| The following is information on how you
can listen to TotalRock on various platforms. If you have any questions
or suggestions please email webteam@totalrock.com
Please choose one of the following topics:
TotalRock
Jetcast Player
The TotalRock player carries our Windows Media stream
with the Webcams, Now/Next and Song Playing info embedded into
it. You will need Windows Media Player to be installed on your computer
and the Jetcast player for IE or Firefox plugins. It can be launched
by clicking on the 'wma' button in the Listen section near the top
of the site. If you encounter any problem getting the Jetcast stream
goto the Jetcast
Player Problem Solver.
Using
only Windows Media Player
This link will allow you to listen through Windows Media Player. You will need Windows
Media Player to be installed on your computer and Jetcast IE or
Firefox plugins.
Listen to the Jetcast
Stream
If you don't have Windows Media Player on your computer, you
can download the latest version from Microsoft for FREE by clicking
here.
Windows Media Player is available for the following Operating
Systems:
Win 95, NT4, 98, 98 SE, Millenium (Me), 2000, XP and Vista
Mac OS 8.1 - OS 9.x, Mac OSX
Mac
Users
We advise using our mp3 stream. When you click on the mp3 link you will normally get an m3u file downloaded onto your desktop. If you click on this your default mp3 player will open and play the stream.
Jetcast have not yet released a
plugin to enable Mac users to access our Windows Media Stream.
Mac users can get the latest Windows Media Player
here.
Linux
Users
We advise using our mp3 stream. It can be launched by clicking on
the 'mp3' button in the Listen section near the top of the site. Linux users can use Xine
or any of its derivatives, also with Firefox.
Get the Icecast mp3 stream
Webcam
Do you get a clicking sound everytime the webcam picture refreshes?
To fix this follow the instructions below:
* Go to Start Menu/Settings/Control Panel
* Choose Sounds and Audio Devices and select the Sounds tab
* Under program events go to Windows Explorer/Start Navigation and
choose 'none' from the Sounds drop down menu .
Stream
Is your Stream dropping off a lot?
Launch Windows Media Player.
For version 6.4 Click "view" from the menu then "options", select
"Advanced" tab then select "streaming media"( double click), and
there should be a buffer section, change this to 30 seconds and
click [apply].
For all later versions: Click "Tools" from the menu then "options",
Select "Performance" tab then there should be a Buffer section,
change this to 30 seconds and click [apply].
Always try to keep the buffer value as low as possible consistent
with a continuous stream.
Still having problems? Launch the player, Click "Help" on the right
hand side of the player, Select "Help Topics", then select "Troubleshooting".
TotalRock
News RSS and Podcasts
What is RSS?
'Really Simple Syndication' allows you to identify the content you
like and have it delivered directly to you. It makes staying up
to date very easy by showing you the latest content you are interested
in.
How do I use it?
The content is accessed by using a "news reader", which
is an application collects the News/updates you tell it to. The
latest versions of all the common browsers act as RSS clients now.
Once you have found a news reader you like, all you have to do is
click on the RSS button of a website or drag the URL of the feed
into your news reader.
Some browsers like Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically pick up RSS feeds for you. For more details on these, please check their websites.
Using the TotalRock News RSS feed on your website
We activley encourage the use of TotalRock news as a part of any website.
However, we do require that proper attribution and a link to www.totalrock.com is used where TotalRock News content appears. The attribution text should read "TotalRock News" and should link back to www.totalrock.com.
If you would like to display a TotalRock Logo with our news please download and use one from http://www.totalrock.com/logos
If you do use our news please let us know by emailing webteam@totalrock.com
We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of TotalRock News content.
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