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Playing mp3`s in SL

Skinny Sideways
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Join date: 22 Feb 2008
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02-26-2008 14:16
Can anyone help me get my songs playing? I started an account with cruxy.com and now it says loading playlist then a box comes up saying track info and play button but... NO SOUNDS???
Please help my frikkin SL depends on it!
Ann Launay
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Posts: 7,893
02-26-2008 14:26
From the Knowledge Base:

From: someone
You can play your own MP3 files in Second Life by changing a land parcel's music URL, which is found in the About Land window on the Media tab.

This means that to hear your music, you or another Resident must be present on your parcel and have music streaming turned on (done from Preferences > Audio & Video tab). .M3U playlist files won't work, but valid .PLS streams will. Also see "How to play streaming music in Second Life".

Doing this also presumes that you know an external server that the MP3 files are on, because Second Life doesn't support direct uploading of MP3s. Reasons for this include bandwidth limitations and legal complications. For example, consider how your experience would degrade if you were in a crowd and everyone decided to play their favorite song at the same time.


From: someone
Audio & Video preferences

* Go to Edit menu > Preferences
* Click the Audio & Video tab
* Turn on Play Streaming Music When Available
* Click OK


Music controller

Locate the music controller at the bottom of the screen. Have the Audio & Video preferences been set correctly and there is still no music controller? This indicates that no music stream is currently available for this parcel of land.

If needed, try leaving the parcel of land, then come back to it. This may get the music controller to reappear.

* Locate the music controller
* Click the Play button
* Set music volume to maximum
Move the volume control's slider to the right



Increase Maximum Bandwidth

* Go to Edit menu > Preferences
* Click the Network tab
* Turn up Maximum Bandwidth
If your Maximum Bandwidth is 400 kbps, try setting it to 500 kbps
* Click OK
* Click the Play button on the music controller


Music is still not playing!

Music streams are not handled by Second Life's servers. If the music stream fails to play, there is a problem between your computer and the music stream's server.

The format of the music stream, bandwidth constraints and location can prevent your computer from playing music. It is even possible that other Residents can hear the music stream while you can't!
Try another music stream

To change the music stream, a Resident needs to either own the land or be an Officer/Owner of group owned land.

* Be standing on the parcel of land
* Go to World menu > About Land...
* Click the Media tab
* Enter a new Music URL
* Press Enter
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Skinny Sideways
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Join date: 22 Feb 2008
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Yippee!
02-26-2008 14:43
Thanks very much! Thats a lot to work on and consider. I will send you one of my songs if you like.
Broccoli Curry
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Join date: 13 Jun 2006
Posts: 1,660
02-26-2008 14:57
From: Skinny Sideways
Thanks very much! Thats a lot to work on and consider. I will send you one of my songs if you like.


There's a number of items out there that allow you to automatically select the media stream setting on your land - a bit like a preset radio changer.

If you're looking at letting people listen to your own songs on your land, that might be an option for you.

Here's a freebie script I picked up - shouldn't be too difficult to adjust the menu and the URL's where necessary in the script. You might find that many of the stream URL's listed in the script below are no longer working though. Bung the script in a prim then click the prim to get the menu up.

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// Radio Changer script
// Buttons must be in reverse order in blocks of three to appear properly in popup

integer dialog_channel= 427;
list menu = [ "10 - Prog", "11 - Country","12 - Jazz","7 - Disco", "8 - Classical", "9 - Celtic", "4 - Funk", "5 - Gospel", "6 - Sixties", "1 - Easy", "2 - Rock", "3 - Eighties" ];
vector startPosition;
float groundLevel;

default
{
state_entry()
{
llListen( dialog_channel, "", NULL_KEY, "";);

}
touch_start(integer total_number)
{
llDialog( llDetectedKey( 0 ), "Select Preset channel", menu,
dialog_channel );
}

listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string choice )
{
vector position = llGetPos();

if ( llListFindList( menu, [ choice ]) != -1 )
{

// CHANNEL ONE

if ( choice == "1 - Easy" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 1 - Lovin' an Elevator";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://85.25.138.216:7000";);
}

// CHANNEL TWO

else if( choice == "2 - Rock" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 2 - Rockin' the Net";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://66.28.207.28:7010";);
}

// CHANNEL THREE

else if( choice == "3 - Eighties" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 3 - Club 977";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://64.202.98.193:8000";);
}

// CHANNEL FOUR

else if( choice == "4 - Funk" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 4 - DFR";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://213.211.48.52:8002";);
}

// CHANNEL FIVE

else if( choice == "5 - Gospel" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 5 - WXXY New Jersey Gospel";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://68.178.190.59:7024";);
}

// CHANNEL SIX

else if( choice == "6 - Sixties" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 6 - Offshore Music Radio, in the style of the 60's UK Pirate Radio stations";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://212.72.165.24:9582";);
}


// CHANNEL SEVEN

else if( choice == "7 - Disco" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 7 - Discomania";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://212.72.165.23:9370";);
}

// CHANNEL EIGHT

else if( choice == "8 - Classical" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 8 - Classical Music America";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://66.250.45.52:8500";);
}

// CHANNEL NINE

else if( choice == "9 - Celtic" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 9 - Celtic";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://66.232.102.103:6045";);
}

// CHANNEL TEN

else if( choice == "10 - Prog" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 10 - Aural Moon Progressive Rock";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://64.202.98.133:2010";);
}

// CHANNEL ELEVEN

else if( choice == "11 - Country" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 11 - Mountain, Country, Bluegrass";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://130.166.72.1:8006";);
}
// CHANNEL TWELVE

else if( choice == "12 - Jazz" )
{
llSay( 0, "Stereo now playing: Channel 12 - Mercury Classic Jazz";);
llSetParcelMusicURL ("http://64.202.98.133:3010";);
}

}

}
}
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Skinny Sideways
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Join date: 22 Feb 2008
Posts: 3
Thanks!
02-27-2008 06:02
Do you think if I paid you that you could do it for me?
It`s not laziness It`s plain stupidity.
I don`t know how to change, recognise, url`s or script or anything.
I am a real noob but a reasonable human being.
I would happly pay someone to resolve this issue.
Thanks
Earl Alamos
P.s
I have a cruxy account and I have sent the cruxy player to my avatar but I have to put a music url in the media section on my land and it just dissappears (not even sure i know what that is but I just copied the cruxy player--htp thing). I bought a piano and I can hear that.. Sob
Claire Silverspar
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Join date: 31 Oct 2007
Posts: 5,375
02-27-2008 08:06
On the subject, Is there such a thing as a free server i can upload my music to? I have been trying to do this for a while, but it never seems to work.
I have an mp3 player, and i have the music, just need a server to put the music onto so i can stream it.
Or even a place which already has mp3s uploaded that are free to use?
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