Most of the music (live, DJ and radio) in SL is played using the streaming capabilities. Most of you know about how this is set up, but let me start from the beginning.
Select World, then Parcel Details on your viewer to open the About Land window. The 'Sound' tab shows the sound settings for the parcel, in this case the NotTooHot Club.
The URL of the music being played is shown, in this case http://94.23.220.75:5500. This is Polska Blues, a favorite blues radio station of mine.
You can manually change the station by entering a different URL in the line. Of course, you have to know the station's URL. Here is a list of current ones .
http://94.23.220.75:5500 - Polska Blues
http://72.10.166.2:8787 - LeNet (75)
http://205.164.35.58:80 1.FM
http://209.236.126.18:8002 Big Blue Swing.com
http://206.217.213.236:8500 GotRadio - Bit O Blues
http://199.101.51.168:8004 Blues Connection
http://208.53.158.48:8410 : Radio Bop 60s
http://67.213.213.137:8078 Charlietown Blues
Over time the URLs change, so the list will eventually need to be updated.
When someone plays live music or DJs, they have a streaming capability from their computer using programs like Shoutcast, SAM or Icecast and software that holds their music collection or allows use of a microphone. The DJ or musician still needs to have a stream and to enter the URL info into the club's About Land Sound tab.
At NotTooHot all members have the rights to change the stream. To make it easy for DJs and musicians and to change the radio we have added a DJ Board located next to the stage.
Riddle manages this board. What it does is allows for easy changing using stored URL info. In two quick clicks you can set up to DJ or put on any listed radio station. Here is how it works.
Click on the DJ Board to get the menu.
If you are a DJ and have given your URL info to Riddle, the stream immediately switches to you. If you are putting on the radio, select [Radio] to get a selection of stations. Click the one you want, then OK Select and the radio plays.
The DJ Board gives information about the music such as the song played and the station name.
The number of listeners is also included with the station's capacity. When people don't hear music, it is usually due to one of three reasons:
If you want to DJ or play live music, give Riddle or me your URL info. Of course, you can use the Club's stream when DJing or playing at the NotTooHot and I can give you the details.
xxx
Nottoo
Select World, then Parcel Details on your viewer to open the About Land window. The 'Sound' tab shows the sound settings for the parcel, in this case the NotTooHot Club.
The URL of the music being played is shown, in this case http://94.23.220.75:5500. This is Polska Blues, a favorite blues radio station of mine.
You can manually change the station by entering a different URL in the line. Of course, you have to know the station's URL. Here is a list of current ones .
http://94.23.220.75:5500 - Polska Blues
http://72.10.166.2:8787 - LeNet (75)
http://205.164.35.58:80 1.FM
http://209.236.126.18:8002 Big Blue Swing.com
http://206.217.213.236:8500 GotRadio - Bit O Blues
http://199.101.51.168:8004 Blues Connection
http://208.53.158.48:8410 : Radio Bop 60s
http://67.213.213.137:8078 Charlietown Blues
Over time the URLs change, so the list will eventually need to be updated.
When someone plays live music or DJs, they have a streaming capability from their computer using programs like Shoutcast, SAM or Icecast and software that holds their music collection or allows use of a microphone. The DJ or musician still needs to have a stream and to enter the URL info into the club's About Land Sound tab.
At NotTooHot all members have the rights to change the stream. To make it easy for DJs and musicians and to change the radio we have added a DJ Board located next to the stage.
Riddle manages this board. What it does is allows for easy changing using stored URL info. In two quick clicks you can set up to DJ or put on any listed radio station. Here is how it works.
Click on the DJ Board to get the menu.
If you are a DJ and have given your URL info to Riddle, the stream immediately switches to you. If you are putting on the radio, select [Radio] to get a selection of stations. Click the one you want, then OK Select and the radio plays.
The DJ Board gives information about the music such as the song played and the station name.
The number of listeners is also included with the station's capacity. When people don't hear music, it is usually due to one of three reasons:
- The station isn't streaming. You can check this by entering the station's URL in your browser, such as Internet Explorer. It will give you a listing of the station's details if streaming or a broken link message if not.
- The station's capacity is reached. In the above example with Polska Blues see that 220 of 250 slots are taken. When it is 250 of 250, no one else can listen until someone drops off.
- The person's computer isn't receiving music. Usually a restart of SL helps but sometimes it's something simple like turning on the sound.
If you want to DJ or play live music, give Riddle or me your URL info. Of course, you can use the Club's stream when DJing or playing at the NotTooHot and I can give you the details.
xxx
Nottoo
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