Showing posts with label players. Show all posts
Showing posts with label players. Show all posts

Sunday, November 7, 2010

So... you can't get this damn radio to work?

Don't worry, it's not so difficult!

We still see some strange musicplayers or outdated versions being used to connect to our radio but failing. Don't give up, we got some great tunes in store for you, so get with it and update yourself (and your computer!)

Here is a list of confirmed musicplayers that support AAC+ in order of recommendation:

Winamp @ http://www.winamp.com/
VLC Player @ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Foobar2000 @ http://www.foobar2000.org/
AIMP2 @ http://www.aimp2.us/
Windows Media Player (only with the free Orban plug-in installed)
Songbird @ http://www.songbirdnest.com/
Real Player version 11 or higher @ http://eu.real.com/realplayer

All these musicplayers are freeware.
Also there are some applications for your Smartphone, iPhone or iPad that will allow you to tune into the radio! Yeah Right Radio on the go!!
Also if you have a Home Theater PC or Media-Center running XBMC for instance, just save this pls-file (right-click -> save as) and add it to you music presets!

In general it's always best to have the latest version of the music player you prefer to use, so check for updates or use the FileHippo.com Update Checker @ http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker which is a great freeware tool to keep your programs up-to-date!

Some browser (i.e. Firefox) may ask you to install a plugin to support your player inside the browser. Or it may ask which program you would like to use to play the radiostream so you have to asign any of the listed programs above to this.

We present two protocols to receive the radio-stream. Most of the above-named players support the http-stream while for instance Winamp and VLC also support the icyx-stream. You might want to save these links to your desktop, so you can start the radio anytime without going to the Yeah Right website!
In order to play the embedded Windows Mediaplayer on our page, you must have Mediaplayer installed with the free Orban plug-in!

Still can't get it to work? Send a message to support@yeahright.eu so we can help you out! Just state which operating system you use and which musicplayers you have installed on your system.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

How to... tune in to Yeah Right Radio

Streaming Radio

and what you need to be able to hear it!

AAC+ is a cutting-edge way to listen to online streaming radio that provides excellent sound quality at lower bitrates than you would need for comparable quality from MP3. Learn more about why AAC+ is the future of online streaming radio.

Not all players support AAC+ yet. Below is a list of software that is available on each platform that is capable of tuning into AAC+ streams. Before you can listen to the AAC+ stream, you must have one of these programs on your system so that it can play back an AAC+ formatted stream.

Windows
Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Apple Mac OS X
Linux
Linux
Winamp Winamp
Orban Windows Media Player
with Orban Plugin


VLC VLC for Windows VLC VLC for Mac OS X
VLC VLC for Linux

iTunes iTunes iTunes iTunes

To make sure you can listen to the player on the webpage, it is required that you install the Free Orban AAC+ plugin for Windows Media Player in order to play the stream the instant you open the page.

But, you can still listen to our AAC+ stream if you have one of the player applications listed above. If you already have a program that can open AAC+ streams, then simply click on one of the icons in our player on the radio website to listen to the stream directly in your favorite compatible player.

It goes without saying that it's always best to have the latest updated version of the player you like to use, so check for player-updates!


For the geeks: we have a http-stream and an icyx-stream. You can choose whichever streamprotocol your player supports. If your operating system is well configured, starting a stream will open your default player for that streamprotocol and else you will be prompted to select a compatible player.

If you are using Winamp and are unable to hear or connect to the stream, make sure you have the mp3PRO-plugin disabled. See Winamp-settingsmenu: options-preferences-input.