I just discovered how to play your own songs on your own parcel without a Shoutcast Server.
This does not give everyone the power to be a full DJ with voice and smooth transitions, but it does let you play your own MP3's when ever you want.
I also discovered how to get an MP3 web streaming address address from
Project Playlist (there is a player on this blog and many others) in the event that you are looking for a song you don't have.
What is good about this is that I can now play music, for example, when I perform a wedding if I have the power to change a music setting on a parcel. Or, if friends want to dance to a certain song and I have the MP3 web link I can play it.
This is rather technical, and probably not for beginners, but here is how I did it.
1. Make sure that you can change the music setting in about land (property owners and people with group powers in group owned land, you can check this in roles can do this).
2. Make sure that in edit, preferences, automatically play media is selected.
3. Use your own web based MP3 files. They should begin with HTTP and end with MP3. Test them as a regular web address to see if they stream automatically. Just cut and past them in the music setting. Note that you have to wait a few seconds for the stream to activate.
In the event you want to use Project Playlist MP3's there is a simple way and an more complicated way if you want to get links for multiple songs.
The easy way:
1. At the bottom of every song listing, there is something that says Visit Site. Click on this link. When you go there, there will be a URL that begins with HTTP and ends with MP3. Test that in a web browser. That should play inworld if you cut and paste it into the land music setting.
The more complicated way that works with playlists:
1. generate a playlist from
http://www.playlist.com/
2. generate code for your playlist. Generate code from option E. Get the playlist code for any website
3. Within the code look for this file: It will look something like this but will have profileplaylist.net on it It will be towards the top of your code.
http://www.profileplaylist.net/loadplaylist.php?playlist=56708038&t=1235028739
4. Put that in as a web address. It will generate allot of code.
5. Sort out the url for each MP3 file on your playlist from that code by doing the following:
For each of your playist songs you will see something like this:
it will always BEGIN with http and end with mp3.
if you put this in chat or IM it will generate an underlined url for you.
The code with look something like this:
http://www.brynkenney.com/bryn/mp3/americathebeautiful.mp3
6. Check that the url link works in a regular web browser.
it may take a while for the song to download.
7. put that in your land media settings.
And voila! you can play mp3's for individual songs without a shoutcast server.