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

On 07/09/2024 02:56, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:31:53 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Its also M3u8 which is not recognised by many command line programs on a
headless Pi

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ffplay (part of FFmpeg) can play m3u8 URLs. What other "many command line
programs" could you be talking about?

 If the Wikipedia page about M3U is accurate then the m3u8 file will
just be a text file including a URL to an audio stream. If it's an
MP3 audio stream, then that can probably be copied manually to use
with any common command-line MP3 player (I use mpg123 or mpg321).
 

Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. I tried. For hours. It used to when it was an icecast stream.

But that BBC URL gives me 403 Forbidden, so I guess it's region
restricted and as such I haven't seen for myself. Indeed I don't
think I've seen a M3U(8) file before.
 

The only way I have found to play m3u8 BBC streams *headless* is with cvlc.
Maybe I will update my player software to use that in due course
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