[Tutorial] How to stream Shoutcast to your server

[PCheriyan007]

How to Stream Shoutcast to your Server
By Sc0pe

I have heard some players wanted to know how to add Shoutcast streaming to their server so I made this little tutorial.

What Will You Need

• AT LEAST SA-MP 0.3d (Current version is 0.3e)
• A Shoutcast Server (Don't fret if you don't have one, you can use just about any internet radio station)

The Code

So here is the code we will be looking at:

#include <a_samp>
#include <zcmd>

CMD:radio(playerid, params[])
{
    PlayAudioStreamForPlayer(playerid, "http://www.internetradio.com/listen.pls");
    SendClientMessage(playerid, 0x33CCFFAA, "(SERVER) {FFFFFF}Connecting to [NAME OF STATION]");
    return 1;
}
CMD:stopradio(playerid, params[])
{
    StopAudioStreamForPlayer(playerid);
    SendClientMessage(playerid, 0x33CCFFAA, "(SERVER) {FFFFFF}Audio stream playback has been stopped");
    return 1;
}

Explanation

Now I will explain what each little piece of code does.

PlayAudioStreamForPlayer

PlayAudioStreamForPlayer(playerid, url[], Float:posX = 0.0, Float:posY = 0.0, Float:posZ = 0.0, Float:distance = 50.0, usepos = 0);

This starts the audio stream that is typed in the place of url[].
Stream URLs can look like the following:

• http://www.internetradio.com/listen.pls
• http://www.internetradio.com:8000
• http://127.0.0.1:8000

Below is a proper example of this code:

PlayAudioStreamForPlayer(playerid, "http://www.internetradio.com/listen.pls");

StopAudioStreamForPlayer

StopAudioStreamForPlayer(playerid);

This stops the audio stream that was playing (if one was playing).

Command Explanations

/startradio Explanation

CMD:radio(playerid, params[])

This is the command that we are going to use to start the audio stream.

PlayAudioStreamForPlayer(playerid, "http://www.internetradio.com/listen.pls");

This is the audio stream which we are going to use as our radio. You need to change the example URL to the URL of the stream to your preferred radio station.

SendClientMessage(playerid, 0x33CCFFAA, "(SERVER) {FFFFFF}Connecting to [NAME OF STATION]");

This notifies the player that they are connecting to the stream and the audio should start playing shortly. You need to replace [NAME OF STATION with the name of the radio station that you will be using.

/stopradio Explanation

CMD:stopradio(playerid, params[])

This is the command that we are going to use to stop streaming the radio.

StopAudioStreamForPlayer(playerid);

This will stop the streaming of audio.

SendClientMessage(playerid, 0x33CCFFAA, "(SERVER) {FFFFFF}Audio stream playback has been stopped");

This will let the player know that the audio stream has stopped.

Final Notes

NOTE: If you want to make a Shoutcast Server for free, use one of the following:

• Listen2MyRadio.
• Caster.fm

NOTE: For those wondering where they can find zcmd, look no further.

[Vukilore]

Oh God, Good job !

[alpha500delta]

And this is supposed to be a tutorial?

[PCheriyan007]

Originally Posted by alpha500delta

And this is supposed to be a tutorial?

Well for one thing I show how to add it, then I explain what each line does.

[Ironboy]

I did everything but i cant hear anything
It shows "Connected to [Name of the Radio station goes here]".

[Michael@Belgium]

Nice tut but i don't understand something...
Euhm, what do you mean with 'A Shoutcast server' ? It's like a radio on internet ? :S

[Pz]

One day, SA-MP will be just like Ventrilo, I have big feelings about it.

[PCheriyan007]

Ironboy - PM me how you put in the code and I will see what is wrong and if there is nothing wrong with the code then it could either be that you didn't install the audio client plugin or that you might have a slow connection.

Michael@Belgium - Yeah like a shoutcast radio station.

Pz - you have a very good point .

[Csaba1996]

help 15 error:S

[PCheriyan007]

Originally Posted by Csaba1996

help 15 error:S

paste the line, preferably with [pawn] tags