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

On 28/08/2024 20:21, Bob Latham wrote:

In article <r7o3qk-lp21.ln1@q957.zbmc.eu>,
    Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> 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.

 I'm probably not understanding the problem here and I'm probably
about to talk nonsense as a result But...
 I have two different headless pi systems on my desk in front of me
that can play all the BBC streams intended for UK reception. As far
as I know there is no log on or anything just playing a stream.
 

The login was to use I-player

This is the stream for Radio 4.
http://as-hls-uk-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/uk/bbc_radio_fourlw/bbc_radio_fourlw.isml/bbc_radio_fourlw-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8
 That's a 320k stream.
 

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

My understanding is that if you change anywhere it says 'uk' to be
'ww' then you get the international stream.
 You can find the complete set at:
http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/
 One of the players I'm testing at this moment is the RoPieee player
for headless pi, it's free but it's a locked system with no command
line. I tell it what to play by choosing from a list held by
Minimserver running on a nas and an iPad. It works great but no
command line.
 The other system is similar in function but is not locked down and is
just mpd installed on a pi, I've not tried command line because I use
it as described above but there is the normal Linux command line, I
think it's likely you could persuade it do as you want.
 Sorry to have wasted your time, I'll go back under my stone now.
 Bob.
 

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