However, chances are you can’t even see the Internet Radio subpanel’s Properties
mini-panel, because you don’t have any Internet radio files to select.
We will help you solve
this
situation, and
then
look at the small but important
difference in the Properties mini-panel.
The media server can help create Internet radio files for you. It needs the help of your
Web browser. Your job is to “drag and drop” the right kind of Web link from the
browser window to the media server’s Configuration window.
Create an Internet radio file as follows:
1. While the media server’s Configuration window is on your screen, start
up your Web browser.
Make sure the browser window does not cover all of the media server’s
Configuration window.
2. Go to an Internet radio index site such as http://www.shoutcast.com/ or
http://dir.xiph.org/index.php (icecast.org’s stream index).
3. Place the pointer on a link to a .pls or .m3u file.
In most browsers, a status bar at the bottom of the window shows the full
name of the file the current link points to. Try to remember the name so you
can more easily find it later in the Internet Radio subpanel.
4. Press and hold down your mouse’s main button, drag to any part of the
media server’s Configuration window, and release the button.
The pointer will become a “prohibited” symbol when you start to drag. It will
turn into an arrow with an “add” symbol when you get to the Configuration
window.
There will be a short wait while the media server retrieves and saves the file pointed
to by the link.
The server will automatically open the Media Import panel and add the name of the
retrieved file to the
Shared Folders and Files
list. (The Configuration window may
be covered by your browser or another window, however, so you may not see this
happening.)
It will also place the name in the Internet Radio subpanel, so you can now open that
subpanel’s Properties mini-panel — and there is good reason to do this while the link
that the file came from is still in your browser window.
In many cases, the name of an Internet radio file gives no indication of the station’s
name or the kind of content it provides. The file name will be used as a title on your
TV or projector screen unless you assign the file a title of your own. The screen
shown below contains two Internet radio entries that have user-assigned titles and
two that do not:
We strongly suggest going to the Internet Radio subpanel, opening its Properties
mini-panel, and giving the file an easily recognizable title right away.