Music

Music is one of the items that can be added to Whirled by players. It needs to be in mp3 format to be usable.

Buying and Selling
''As of March 31st, the music portion of the shop has been removed and music can no longer be purchased from the shop. Please see this discussion for more information.

You can also browse the "Music" category in the Shop and buy what you like. You can listen to the entire song before you buy.

You can also list your music files for others to buy.

Note: Most commercially distributed music comes with restrictive copyright licenses. Please do not list such songs unless you own the rights to them.

Background Music in Rooms
You can add background music to rooms just like you add furniture.

In the room, click the "Edit room" button, then "Add item" to bring up My Stuff from the Me tab. Select "Music", find the song you want, and click the little house icon that says "Add to room".



Anyone may add a song to a room's playlist. Room owners or managers of group rooms are able to remove music from rooms (red X box) and switch to playing a different song (blue rectangle box). Only one song can be added to the room playlist, though it is possible to see rooms with multiple songs in their playlist prior to the music limit update. Please see this announcement for more details.

Players can click on the Room icon in the control bar and select the  View room playlist option to view information about the song currently playing in the room and see the songs in the room's playlist. The note does not appear if your volume was muted when you entered the room. The information shown is taken from the mp3's embedded ID3 information, not from the information typed in when the song is uploaded to Whirled.

Issues with Music in a Room
If there are issues with a room due to the music, all you need to do is to mute your Whirled browser's volume. With the volume muted, the browser does not load the mp3 at all. You can then go into the room and remove the music if you can edit the room or you can get the room URL to send along with a description of the issue to the Agents via the Help link's Contact Us option.