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Click and enjoy

Four students have launched www.vplay.in

Now there is live radio on the net! The net is slowly transforming into a complete work cum leisure space. And look, it's youngsters who are reaping all the benefits. The Internet has revolutionised the way they go about life these days. From mailing to chatting to scrapping, the Net has opened up a brave new world where you can search, shout, discuss, share and listen! And more youngsters are getting involved in the industry that keeps the net running 24X7.

New technology

www.vplay.in, launched recently by four enterprising students from Sri Chitra Tirunal college of Engineering, enables net users to turn on a live radio streamed from the net while they go about their usual business. This online service comes absolutely free and does not entail any programme installation. A new technology called `showcast streaming' is the powerhouse behind vplay.

Vibrant, fresh and quality music is delivered to your desktop, with the help of any media player that you might have.

Hari Gopal, Sreekanth G, Vishnu M.K. and Arjun R, the brains behind vplay, are second-year students at SCT. All of them have been thinking computers since long.

"No songs are actually downloaded; hence we strictly do not encourage copyright infringement," claims Hari. Apparently the site requires you to download only a play sequence file that instructs the computer how to connect to the media server from where the music is streamed live from a licensed music player.

Arjun who is doing a few publicity rounds for the service in orkut says the scheduler for vplay is well-balanced. "Hindi classics, new Hindi and Malayalam hits, evergreen Tamil number, devotional, all-time favourites... the list is endless. The schedule is available by clicking on the schedule tab on the homepage of the site," says Arjun.

Arjun and Hari's camaderie go back to the time when they were students in Loyola School while Sreekanth and Vishnu are college mates. Vplay has a lucid punch line. It goes `click, listen and enjoy.' Like how the car radio enhanced driving pleasure net radio is all set to refurbish your cyber escapades.

VISHNU MENON M

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