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Radio IQ's Great Big Streaming Media
CookBook
RADIO IQ is now offering its webstream in MP3-PRO (http://www.mp3prozone.com/).
When you click the link to the stream, you're telling your computer to
download an address file (riq_low.m3u, or riq_high.m3u) for whatever media
player you have to use to find our webstream. You can choose to open the file to play
it immediately, or save it to your desktop for future use. This usually works beautifully
for Windows and Unix operating systems with Winamp (http://www.winamp.com)
or XMMS (http://www.XMMS.org) installed. However, like any computer
related task, your actual mileage may vary.
Let's face it: we're all different, and our computers are all different
too! No single silver bullet exists in the new digital age. Thus, we
organized this document to help cover many RADIO IQ compatible media players across
several computer platforms in hopes that you will be able to find a way
to connect that best fits your computing hardware, software, and skills.
WINAMP (recommended)
http://www.winamp.com/player/
Any version of Nullsoft’s Winamp should be able to connect and properly
decode the RADIO IQ webstream. The “Lite” version of Winamp will decode MP3
files just fine. However, many internet radio stations are using the Ogg
Vorbis codec (.ogg), which will require the “Full” version. That version
is still free, but will require a bit more time to download and install.
If file associations are such in your machine that simply clicking on
the link on our webpage will not automatically start Winamp, then you
have several options. These instructions should hold true for XMMS as
well.
- (WINAMP) DOWNLOAD THE .M3U FILE. The
.m3u file is a Playlist file that contains information Winamp (and other
media players) can use to find the webstream. By storing this file locally
and manually loading it into Winamp, you can easily get the RADIO IQ webstream
to start working!
--> Right-click the link to the
stream you wish to connect, and select “Save Target As” in Internet Explorer,
or “Save Link As” in Mozilla Firefox.
--> Find a good place on your
machine to save the file (i.e., C:\, Desktop, MyDocuments, etc…).
--> Start Winamp and drag and
drop the .m3u file into the playlist window on Winamp.
--> Double-click the entry in
the playlist. RADIO IQ should start streaming to your machine shortly there
after.
… or…
- (WINAMP) MANUALLY CREATE YOUR OWN PLAYLIST FILE FOR RADIO IQ.
--> Install and start up Winamp
--> In the bottom left portion of the playlist
window, single-click “ADD”,
“ADD URL”. In the dialogue box, copy and paste the following URL:
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/riq-32.mp3
...then again, “ADD”, “ADD URL”, and paste the following:
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/riq-64.mp3
--> Now in the bottom right corner of the playlist
window, you can select “Manage
Playlists” and save the list somewhere on your machine, like your desktop
or MyDocuments…
--> Double clicking
either of the entries in the playlist should start streaming RADIO IQ.
TIP: Setting Winamp to REPEAT the list may help
keep network hiccups from interrupting the music for too long.
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER:
WINDOWS USERS should have Windows Media Player already loaded onto their
machine. Those users can download and install the latest WMP from Microsoft’s
website (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Browse.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=4).
Note that Windows 2000/ME/9x users can install WMP up to version 10. Windows
XP users can install version 11. There is a security advantage to having
the most updated media player, in that most known holes have been patched
in the latest version. If file associations are such in your machine that simply
clicking to open the link on our webpage will not automatically start WMP, then
you have several options.
- (WMP) DOWNLOAD THE .M3U FILE. The
.m3u file is a Playlist file that contains information WMP (and other
media players) can use to find the webstream. By storing this file locally
and manually loading it into WMP, you can easily get the RADIO IQ webstream
to start working!
--> Right-click the link to the
stream you wish to connect, and select “Save Target As” in Internet Explorer,
or “Save Link As” in Mozilla Firefox.
--> Find a good place on your
machine to save the file (i.e., C:\, Desktop, MyDocuments, etc…).
--> Start Winamp and drag and
drop the .m3u file into the playlist window on WMP.
--> Double-click the entry in
the playlist. RADIO IQ should start streaming to your machine shortly there
after.
… or…
- (WMP) MANUALLY CREATE YOUR OWN PLAYLIST FILE FOR RADIO IQ.
--> In WMP, click on
“File”, “OpenURL”.
--> Copy and paste the following
URL into the dialogue box:
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/riq-32.mp3 for
the low bandwidth connection…
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/riq-64.mp3
for the broad bandwidth connection…
Click the “Play” button to start
the stream.
VLC
VLC is a freely available and incredibly versatile media player with a
medium-weight installation. You can download it at
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
The RADIO IQ webstream has been successfully tested using
VLC version
0.5.8
- (VLC) INSTALL VLC WITH FIREFOX PLUGIN – depending
on your computer’s file association settings, this may allow VLC to start
playing the RADIO IQ webstream or any other streaming media as soon as you
click on the associated link at a website using the
Mozilla
FireFox browser. Failing that…
- (VLC) MANUALLY OPEN RADIO IQ’s WEBSTREAM WITH VLC
--> Click on “File”, “Open Network
Stream…”
--> In the “Open…” dialogue box, select
the radio button next to “HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/MMS”.
--> In the text box that is now highlighted,
next to URL, copy and paste one
of the following:
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/riq-32.mp3 for
the low bandwidth connection…
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/riq-64.mp3 for
the broad bandwidth connection…
--> Save this list entry in
some easy place to find, like your Desktop or MyDocuments.
--> Then, whenever you want to call up the
RADIO IQ
webstream in the future, simply double click this
file.
FOOBAR2000
- (FOOBAR)MANUALLY LOAD
RADIO IQ WEBSTREAM INTO FOOBAR2000
--> Click on “File”,
“Add Location”.
--> Copy and paste the following
URL into the dialogue box:
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/riq-32.mp3 for
the low bandwidth connection…
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/riq-64.mp3
for the broad bandwidth connection…
--> Click the “Play” button
to start the stream.
--> Click “File”, “Save Playlist”
and save this list entry in some easy place to find, like your Desktop
or MyDocuments. Then, whenever you want to call up the RADIO IQ webstream
in the future, simply double click this file.
Macintosh
AUDION
Audion is a freely available, versatile media player with a medium-weight
installation. You can download it at http://www.panic.com/audion/
The WVTF webstream has not yet been tested using Audion. Please
relay reception reports to engineering - kf4ylm at vt dot edu
- (AUDION) MANUALLY OPEN WVTF’s WEBSTREAM WITH AUDION
--> Click on “File”, “Open
Stream…”
--> In the dialogue box, copy
and paste one of the following:
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/wvtf-32.mp3
for
the low bandwidth connection…
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/wvtf-64.mp3
for
the broad bandwidth connection…
See http://www.panic.com/audion/help3/ne/ne10.htm
for more details on Audion.
COG
Cog is a freely available, open source media player for OS X, 10.4
and up. You can download it at http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/
The WVTF webstream has not yet been tested using Cog. Please
relay reception reports to engineering - kf4ylm at vt dot edu
- No instruction set for Cog yet... please email your method
to engineering
iTUNES
iTunes is a cross-platform (Mac and Windows) media management software
suite with a streaming media player. You can download it at http://www.apple.com/itunes/
The WVTF webstream has not yet been tested using iTunes. Please
relay reception reports to engineering - kf4ylm at vt dot edu
- (ITUNES) MANUALLY OPEN WVTF’s WEBSTREAM WITH ITUNES
--> Click "Advanced”,
“Open Stream…”
--> In the dialogue box, copy
and paste one of the following:
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/wvtf-32.mp3
for
the low bandwidth connection…
http://mp3.rev.net:8000/wvtf-64.mp3
for
the broad bandwidth connection…
See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=165152
for more details on Audio.
MACAMP
LITE X
Macamp Lite X is a now unsupported, but still freely available media
player. You can download it at http://www.macamplite.com/
The WVTF webstream has not yet been tested using Macamp. Please
relay reception reports to engineering - kf4ylm at vt dot edu
- No instruction set for Macamp yet... please
email your method to engineering
WHAMB!
WHAMB! is a versitle, freely available media player for the Macintosh
platform. You can download it at http://www.whamb.com/
The WVTF webstream has not yet been tested using Whamb!. Please
relay reception reports to engineering - kf4ylm at vt dot edu
- No instruction set for Whamb! yet... please
email your method to engineering
IF YOU’RE
STILL HAVING PROBLEMS, it could mean that your firewall and/or
router settings on your machine/network are not properly configured
to allow internet traffic on port 8000. Consult your
documentation or your network administrator/guru for help with this,
as the myriad of configuration possibilities is far too great to include
solutions for in this document.
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