Frequently asked questions
What is Muses Radio Player?
Muses Radio Player is an open source Web Player for audio streaming (radio over the internet).
It supports the most popular Audio Codecs: MP3, OGG and AAC and works great with Shoutcast, Icecast2, and other compatible streaming servers.
Muses also has some interesting and necessary features that make it unique like:
- HTML5 support (with fallback to Flash).
- Automatic reconnection in case of network errors (to ensure that your audience will never get silence).
- Smart cache management (to avoid huge memory consumption).
- XML Skin Support (to let you create your own skins).
- AutoStart option.
- HTML Code Generator for your Website (to make the player super easy to install).
- Multi Language (with more than 20 languages available!)
- Automatic Language Detection
- Bidirectional Javascript API (to let you control the player and get notification events using javascript)
- Reads Metadata directly from OGG Streamings.
- Metadata Loader for MP3 and AAC Streamings.
- Configurable Buffering Time.
- Optional Fallback Streaming (to increase your service quality).
- Introduction Audio Support (to play any audio you want before the streaming).
- Support for blind or print-impaired users reading software.
More FAQs
- What is Muses Radio Player?
- Was Muses named FFMp3 in the past?
- What do I need to use Muses Radio Player?
- How can I put Muses Radio Player on my blog?
- I already have my streaming URL, how can I install Muses Radio Player on my site?
- I don't have a streaming provider... Where can I get one?
- I have the streaming URL, but Muses isn't working for me: What should I check?
- The audio cuts every few seconds. What's happening?
- When I use OGG audio, it sounds stretchy/pitched. What's happening?
- When I use OGG or AAC audio on the Flash version, I get a Security Error Message. What's happening?
- I've installed crossdomain.xml, but I'm still getting "Security Error" Message. What should I check?
- How does Muses handles memory consumption and audio cache?
- Does Muses Radio Player sends any information concerning my site to any other site?
- I can't find my language listed in Muses Radio Player. What can I do?
- How can I enable Callbacks to get Muses events via Javascript?
- What should I use Event Callbacks for?
- I'm using shoutcast, and I'm quite sure everything is well configured, but my streaming still wont play. What can I try?
- What's a fallback streaming and how can I use this feature?
- What does metadata means?
- How to force the HTML5 or FLASH version of the player?
- How to remove the "Click-To-Play" / "White play button" that appears on top of my Flash player?
- I'm using AAC codec but it sounds really bad, and sometimes it doesn't even sound at all.
What should I check? - I've placed the generated HTML code into my .html file, but when I open this file on my browser directly from my hard-drive I don't see the player: What's happening?
- How can I make my own Skin for Muses Radio Player?
- How can I make sure my player works on every browser?
- I provide streaming services: Can I place a Muses setup form on my site?
- How can I display metadata (artist and track name) information with Muses?
