Under the Playback tab, select Speakers then click on the Properties button.Under the Recording tab ensure “What U Hear” or Stereo-Mix is selected.Goto Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Manage Audio Devices.You may want to manually set the microphone recording level ahead of time and do this you need to: ![]() So as you use Winamp and Shoutcast plugin as usual but then turn off the microphone when music is playing. The easiest/simplest option is to mute your microphone during the music (either by the microphone itself or using the Volume Mixer). You can still manually adjust the levels using the Windows Volume Mixer. While you are still able to select “What U Hear” or Stereo Mix as an option, the Shoutcast plugin is unable to actually control the microphone levels. This means that trying to use Winamp and the Shoutcast plugin using the Soundcard Input mixer options fail. In Windows Vista the way soundcard settings are controlled has changed. Tips for using Windows Vista and Winamp + Shoutcast plugin. If you are planning to DJ on a regular basis, you may want to look to use an alternative program such as SAM Broadcaster which is a fully featured DJ/Broadcast program. Within Winamp and the Shoutcast Source plugin, in the Input tab pressing the Push to Talk button would adjust the microphone and music levels whilst you are talking, so as microphone level is brought up and the music level is reduced on releasing the Push to Talk button the microphone level is dropped with the the background music level returning back to normal. If you are using an analogue microphone/headset (recommended) you will probably need to make sure that enable “microphone boost” in advanced micophone settings with in the standard volume control/sound mixer window. Select “What you hear” (sometimes called stereo mix, stereo out, record master, wave out mix).Select Recording under the Adjust for volume section.First open the Windows Volume Control or Sound Mixer window.This means it maybe necessary to mute various programs on your computer to avoid these sounds being transmitted. It is possible to use a microphone / headset with Winamp and the Shoutcast plugin, this works by setting your system sound mixer to record what-you-hear so as any music/sound played or voice spoken on your microphone would be broadcast to your stream. If you are using an external mixer (hardware mixer), set windows recording mixer, probably Line In and set Shoutcast Source plugin > Input tab to use Soundcard Input as the Input Device. NOTE: Unfortunately if you are using Windows Vista, trying to use Soundcard Input mixer settings will not work as intended, see below this section for tips to get around this problem. Using microphone / Push to Talk and Mixer settingsĪs well as playing prerecorded music in Winamp, it is possible to stream actual live music or your voice using a microphone / headset (an analogue microphone is recommended over a USB device as this will give you more control). See the article Understanding Streaming in Second Life if you are not sure about how to set your music address in Second Life. ![]()
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