Live Radio?

[SenikCap]

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Hello, I'm somewhat of a noob at creating stuff but i was wondering if its possible to make an object play a radio station like FILTH FM. I listen to it quite a bit on iTunes and would like to make a object play it.  Would like an idea of how difficult this would be to do? cheers, SENIK~CAP! <3

[Thinkerer Melville]

You need some background in straming audio into SL.  Here are good sources.

What you need to know to hear/see audio and video  

http://virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com/2011/01/kit-music-and-video-hear-and-see.html

Streaming Music into SL

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Streaming_Music

Guide to streaming audio. Shoutcast. Performances.

http://virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com/2011/03/kit-guide-to-streaming-audio-shoutcast.html

You can play audio from any web site to people who are using shared media (Viewer 2 or comparable).  You can stream into a parcel from streaming sources like shoutcast, but notice that the streaming url is not the same as the web page url -- the guide above tells you how to get the streaming url.  

People make objects that loo like radios to control streaming audio, but this is just cosmetic.  What you actually do is set the audio stream for the parcel (old method) or set up a web page on a prim (Viewer 2).  

TKR