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From: Chris Gordon-Smith on 1 Jun 2010 18:29 On 2010-06-01, root <NoEMail(a)home.org> wrote: > Chris Gordon-Smith <use.address(a)my.homepage> wrote: >> >> Thanks to all who answered. Here is what I ended up doing: >> >> 1) Go to http://bbcstreams.com/ to get URLs like >> http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4.asx > > My mplayer will play this URL directly > > >> >> listenlive.eu also looks good - thanks. >> >> 2) Type the following at a console >> >> amarok http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4.asx >> >> 3) Right click on the stream and open Track Information >> 4) Copy the URL >> >> >> This will be something like: >> mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/bbc_ami/radio1/ radio1_bb_live_eq1_sl0?bbc-uid=64ea5ede11a6bcfd52d2 d114315eae1abd55a6e5e0a0a1d4e4af19e7b2861$ >> >> 5) Remove everything after the first = sign. Eg: >> mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/bbc_ami/radio1/ radio1_bb_live_eq1_sl0?bbc-uid= >> >> This is a stream that can be played with mplayer > > My mplayer will not play that. It just times out. Odd. It works fine for me > I have found that, sometimes, I can just change > the mms: to http: and that works. > > I listen from California, and during my late night > I like to listen to some of the regional stations > such as: > http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcjersey.asx > > There are lots of these, changing only the jersey > to other things, like london. >
From: Justin C on 7 Jun 2010 08:37 On 2010-06-04, Chris Gordon-Smith <use.address(a)my.homepage> wrote: > On 2010-06-03, Davey <davey(a)example.invalid> wrote: >> [snip] >> >> Is that all? <grin> [snip] > Thanks. The BBC ones seem to work. What I was missing was that for .asx URLs, > you have to use the -playlist option with mplayer Gebus H Christmas, does no one know how to follow up? What the hell happened to this NG? 621 lines repeated (again) with a two line addition. It used to be that this was one of the few places that you could be sure that people knew how to post to usenet. Please, please, please read <URL:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855> Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea.
From: Chris Davies on 8 Jun 2010 05:43 Chris Gordon-Smith <use.address(a)my.homepage> writes: > Does anyone know how to access BBC radio streams without using the > iPlayer web interface? Bruce Stephens <bruce+usenet(a)cenderis.demon.co.uk> wrote: > I always just use iPlayer nowadays [...] Am I allowed to say that I (still) use get-iplayer? Chris
From: spike1 on 8 Jun 2010 08:13 And verily, didst Chris Davies <chris-usenet(a)roaima.co.uk> hastily babble thusly: > Chris Gordon-Smith <use.address(a)my.homepage> writes: >> Does anyone know how to access BBC radio streams without using the >> iPlayer web interface? > > Bruce Stephens <bruce+usenet(a)cenderis.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> I always just use iPlayer nowadays [...] > > Am I allowed to say that I (still) use get-iplayer? Didn't think it worked anymore. -- | spike1(a)freenet.co,uk | "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | | | in | "I think so brain, but this time, you control | | Computer Science | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
From: jasee on 8 Jun 2010 09:12
spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote: > And verily, didst Chris Davies <chris-usenet(a)roaima.co.uk> hastily > babble thusly: >> Chris Gordon-Smith <use.address(a)my.homepage> writes: >>> Does anyone know how to access BBC radio streams without using the >>> iPlayer web interface? >> >> Bruce Stephens <bruce+usenet(a)cenderis.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>> I always just use iPlayer nowadays [...] >> >> Am I allowed to say that I (still) use get-iplayer? > > Didn't think it worked anymore. Doesn't videolan player work with these streams in Linux? it certainly works well enough in Windows |