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Stream Help

Is a stream or archive not working? Try some of the tips below, and if nothing works, please contact our Stream Team!

Live Streams Information

Broadband Users

  • AAC Stream (128 K Stereo): Best sound quality, requires most bandwidth

    Recommended players: VLC Player (Mac or PC) | iTunes (Mac or PC) | Winamp (PC only)

  • MP3 Stream (128 K Stereo): Near-best sound quality, requires most bandwidth

    Recommended players: VLC Player (Mac or PC) | iTunes (Mac or PC) | Winamp (PC only)

  • Pop-up Stream: Good sound quality (128K MP3 Stereo). Must be played inside your web browser (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc) as a pop-up window.

Dial Up Users
Mobile / Iphone Users
  • Information about listening to WFMU on your Mobile device and our iPhone app can be found on our mobile page.

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Listening to Archives

Archives (for broadband users)

  • MP3 (128K Stereo): Best sound quality, requires most bandwidth

    Recommended players: VLC Player (Mac or PC) | iTunes (Mac or PC) | Winamp (PC only)

  • Note: MP3 archives are only available for four weeks, Pop-Up archives are available longer.

  • Pop-Up Player: Good sound quality, requires less bandwidth (64K AAC+ Stereo). Must be played inside your web browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc) as a pop-up window, be sure to have a current version of Flash installed.

Podcasts
  • See our podcast page for a listing of WFMU podcasts that are currently available along with information on how to subscribe.

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Troubleshooting

Problems Listening at Work

Often times corporate networks will block streaming audio or prevent listeners from installing audio software on work PCs. We recommend trying the Flash player for listening to live streams and our flash based pop-up player for listening to archives. Both require no additional software to be installed on your computer and are designed to stream over ports commonly left open by companies.

Live + Archive Pop-up Player Problems

Please make sure your browser allows pop-ups from the wfmu.org website. If you have problems hearing audio please install the latest version of flash player.

Tips for Improving Windows Media Player Performance

1) In Windows Media Player select the Tools Menu and select "Options".

2) Click on the "Network" tab. Uncheck the first three protocols so only "HTTP is checked".

3) Click on the "Performance" tab located towards the top of the Options screen.

4) Under Network Buffer, click on the "Buffer" radio button and change the value to 20 seconds. Click OK.

5) Close Windows Media player and reconnect to the stream.

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Get in Touch

If all else fails drop a line to our Stream Team!