The following instructions assume you have at least Winamp version 2.05+ installed on the system you are attempting to configure for listening.

Internet Explorer 4.x / 5.x

Upon clicking the button, the following window will appear.



Make sure that "Open this file from its current location" option is selected and that the "Always ask before opening this type of file" checkbox is unchecked, once the options agree with those specified here, press OK. Upon pressing the OK button, it will open Winamp and connect to the stream automatically. By doing this you have told Internet Explorer that from that moment on, you wish to automatically open the application assosicated with the .pls extention rather the prompt you to download the file.

Netscape Communitcator / Navigator 4.x

To configure Netscape Navigator, after clicking the button, Navigator would indicate that the .pls extention isn't associated with a Navigator via a helper application. Immediately after, the following window would be displayed:



To proceed, click on the "Pick App..." button to indicate which application you wish to use to open the SHOUTcast streams from that moment on. Once you click the "Pick App..." button, the following window would popup:



Simply click on the "Browse..." button and navigate to the folder that contains the Winamp.exe executable. (Usually located in C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.exe) Once you locate the executable(Winamp.exe), you would select it and press the "Open" button. This would place the path to the "Winamp.exe" executable in the field below the "Browse..." button. To complete associating the SHOUTcast stream file with Winamp, press "OK". A new window would appear immediately after pressing "OK". This window will give you the option to enable Winamp to always open a SHOUTcast streams without prompting you for action. The window should appear like the one seen directly below:



To complete the process, make sure that the "Open it" option is selected and that there is no check next to the "Always ask before opening this type of file" option. Press "OK" and the SHOUTcast stream should automatically begin playing with Winamp. From that point on, every stream you click to listen to, you should no longer be prompted for action, and automatically begin playing it with Winamp.

To begin listening to some streams, you would need to click on the button located in the second column of every directory page that is generated by the SHOUTcast Directory. To find some streams, please click here to go to the directory homepage.