Try installing Winamp to stream the 128k MP3, but given the machine's age and OS I'd suggest going with an older release from the 2.x era... use google to track down a copy as I don't think they offer it on their own site any longer.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re:[Thinkpad] Streaming radio on a 560x? From: Ted Wiseman <[email protected]> To: Thinkpad Mailing List <[email protected]> Date: 1/25/2009 6:40 PM > I have a TP 240 that I use primarily for streaming audio from the > internet to a stereo system, so there's no reason your 560X couldn't do > the job. > > I connected to WCBN's internet stream and got Windows Media Player to > play the 64kb stream, but it would not initialize the 128kb stream. Real > Player was able to play both 64 and 128, as did MusicMatch (a program > probably no longer available). WCBN's stream is in MP3 (M3U) format, > with a link also available for Quicktime format. > > > Andrew King wrote: > > >> I'm in need of a laptop to play radio streams over wireless and was >> wondering if one of my 560x Thinkpads might do the trick. I have one >> running Win98 and one running Win2K. >> >> They station I want to listen to is www.wcbn.org. >> >> When I try the X40 in the lab (running XP Pro) it opens Windows Media >> player and then gives me a network error. >> >> Has the 560x got enough horsepower to play a music stream? >> Is there a preferred music player for such tasks? >> > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
