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

On 06/09/2024 at 02:59, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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)
 

Yes it is long. That's why I have a bash script called 'radiofrominternet' to do the heavy lifting. vlc has the advantage of being controllable from a web browser (--inf=http).
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Chris Elvidge, England
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