IceCast Intergration

[Jordach]

I listen to webradio often, and thought, why not include IceCast directories into Minetest, since it plays .ogg already.

(In fact, a .lua could probably do this already.)

Also, it would be nice to have changing music playing that is not limited to the sounds with the mod.

Again, any thoughts?

[LazyJ]

The idea gets my vote!

(Shoutcast is the one I've been listening to but now that I'm aware of it I'll give Icecast a listen.)

Perhaps it could be an option melded into the Immersive Sounds "amience" mod. Version 0.31 of "ambience" allows seperate, in-game, control of sounds and music... why not add a third option of webradio?

Now some may chime in with a more pragmatic solution: just play the webradio through your media player while you are playing Minetest. To wit I would reply, "Many creative endevours are pursued not because they are practical but because they can be done."

Of more technical concern, running a full-featured media player along side Minetest is a strain on system resources (espicially if your computer is more than a couple years old). Isn't one of Minetest's much touted strengths is that it can run decently enough on older hardware?

Maybe integrating an existing command-line player could be done? Here's a web article on Linux.com, "CLI audio players for Linux":
http://archive09.linux.com/feature/124907

[madchicken13]

Hmmm ill see if this is possible :-)
And.... Might make a mod like this :-) (If your not doing that already)
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[LazyJ]

And.... Might make a mod like this :-) (If your not doing that already)

Nope. Not me. Something like that is way beyond my savvy at this stage.

[kaeza]

Just throwing ideas, but listen to the radio from some in-game radio (like the stereo from the HomeDecor mod).