss Inet Radio-swing
http://80.237.158.27:8000 Techno4ever Radio
http://80.154.37.109:80 TechnoBase.FM
http://38.96.148.19:9950 TELLSTREAM DANCEHALL(UK)
http://38.96.148.26:8155 The AfriRythms
http://67.159.5.135:8010 The Classic Soul Network
http://205.234.179.4:80 The Current
http://67.43.161.248:6005 The EDGE ROCKS!!
http://212.48.126.146:8230 This Is Corrosion
http://66.197.250.37:15068 TOSSM RADIO
http://66.111.198.196:6256 UrbanSoulNation
http://220.95.210.103:8000 We Met In Classics
http://64.62.252.134:2680 Whole Wheat Radio
http://66.225.205.8:8030 WKSU Classical Channel
http://66.225.205.109:80 WNYC2 Classical
http://xltrax.com:8000 XLTRAX.COM
http://63.241.4.18:8069 XTC.RADIO.LONDON
http://38.96.148.19:9950 TELLSTREAM DANCEHALL(UK)