Can ANY internet radio http address be set as the music stream for a parcel? Is BBC possible?

[anselm Hexicola]

I have managed to copy/paste addresses of internet music stations supplied on web pages listing stations available in SL. But when I try others (for example BBC Radio3), I just get silence!  Any explanation for a lay-person?

[Venus Petrov]

Perhaps the syntax of the URL is incorrect or missing something.  You will need the port in order to have any chance of it playing in SL on a radio or on your land audio.

ETA:  My experience has been that not all will play in SL.

[PeterCanessa Oh]

I'm enbarrassed that I don't know the format(s) SL does support but I believe that the BBC, specifically, uses an 'odd' one that isn't.  That's why you normally have to download the BBC iPlayer in order to listen to their stuff.

[but I could be completely wrong.  Gah!  I know how to program it to play all this stuff but not what it will play! Duh]

[Rolig Loon]

Unfortunately, BBC Radio only streams in RealAudio format.  SL will only let you play streams that are encoded as mp2, mp3, or ogg.  Until someone more knowledgeable explains how to convert from one stream format to another, I'm afraid BBC RAdio 3 isn't going to play in world.   Sorry.   :smileysad: