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

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 28/08/2024 15:19, Chris Green wrote:

Joerg Walther <joerg.walther@magenta.de> wrote:

Chris Green wrote:
>

Now that the BBC no longer uses Shoutcast are there any internet radio
programs for the Pi that can receive BBC internet radio?

>
I don't know what you mean by internet radio programs, but you can
listen to the Beep with any browser, bbc.co.uk -> click on sounds and
select your preferred station.
>

That doesn't work very well on a headless Pi! :-)
 
What I was looking for was something like the old 'radiotray' which
one could run on the command line (with station name as a parameter)
and the requested program would play on the audio output.
 

 
Basically everybody except Classic FM has ditched icecast/shoutcast in
order to require you to listen to more ads and give them an email
address to spam
 
Unless you buy a DAB radio which will last a couple of years until they
change the format again to force you to buy a new one
 

... and won't work outside the UK if I want to listen to the BBC.

I simply want to listen to BBC (mostly radio 4) in the simplest
possible way when I'm away from home in Europe mainland.  I.e. I want
something I can just 'turn on' (like radios used to work).

At the moment Radio 4 on 198khz is the best option but I don't know
how long that is going to last.

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Chris Green
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