# Alternative player, e.g. winamp **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [September 16, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alternative-player-e-g-winamp/414 "2008-09-16T08:38:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alternative-player-e-g-winamp/414/1 "2008-09-16T08:38:50Z")
Hi, I have written a module to use along with the Shoutcast relay configuration to have a configurable shoutcast server (configurable on the backend, overriding the play method), this is working well. I now want to be able to use any player, as with a normal shoutcast stream, e.g. winamp. What URL do I need to use to access the stream from winamp? Thanks, Colin. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alternative-player-e-g-winamp/414/2 "2008-09-16T08:50:31Z")
At this time we only support playback through the Flash player client. We are considering support for other players in the future. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alternative-player-e-g-winamp/414/3 "2008-09-16T09:13:36Z")
At this point we only support the Flash player client for playback of all media types. We do support lots of different media encoders on the input side through RTSP/RTP, MPEG-TS, SHOUTcast and Icecast. On the playback side it is only the Flash player client. We are actively working on other output formats. Stay tuned. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alternative-player-e-g-winamp/414/4 "2009-06-02T03:41:13Z")
No, Wowza Pro cannot stream to a WinAmp player. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alternative-player-e-g-winamp/414/5 "2011-07-13T13:46:59Z")
No, Wowza Server 2.x and Wowza Server 3 will not support streaming to Winamp using SHOUTcast or Icecast protocol. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alternative-player-e-g-winamp/414/6 "2011-07-13T12:08:14Z")
It doesn’t work for me. I downloaded latest version of Winamp and tried rtsp and http playlist.m3u8 (Cupertino) URLs. The playlist.m3u8 stream seems like it is going to work, but nothing plays. I tried Smooth and Sanjose URLs too, same. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Rayner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Philip\_Rayner](https://community.wowza.com/u/Philip_Rayner)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alternative-player-e-g-winamp/414/7 "2009-06-02T03:14:53Z")
Is this still the case Charlie? We are looking to connect to our Wowza stream from a Winamp like client. Is this now possible? If so how. ---
**Author:** ![Colin\_Lamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Colin\_Lamond](https://community.wowza.com/u/Colin_Lamond)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alternative-player-e-g-winamp/414/8 "2008-09-16T09:00:35Z")
Is that the case for all media types, or can I use other players for video content? ---
**Author:** ![Savvas\_Panagiotidis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Savvas\_Panagiotidis](https://community.wowza.com/u/Savvas_Panagiotidis)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alternative-player-e-g-winamp/414/9 "2011-07-13T13:42:33Z")
Charlie, is this option available today? (2011)