Shoutcast, the ultimate suite of tools for broadcasters. Discover the pioneer in online radio streaming. Fine-tuning and perfecting our services since 1999 to meet every broadcasters' needs. Step 1 - Install Winamp. Download and install Winamp (if you don’t already have it installed). Winamp is a free download. Link - Click to download Winamp. Step 2 - Install the Shoutcast DSP Plugin. Download the Shoutcast DSP Plugin for Winamp and install it. This is a free plugin for Winamp that lets you stream out to the Internet.
You can listen to RA Rock in Winamp.
If you don’t already have Winamp, download it right now. Click HERE to download Winamp if you run Windows.
SHOUTcast DSP Plug-in v2.3.3 for Winamp (9/26/2013) Shoutcast Discussions The free customizable Winamp media player that plays mp3 + other audio files, syncs your iPod, subscribes to Podcasts and more. Original Title: Winamp suddenly refuses to connect to internet radio stations, I can only listen to those which are part of 'Shoutcast' now, but I don't like Shoutcast. I don't like Shoutcast as I can't play the nice visualizations that I had downloaded from Soundspectrum (G-Force, Aeon, Whitecap) and also I had fun with the Winamp skins. You can make use of Winamp to listen to online radio and even create your own radio station. With Winamp you can access thousands of radios based on the SHOUTcast Internet radio technology. To access the station list follow these steps. Create and Listen to Online Radio Stations.
Once the download is complete, open the file and install Winamp.
How to manually open the RA Rock stream in Winamp
Follow this easy step-by-step guide on how to manually open the RA Rock stream in Winamp.
Step 1
Once Winamp is open, click on ‘File‘.
Step 2
Click on ‘Play URL…‘
Step 3
In the ‘Open URL’ panel that opens type in one of the following:
- live.rarock.com/stream for the 128kbps stream
- live.rarock.com/stream2 for the 32kbps stream
- live.rarock.com/stream3 for the 48kbps stream
- live.rarock.com/stream4 for the 64kbps stream
- live.rarock.com/stream5 for the 92kbps stream
- live.rarock.com/stream6 for the 192kbps stream
Then click on Open.
RA Rock should now be playing in Winamp.
How to add RA Rock to a Playlist in Winamp
Instead of following the above steps every single time you open Winamp, you can add RA Rock to a playlist in Winamp that allows you to simply double-click to start playing RA Rock.
Step 1
Click on the ‘Media Library‘ tab.
Step 2
In the left pane, click on ‘Playlists‘.
Step 3
At the bottom click on ‘New…‘.
Step 4
In the window that opens type in “RA Rock“, then click on OK.
Step 4
Make sure ‘RA Rock‘ is selected in the left pane beneath ‘Playlists’. At the bottom click on ‘Add‘.
Step 5
Select ‘Add URL‘.
Step 6
In the ‘Open URL’ panel that opens type in one of the following:
Winamp Radio Scheduler
- live.rarock.com/stream for the 128kbps stream
- live.rarock.com/stream2 for the 32kbps stream
- live.rarock.com/stream3 for the 48kbps stream
- live.rarock.com/stream4 for the 64kbps stream
- live.rarock.com/stream5 for the 92kbps stream
- live.rarock.com/stream6 for the 192kbps stream
Then click on Open.
Step 7
Double-click on ‘RA Rock‘ in the left pane. RA Rock should now be playing in Winamp.
Winamp Broadcaster
From now on all you need to do is double-click on ‘RA Rock‘ in the left pane to start playing RA Rock in Winamp.
Winamp Radio Plugin
I appreciate all the replies, so thanks alot.
If possible I'd still like to access the WDFN site via Winamp, but if that's not possible I found a workaround.
I issued a 'SCHTASKS' command on WinXP Pro to start the web page below at the proper time.
http://www.wdfn.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html
It seems to start up fine without any need to go thru the web signon screen.
This is the command I used in case anyone else is interested.
SCHTASKS /Create /SC once /ST 21:16:00 /TN Wdfn /TR C:CmdfilesWdfn.cmd < C:CmdfilesEmpty.txt
The contents of Wdfn.cmd is listed below.
START 'Wdfn Script' /Min http://www.wdfn.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html
Empty.txt is an empty file to satisfy the prompt for a password. My WinXP account doesn't have a password associated with it.
I located this info to help allow it to work on a no password system.
In order to be able to do this on my single user, no
password system I must first allow Scheduled Tasks to be run without password as described here:
'http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/c1b603be72394ee2/'
My initial idea was to issue a command to start up Winamp playing the online radio streaming audio and record it for listening at a later time. When the show finished, I would have to close the programs.
Thanks again for your help.