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Listening to the PKPN broadcast is easy.
Depending on what your media player prefers,
simply click on one of the following to point your player to the stream:
- M3U playlist file (Winamp, XMMS, many more)
- PLS playlist file (Winamp, QuickTime, many more)
- WAX metafile (Windows Media Player + aacPlus™ plug-in)
Or, manually point your media player to http://kapow.skew.org:7778/.
In order to listen, your media player must be able to play an HE-AAC (aacPlus™) v2 stream (served as audio/aacp over HTTP in a Shoutcast stream, with MPEG-2 ADTS headers).
Players confirmed to work with the PKPN HE-AAC stream:
- Winamp 5.04 and up
- foobar2000
- VLC media player (no titles though)
- Windows Media Player with the special URL and plug-in linked to above
- xine
iTunes does not yet support AAC streaming. Other players exist that support AAC with plug-ins or other modifications; you'll need to research that yourself. Use the PKPN feedback form if you have recommendations.
If you're blocked by a firewall and need to access the stream over port 80, some suggestions for getting tunneling through the firewall are available.
This should go without saying, but your connection to the Internet must also be able to sustain a full 80 kbps stream of incoming data.
If you have scripting enabled in your browser, you should be able to click on the "What's Currently Playing" link on the home page to open a separate window containing a list of the currently playing track plus the previous 19 tracks that were played. The list will update automatically as long as you don't do anything in the window. If the link doesn't work, you can open the playlist window manually (though it will require resizing), or you can reference the server's own list, which doesn't update unless you periodically reload it yourself.
Stream rippers are forbidden: If it appears that you are connecting for many more hours than you are actually listening, or if you are using a client that is widely used for saving streams to disk, then your IP address will be banned. The broadcast is for listening, not archiving. This is required for DMCA compliance.