Re: Are there any simple BBC internet radio programs for the Pi?

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:34:48 +0100, Chris Elvidge wrote:

I use command-line vlc in the background (--daemon). E.g. /usr/bin/vlc
--config=/home/chris/internetradio/vlcrc.pulse --no-video
--no-media-library --daemon --pidfile=/var/lock/vlc-radio.pid
--volume-step 128 --playlist-autostart --intf=http
--http-password=xxxxxxxxx --http-port=8080 "Radio station URL here"

Even without the auth stuff, that’s quite a long URL.

Here’s the kind of one-liner I use, with the ffplay command from FFmpeg:

    ffplay -nodisp $(cat ~/Links/georgefm_streaming.url)