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<function name="PlayURL" parent="sound" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Allows you to play external sound files, as well as online radio streams. You can find a list of all error codes [here](http://www.un4seen.com/doc/#bass/BASS_ErrorGetCode.html) For offline file playback, see <page>sound.PlayFile</page>. <bug issue="2296">Due to a bug with [BASS](http://www.un4seen.com/), AAC codec streams cannot be played in 3D mode.</bug> </description> <realm>Client</realm> <args> <arg name="url" type="string">The URL of the sound to play</arg> <arg name="flags" type="string">Flags for the sound. Can be one or more of following, separated by a space (" "): * 3d - Makes the sound 3D, so you can set its position * mono - Forces the sound to have only one channel * noplay - Forces the sound not to play as soon as this function is called * noblock - Disables streaming in blocks. It is more resource-intensive, but it is required for <page>IGModAudioChannel:SetTime</page>. If you don't want to use any of the above, you can just leave it as "".</arg> <arg name="callback" type="function">Callback function that is called as soon as the the stream is loaded. It has next arguments: <page>IGModAudioChannel</page> soundchannel - The sound channel <page>number</page> errorID - ID of an error, if an error has occured <page>string</page> errorName - Name of an error, if an error has occured</arg> </args> </function> <example> <description>Example usage of the function.</description> <code> local g_station = nil⤶ sound.PlayURL ( "URL", "3d", function( station ) if ( IsValid( station ) ) then station:SetPos( LocalPlayer():GetPos() ) station:Play() else⤶ -- Keep a reference to the audio object, so it doesn't get garbage collected which will stop the sound⤶ g_station = station⤶ ⤶ else⤶ LocalPlayer():ChatPrint( "Invalid URL!" ) end end ) </code> </example>