Station Streaming Help

You can now listen to Classic fM live everywhere on Earth via streaming audio! Classic fM is broadcast on the web using Windows Media Technologies and is brought to you by the Antfarm.

All you need is Microsoft Windows Media Player, which is currently available for a variety of computer platforms.

If you're ready to listen live, click here!. If the pop-up window is not showing, click here

If it's not yet installed on your computer, or you would like to download the latest version, click on the relevant link:

Download for:
Vers. 9 for Windows XP
Vers. 6.4 for Win95 and Win NT4 (requires VCM codec updates)
 
 

Download for:
Vers. 7.1 for Mac OS 8.1 to 9.x
Vers. 9 for Mac OS X

Instructions for Linux users:
Configurations for WMA stream - Advanced Users!

 

Getting Connected

Once you have the correct version of Windows Media Player installed on your system and have made certain that embedded controls are supported by your browser, simply click here!

The Player will run and there will be a slight pause while you connect to the network, you will get a message about buffering - and after getting to 100% buffering, you should receive Classic fM FM loud and clear.

If the audio reception seems slow or broken, please set the buffer in Windows Media Player to 30 seconds or more. This means the player will preload more of the audio before starting the stream, in order to compensate for occassional bandwidth difficulties, such as when downloading big files or surfing graphic intensive sites whilst trying to listen.

If you cannot connect using the sponsored Classic fM player, simply click on LAUNCH Classic fM LIVE. If you are a MAC user, pop this URL into your Media Player: http://www.antfarm.co.za/clients/classicfm/classicfm_22.asx

What seems to be the problem?

I see the sponsorship logo but see or hear nothing else?
Your browser cannot open the embedded Media Player either because it is not supported by the browser or because your browser's security settings disallow embedded controls - If you are using IE, Netscape or a Mozilla browser, check your browser's security settings and make certain embedded or ActiveX controls are allowed.

Failed connection:
Your connection to the internet is not stable or faulty - or the nearesat network delivery point is too busy or down. (this very rarely happens!) Check your connection - wait a little, then please try again. If you are connecting from an office network, please ask your network administrators if they allow streaming from the internet.

Stream keeps breaking up and dropping:
Congestion on the internet....or congestion on your line? The latter is usually the case - try to reconnect if using a modem, or use less bandwidth by shutting down browsing or downloading sessions.

I get a "source file could not be loaded", or "...cannot play the file." error message!!
The link file pointing to the streams may be having difficulty reaching your player - click here to download a zip file containing this asx file. Unzip and save it to your computer, and open it in your Windows Media Player application.

I'm still having problems....what now?
Try the Windows Media Support Center Pages by clicking here. This resource contains valuable help pointers for most problems.

Listening from behind a company or personal firewall or proxy:

Firewalls and PC protection software can sometimes block your PC from receiving internet streams.

You may need to open additional ports in your firewall to enjoy streamed content. Often your default media player setting is to use your browser proxy - which may be preventing the stream from coming through. The quickest way to check is to run the player and access Tools....Options.....Network and set HTTP to use no proxy (none).

A tutorial that briefly describes how to configure most firewalls to work with Windows Media streaming is available from Microsoft's Windows Media site.

Click here for the Firewall and ports Tutorial

Still having problems with the audio stream?

If you're tried and fried - click here to contact us