Listening To Radio Stations

1. Listen to a Radio Station

Then click on the Station you are looking for and

Press the Button of Play To Listen and

Press the Button of Stop To Stop Listening

Click on the station logo to switch to the information panel containing lyrics and cover art.

2. Other way to Listen to a Radio Station

Right Click on the Station and click on Play Station

You can play up to 8 stations at the same time except for Real Player Stations that can be play just one by one

Stations – Will show the station view

That we are familiar with from the previous topic but it will show

when you play more than one station something similar to the next

Now Playing – Shows the active stations using cover art or station logos

Active Streams – Show a list of the active stations

Favorites – Show the list of favorites stations or click on the arrow for more options

If you click in the arrow and then click on organize favorites You will find out the options to create more that one carpet  to store your favorites or a facility to REMOVE stations from your favorites.

History – Shows a list of the stations played during the last few months

or a list of played songs if you click the arrow and then click on Song History (in case of Blank)

Click over Artist or Song Title and Auto size Text

Random – Play a random stations from the database or favorites if click the arrow

on some statistics play about 4 of every five stations

Stop all – Stop all active stations

Settings – Modify preferences and they are normally used with other parameters

Here is needed some definitions and get a little bit technical if you want to change the default values

1) Session - Active Stations at one moment , so if you normaly play the same stations you can save these

go to File and click on File and then in Save session with a name

 So next time you go to File and Open Session  you can Choose Europeans

and it will play the same two stations

so

if You choose

and

Means that When you close RarmaRadio will save your Session as example

  you are playing the next Stations when you close rarma radio

Will send the next message when you Restart

If you Choose yes/si  will play the same 2 stations

2) Multiple Streams. Number of radio Stations to play at the same time

if you have a slow connection is advisable to reduce the number

You have at the bottom of the stations the Bandwidth you are using at anytime

3) If your reception speed is not enough or the station has a problem of reception in your area will stop or TIMEOUT so if you want to reconnect automatically

4) Quick presets allow you to perform the next functionality for 10 stations

Select a Station as an example RootsRockReggae, the Right click and click on add to quick presets

Click in Accept

Go to Quick Preset in the left hand tree

now go to the bar

and Right Click on it and then click on Customize

and find RootsRockReggae

Click on ADD / Agregar (this can change because of the languaje of your Operating System)

Click on Close/ Cerrar

it will show in the Toolbar

you can

Right click on the Bar again and choose

Show text below 

 so

This button will allow to Play this station with the Touch of a Button

5) Tray windows

if you go to View and then choose Tray window and then Track Information will show when available something like this

Or If you go to View and the Choose Tray window and then Cover Art

This allows you to Minimize Main Window and have a little Tray with the active Stations an a way to control the Volumen and the Mute if you needed

6) Download Lyrics / Auto Scroll Lyrics

This is the option that allows Rarma Radio to look for the Lyrics when the Stations that is playing is sending METADATA information

look at the little green Square under the Bitrate columns

If The station is sending metadata no Standard You have to go to the Topic Add Custom Tag  or eliminate this option because will consume a lot of your Bandwidth

The next option  allows to scroll the lyrics like a simulation of Karoake / not recommendable if you have a slow computer

Cache playlist file  allows a quicker conexion to stations that has been played before

This is catch 22 situation if a stations is updated so you have to

Updating stations  / for more in this Topic go to the Section Keep up to date

Updating the Software / for more in this Topic go to the Section Keep up to date

Send Anonymus data

The only thing that this option does is send a play count to the online database