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Chronic Skronski · Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 71 Location: gone

Taking a cue from Doubledown, I found some instructions for setting up Shoutcast.

From the SL Wiki:

Using the WinAmp MP3 player and the Shoutcast DSP plugin, you simply play the music you want with the encoder plugin active and configured. The encoder plugin connects to the relay and sends your live stream. The relay then streams the music onto the listeners.

Once WinAmp and the Shoutcast DSP plugin are installed:

* Run WinAmp
* Press CTRL P to bring up the preferences menu
* In the plugins menu, click on DSP/Effect
* Select Nullsoft ShoutCast Source DSP
* Then click Close
* You should then see the ShoutCast DSP Plugin appear.

* Click on the Encoder tab you need to set the quality of the live stream (eg. MP3 - 128Kbit Stereo)
* Click on the Output tab and enter the streaming relay information
* Then click Connect in the Output tab to connect to the relay
* Playing any music in WinAmp now will cause the music to be streamed to the relay.

As well as playing recorded music in Winamp, its possible to stream actual live music to a relay using the sound input/line in on your soundcard. If you are using the Line In option, you will need to set the encoder to use the soundcard's input rather than the WinAmp player.

If anyone has questions about setting up Shoutcast on a PC, I will do my best to help out. Just ask!