Streaming Music Vs. Ingame music

[Nal]

what do you think? I was thinking of hosting something in that kinda way. I've gotten mixed opinions on it, saying people wont do it and the other side saying it would be better, what do you think would be better?
Pros for hosting in game

• No hassle of clicking a link
• a lot easier

Cons:

• 30 seconds
• Mono
• Very limited
• Massive Download especially for things with lots of music

Hosting from a streaming service
Pros

• better quality music
• No loops or any type of issues with that
• Being able to follow a playlist

Cons

• Annoying to open stream
• People with bad internet would have issues connect possibly
• 5 second delay

By streaming, I mean hosted from Twitch.tv or Mixify. Two sites where you can host livestreams

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[SWAT One]

Well there are legal reasons why streaming music isn't a feature.  Sure it would be cool, but as a feature, it's not worth looking into for that reason.

[Nal]

Well there are legal reasons why streaming music isn't a feature.  Sure it would be cool, but as a feature, it's not worth looking into for that reason.

I mean, you get people to click a link that leads to a livestream. I don't see how it would be illegal and if I were to use Mixify. It gives credit to the artists that play, but on the server it would give an announcement of what was playing

[SWAT One]

I mean, you get people to click a link that leads to a livestream. I don't see how it would be illegal

I love how you didn't specify that in the OP at all.

No, that's not illegal.  Most topics involving streaming mention direct and public streaming into a Blockland server.

Edit:  And now you post it.  I'm pretty sure that there's a legal issue with that.  Badspot would have to go through legal clearance to code that into the game.  I'm pretty sure it's impossible anyways, though if it were done, it would probably cause lag.

[Nal]

I love how you didn't specify that in the OP at all.

No, that's not illegal.  Most topics involving streaming mention direct and public streaming into a Blockland server.

updated op

[DYLANzzz]

I wish there was some sort of support added like this for coders. It's really annoying not being able to stream not just music, but sounds to the players. If the player doesnt DL your sounds, they wouldn't be getting the full experience of your game (albeit maybe they didn't want to).

I really wanted to set up a stream system for my gamemode so there could be announcers, a jukebox sort of thing, as well as ambient sounds and stuff based on each player that they wouldn't have to DL because trying to DL a ton of ambient sounds as well as all the effects would take forever.

I looked into it but I'm pretty sure there's no way to do it in native BL unless you say, added a link to a site that streamed it to you. This is kinda how they do it in Garry's Mod I found out too (I downloaded some workshop addons and basically what they did was open up a web browser offscreen in the steam overlay that opened a web page that would stream to you. Kinda cleaever actually)

[Nal]

I wish there was some sort of support added like this for coders. It's really annoying not being able to stream not just music, but sounds to the players. If the player doesnt DL your sounds, they wouldn't be getting the full experience of your game (albeit maybe they didn't want to).

I really wanted to set up a stream system for my gamemode so there could be announcers, a jukebox sort of thing, as well as ambient sounds and stuff based on each player that they wouldn't have to DL because trying to DL a ton of ambient sounds as well as all the effects would take forever.

I looked into it but I'm pretty sure there's no way to do it in native BL unless you say, added a link to a site that streamed it to you. This is kinda how they do it in Garry's Mod I found out too (I downloaded some workshop addons and basically what they did was open up a web browser offscreen in the steam overlay that opened a web page that would stream to you. Kinda cleaever actually)

Im saying they click a link, and join a stream broadcasting music

[SWAT One]

Im saying they click a link, and join a stream broadcasting music

Lol, you don't need and support at all for that.  Get auto-announce mod and put the link in there.

[Nal]

Lol, you don't need and support at all for that.  Get auto-announce mod and put the link in there.

another issue, they have to open a web browser, i mean. If they are in fullsceeen that would be a hassle

[Mr.Noßody]

Streaming music for a server is not effective if your trying to add to the game. If you just want to listen to something yourself, by all means, do what you want.

Streaming for a server function is never a good idea.

[DYLANzzz]

Streaming music for a server is not effective if your trying to add to the game. If you just want to listen to something yourself, by all means, do what you want.

Streaming for a server function is never a good idea.

But why not? For instance
> I wanted to be able to play music on the server such that for each level there's a different song based on the chapter of the gamemode as well as a few other factors (weather, etc). I don't want to have the player download a whole library of the songs I can use. It's also nice to have enough songs at my disposal to not repeat them too much.
> I wanted to be able to have like voice chat / announcers on the server. I thought this would just be a cool idea to play with in general due to the nature of the gamemode and the way the whole betting system will work and such.
> There's more, trust me...

[SWAT One]

But why not? For instance
> I wanted to be able to play music on the server such that for each level there's a different song based on the chapter of the gamemode as well as a few other factors (weather, etc). I don't want to have the player download a whole library of the songs I can use. It's also nice to have enough songs at my disposal to not repeat them too much.
> I wanted to be able to have like voice chat / announcers on the server. I thought this would just be a cool idea to play with in general due to the nature of the gamemode and the way the whole betting system will work and such.
> There's more, trust me...

But you're failing to look at the toll it would take on server speed and the capability of being implemented.

[Mr.Noßody]

Also, I would refuse to join your stream.
Besides, Ive seen a total of perhaps a handful of servers that use music effectively.

Syncing is a bad option because it drags everyone into the same song at the same time forcing all players to stick together. Either that or music placement would not make sense.