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How To Listen To KTSW-FM 89.9 Live Radio Streams (Click here for Live Streaming Statistics...) Click here for info directly from Winamp and Shoutcast about streaming using their software.
1. Macintosh There are many ways to play the streams. If you are using a Macintosh, both Quick Time Media Player (http://www.quicktime.com/) and ITunes Media Player (http://www.itunes.com/) should automatically play the files with no problem. Visit the websites to download the software. (Both programs have versions available for Windows/PC.)
Try opening the following URL's manually if they are not automatically opening:
http://147.26.154.133:8000/listen.pls (Primary Hi-Fi Stream) http://147.26.154.35:8000/listen.pls (Alternate Hi-Fi Stream)
2. Windows/PC Winamp (http://www.winamp.com/) is the best program to use for listening to our streams, but this program is only for Windows. Real Audio (http://www.realaudio.com/) also plays “.pls” file types for streams.
3. Update Your Media Player’s Software Also, make sure that whichever program you are using is the most updated version of the software. For example, only Windows Media Player version 9 with the most recent updates supports Winamp’s "Shoutcast" streams, which is the ".pls" file type used by KTSW-FM 89.9 (http://ktsw.txstate.edu/).
4. Windows Media Player If you must use Windows Media Player make sure you update it first from the Internet by choosing "Help" then "Check for Player Updates". Follow the instructions step by step to update your WMP to version 9.
The other MOST IMPORTANT thing unfortunately with Windows Media Player is that you have to "manually" enter the URL for the stream to listen. Microsoft does not want to support Winamp’s “Shoutcast" streams in hopes that their formats become standard since Windows Media Player is pre-installed on most every computer running any version of Windows.
Therefore, to manually play the “.pls” file select the menu option "File", then choose "Open URL", then type in either of the following URL's:
(Omit the "listen.pls" as previously shown for playing in other media players) http://147.26.154.133:8000/ (lo-fi stream) http://147.26.154.133:8002/ (hi-fi stream)
There is no current available way to link this on the website for listeners
using Windows Media Player because the software does not support the “.pls”
file-type which would automatically open the streams. Instead, listeners using
Windows Media Player need to manually type in the URL. |