Suggestion: Radio play Shoutcast streams (In 0.48.3)

DJFire · Post by **DJFire** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:59 pm

I was wondering if it would be possable if world owners could use shoutcast or some other form of streaming media for the worlds radio, this would reduce bandwidth for the download server and proved a contiueuos varity of music. Although, just a suggstion, i think i would make for a cool addition.

Fudrake · Post by **Fudrake** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:09 pm

The Island/galaxy radio currently already use some sort of streaming, no?

However, depending on your connection speed, the audio stream will only start to play when the remaining length of the clip can be downloaded in the duration of the audio already downloaded.

If you have a download speed faster than the play speed it should start immediately... I think

djaj1988 · Post by **djaj1988** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:25 pm

What about xm radio?

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:12 am

XM Radio? Err...just get some XM radio that connects to the pc.

DJFire · Post by **DJFire** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:37 am

Well, you have to look back in the history of mp3, as you might know, you do not have to download the whole mp3 to listen to what you already have downloaded, thats what The Universal uses, but im talking streaming media like being about to point to an internet radio station like all the ones on http://www.shoutcast.com. The differance is, those streams do not require downloading a song to play it. It stores the currently playing 1-30 seconds on the song in the buffer on the media player, plus like i said, it would provide a varity of music and avoid copyright issues that could possably arise with the current radio system.

morbydvisns · Post by **morbydvisns** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:06 pm

*bump*

i was going to post about this but thought id search first.

id like to see a streaming radio myself. Id be willing to host a station 3.

Post by **Mit** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:57 pm

show me a shoutcast system or something similar that offers a C/C++ sdk that i can plug in to the game and i'll happily look into using it..

Post by **Mit** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:46 pm

..or alternatively.. i'll randomnly happen upon an open-source bit of code that handles shoutcast stuff and include it in 0.48.3.

Galactic radio will be linked to shoutcast stations on the next client, thanks to the kindly chap(s) at Monkey Head Software (how appropriate..) for providing open-source code. I'll add options to link world radio to shoutcast streams sometime soon.

Post by **Mit** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:43 am

0.48.4 allows you to use a specific shoutcast broadcast as your world's radio.

To use a shoutcast station you create a file Data/Radio/RadioList.txt which should contain..

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shoutcast=[STATION NAME]
shoutfile1=[URL]:[PORT][PATH]

e.g.

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shoutcast=SpiritFM
shoutfile1=http://marconi.musicfunlife.com:8102/

Options for more world shoutcast stations will be added lata.

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:00 am

yay, finally some excellent travelling music.

the galactic shoutcast radio seems to break after stardriving. have to close and reopen the client to make it work again or it'll just make a "Error Playing Shoutcast Stream" message in the chat box.