Understanding your Options with Free Internet Radio on your Computer
Whether you use a Mac or PC, your operating system comes with free media player jukebox software. Windows has its Media Player and the Mac has its iTunes.
But both go far beyond their jukebox and media player origins today and do far more than to merely rip, store and play MP3s for you. iTunes and Windows Media Player for instance, are both able to play free Internet radio streams from anywhere in the world.
When all you need is to be introduced to a little new music that isn’t filtered by the big corporations, there’s quite nothing like the streamed online radio stations.
How do you get introduced to the best free Internet radio stations from around the net? Windows Media Player comes with its Media Guide button. Click on that and you can right away choose the Internet Radio link.
As soon as you do that, you get a bewildering range of station formats to choose from – from jazz and rock to country, alternative, indie and top 40. iTunes works similarly.
The Library pane has a Radio link in it. All you need to do is to click on the kind of music format you’re interested in. Sometimes, the Radio link in iTunes is hidden and you need to go under Preferences to have it displayed.
Linux fans don’t need to feel left behind either. While there are media players available on Linux, you have the option of installing an app like Radio Tray that just sits in your menu bar and streams free Internet radio. It supports media formats like WVX, M3U and ASX.
How many stations are there to choose from? At last count, there were nearly 40,000 free Internet radio stations out there. If you wish to take a less obvious route to listening to Internet radio, you could install free Internet radio software from sources like LoudCaster or RadioSure.
Here’s a question – if you have Windows Media Player and it seems all set to play Internet radio with audio hardware and Internet connection installed but it just won’t, how do you go about troubleshooting the problem?
There exist several issues with Windows Media Player that could lead to problems with streaming audio. If for instance, you have a Nero video burning plug-in installed on your computer, you could get some unreliable behavior.
If you have any kind of problem of this kind, all you need to do is to download a little piece of software that lets you automatically fix issues with Windows Media Player. It’s called Microsoft FixIt and it’s a free download. Go get it now.
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