Streaming How-to-Guide

Winamp:
Method A:
1) Install the latest version of Winamp from http://www.winamp.com (if you haven’t already)
2) Go to the Rhema FM Jukebox and choose the stream quality you prefer (dial-up or broadband)
3) Click on the Winamp link and choose “Open”
4) Winamp should open and automatically start loading the stream

Method B:
1) Install the latest version of Winamp from http://winamp.com (if you haven’t already)
2) Go to the Rhema FM Jukebox and choose the stream quality you prefer (dial-up or broadband)
3) Right click on the link and select “Copy Shortcut” (Internet Explorer) or “Copy Link Location” (Firefox)
4) Open winamp
5) Click on File up the top and select “Play URL”. Alternatively, the shortcut for this is Ctrl+L
6) Press Ctrl+V which will paste the URL contents into the URL field
7) Select open and Winamp should locate the stream and open it.

Method C:
1) Open Winamp and navigate to Shoutcast Radio under “Online Services" in the left hand panel.
2) Once the page loads to the right, click in the search bar and type “Rhema FM” and click on search
3) This should locate our station, so then simply click “Tune In”
4) Winamp will then locate the stream, buffer it and start playing

iTunes
Method A:
1) Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed (Itunes 9 or higher is required). This can be downloaded from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
2) Navigate to the Rhema FM jukebox on the Rhema FM site and select the stream quality you are after (broadband or dial-up)
3) Click on the Itunes link
4) Click “Open” on the prompt that comes up.

Hopefully all goes well and iTunes opens and starts playing the stream, if it doesn’t don’t fear, there are a few more things for us to go through.  It is possible that your computer may not know that iTunes can play the stream, or that it is defaulting to another program.

If your computer does not know how to play the file (it does not recognize that iTunes or any other player can play it) we need to tell the computer to try and open it with iTunes.

5) Repeat steps 1-4 and select “Choose program” (or similar) when you are prompted with how to open the file.
6) Scroll through the list and find iTunes and then select “ok”.
If you are finding that it is opening with another program by default you will need to:
7) Repeat steps 1-3, and then select “save” instead of “open”
8) Locate where the file was saved and right click on it (or Ctrl + Click on Mac) and select “Open With” > Itunes.

Method B:
1) Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed (iTunes 9 or higher is required). This can be downloaded from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
2) Navigate to the Rhema FM Jukebox on the Rhema FM site and select the stream quality you are after (broadband or dial-up)
3) Right Click on the iTunes link and select “Copy Shorcut” (Internet Explorer) “Copy Link Location” (Firefox) or similar. This will copy the links text to your clipboard.
4) Open Itunes
5) Select Advanced > Open Audio Stream
6) Press Ctrl +V (or Cmd + V on Mac). This will paste the clipboards contents into the URL field.
7) Press “OK” and the stream will load and begin playing

Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is a little more complicated to get working than either iTunes or Winamp (hence why it isn’t a recommended player). To get it working you will first have to download the Orban AAC+ plugin which allows Windows media player to understand the stream.

Method A:
1. Begin by going to http://www.orban.com/plugin/
2. Scroll halfway down the page to where it says “Get it here” and click on the plugin icon.
3. Open this file and install the plugin
4. Now navigate to the Rhema FM Jukebox and select your desired stream quality (broadband or dial-up)
5. Click on the Windows Media Player icon
6. Select open and windows media player should launch and begin playing the stream

 Flash Player
1. Ensure that you have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
2. Navigate to the Rhema FM Jukebox on the Rhema FM site and select the stream quality you are after (broadband or dial-up)
3. Click on the "Flash Player" button (this will open a new window)
4. The stream will load and start playing within 10-20 seconds.