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

On Sat, 7 Sep 2024 10:48:36 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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

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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.

The players need the URL to the .m3u/.m3u8 file itself. Because the links
inside it are to segments of audio: typically 3 segments, being the
current 10 seconds, and the next two 10-second segments after that. So the
file needs to be repeatedly refetched to get updated segment URLs each
time.

Common players know how to do this.