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A connection
to the Internet is required to broadcast. Only live broadcasts
are listed on the directory.
- Assemble
your song files
Before you begin a broadcast, your song files (MP3s, .wavs,
etc.) should be arranged into directories that can be easily
accessed by you. If you intend to insert a song from CDs into
your Playlist, have a CD in your primary CD-ROM drive with others
waiting close by. Using the line-in feature
with a mic will allow you to intro songs or chat while you smoothly
change CDs.
- Add
files to your Playlist
The Playlist is a list of songs that are ready to be accessed
by the Pirate Radio Broadcaster. You can save each Playlist
that you create as a list file and load it up at another time.
To access the Playlist menu, click on the yellow Playlist
button.
The
Playlist window can be detached and stretched for convenient
editing.
Once the Playlist window is open, you will have several ways
of adding files to the playlist. You can add individual files
by clicking the Add File button. You can add the entire contents
of a folder of audio files by clicking on the Add Folder button.
Or, you can load a previously created Playlist by clicking on
Load. Another way of doing this is to simply drag and drop files,
folders or playlists onto the black portion of the Playlist
window.
Creating a series of different Playlists will allow you to easily
and conveniently keep your content fresh. The Playlist saving
and sorting functionality will be built out in future versions
of the software. Because the RadioDestiny Broadcaster will play
playlists from the Destiny
Media Player and other third party players such as Winamp
(.lst, .m3u), we recommend using your favourite mp3 player to
do your playlist editing. For example, the Destiny Media Player
includes the extra functionality of including sub-directories
when a folder/directory is added. The Destiny Media Player also
has expanded sorting and randomizing features.
- Select
the Playlist functionality
The Repeat button is functional but the broadcaster will
repeat any list in Playlist mode rather than going to dead air.
lt will always go back to the top and start again whether or
not Repeat is selected.
Random - If you press random, the Broadcaster will mix
up your current list of songs in random order.
- Changing
order in the Playlist
The Playlist enables you to change the order of songs in the
Playlist using a few methods. You can click down on a song title
name and then drag it up to a spot and release it to insert
it into another spot in the Playlist. Or, you can highlight
the song or a group of songs and use the move up and move down
buttons to shift the songs one space at a time. If you press
Random, the Broadcaster will mix up your current list of songs
in random order. Removing songs To remove songs from the playlist,
hilight the song or songs and then click the Remove button.
- Saving
the Playlist:
After spending many minutes (or hours!) creating a playlist
you will want to save it. Click on the Save button.
Save the file in the Destiny folder or some other convenient
location so that you know where to load it from later. Use descriptive
names for your list to easily distinguish from other lists.
Playlist saving image: the dialogue box above shows part of
the Playlist saving process.
Note:
It's important to know that a Playlist does not include the
songs themselves. A Playlist is a set of pointers to the files.
If you create a Playlist and then move the songs from their
original locations, the Playlist will not know where to find
them and will skip any moved/deleted files.
(As mentioned
above) The Playlist saving and sorting functionality will be
built out in future versions of the software. Because the RadioDestiny
Broadcaster will play playlists from the Destiny Media Player
and other third party players such as Winamp (.lst, .m3u), we
recommend using your favourite mp3 player to do your playlist
editing.
- Broadcast!
Once you have created or loaded a playlist, go to the main interface
and click the Begin button!
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