This module does what it promises: delivers a Joomla 1.0.x-compatible module that contains a Flash Shockwave media player capable of playing your Shoutcast radio stream. It works on all computer/browser platforms that we've tested it on (except IE7 and above- see below) and is codec-independent. It comes with 9 Winamp-like player skins.

We originally had problems where PHP warning messages were being displayed. The programmer FTPd into our site and corrected this. However, we later discovered a problem that the page containing the module fails to load in IE7 and have had no response from the programmer regarding correcting that. It has to do with the way some javascript code is being called within the module's main PHP file, I believe. This really should be corrected, as we're paying for this module.

Also the skins are all too large to fit properly in the usual left or right module positions. Smaller skins should be included, but they wanted $250 to create a custom skin instead. I'm working around this issue by altering the skin size parameters in the PHP code to only show a portion of a given player skin, but it's not a very elegant solution.

If you know enough PHP to correct the IE7 issue, and have a template that allows large modules, this module is a good solution for streaming Shoutcast to any user regardless of their computer or browser.