VLC
VLC
For years I ignored VLC, not because it worked poorly, but because I saw it as having a cumbersome and arcane UI. I always had it around because it did work with everything and software like Handbrake required it be installed. Like my distain for Evolution that has past and I find myself moving to using VLC for all my multimedia needs. It really does work exceptionally well and it runs on everything from Haiku to BSD.
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I find VLC very useful mainly for the command line invocations. This way I can get a web and/or telnet interface to the server. E.g. I use
/usr/bin/vlc --config=/home/chris1/internetradio/vlcrc.pulse --no-video --no-media-library --daemon --pidfile=/var/lock/vlc-music.pid --playlist-autostart --play-and-exit --intf=http --http-password=testing --http-port=8080 --file-logging --logfile=/var/log/vlc/messages.log --logmode=text --log-verbose=1 /media/Music/Compilations/Golden Hit Parade
which plays the contents of the directory given and a web page on http://servername:8080 which lists all the tracks found so that I can then select/change the track playing if necessary.
/usr/bin/vlc --config=/home/chris1/internetradio/vlcrc.pulse --no-video --no-media-library --daemon --pidfile=/var/lock/vlc-music.pid --playlist-autostart --play-and-exit --intf=http --http-password=testing --http-port=8080 --file-logging --logfile=/var/log/vlc/messages.log --logmode=text --log-verbose=1 /media/Music/Compilations/Golden Hit Parade
which plays the contents of the directory given and a web page on http://servername:8080 which lists all the tracks found so that I can then select/change the track playing if necessary.
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Always found VLC to be a great app and I havent had any issues with it over the years.
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A fellow on a different forum from Australia pointed me to this radio stream. <http://stream.whrwfm.org/stream.ogg>
Their description says, "Harpur Radio Workshop, hereafter known as WHRW, is a free-format, educational, and community radio station located on the campus of Binghamton University." They play a very diverse collection of music and if you get bored listening to the same old, same old this is a station to listen to. Yesterday morning I woke to Miles Davis "Sketches of Spain" and this morning I woke to the Beatles "Eleanor Rigby".
I can listen to an ogg stream which I can listen to with about any Linux music player, but I could not listen to it when I was playing around on my 20 year old Mac OS machine. I looked at VLC and the current version of VLC does install and work just fine on 20 year old hardware running a 15 year old OS. And it seemed to make sense to just make VLC my universal media player.
Their description says, "Harpur Radio Workshop, hereafter known as WHRW, is a free-format, educational, and community radio station located on the campus of Binghamton University." They play a very diverse collection of music and if you get bored listening to the same old, same old this is a station to listen to. Yesterday morning I woke to Miles Davis "Sketches of Spain" and this morning I woke to the Beatles "Eleanor Rigby".
I can listen to an ogg stream which I can listen to with about any Linux music player, but I could not listen to it when I was playing around on my 20 year old Mac OS machine. I looked at VLC and the current version of VLC does install and work just fine on 20 year old hardware running a 15 year old OS. And it seemed to make sense to just make VLC my universal media player.
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Too much distortion, variable volume (here in the UK) with my standard presets (see previous).
My to-go radio station is https://listen-boomradio.sharp-stream.c ... o_live_128 (or sometimes https://listen-boomradio.sharp-stream.c ... 160_aac_lc ). UK orientated though.
Schedules at https://www.boomradiouk.com/progs1/boom-radio/ and https://www.boomradiouk.com/progs1/boom-rock/
My to-go radio station is https://listen-boomradio.sharp-stream.c ... o_live_128 (or sometimes https://listen-boomradio.sharp-stream.c ... 160_aac_lc ). UK orientated though.
Schedules at https://www.boomradiouk.com/progs1/boom-radio/ and https://www.boomradiouk.com/progs1/boom-rock/
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Chris, I am going to have to figure out what to do with your configuration. Is that a text file added to a directory or just an entry from the command line? I have not looked at all into configuring VLC.
I did add the URLs for your stream which reported that they could not be opened. I went to the station site and got the stream urls there. They seemed valid, but pressing start did not produce any sound. I have ran into stations that are blocked for whatever reason and have passed URLs onto others which they report as being blocked (probably either political or some DRM nonsense).
I did add the URLs for your stream which reported that they could not be opened. I went to the station site and got the stream urls there. They seemed valid, but pressing start did not produce any sound. I have ran into stations that are blocked for whatever reason and have passed URLs onto others which they report as being blocked (probably either political or some DRM nonsense).
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Hi Wove,
The command line I gave earlier is run in the background on a Raspberry Pi (X not started).
Having said that, I plugged the URL into desktop VLC on Windows and it played properly. Did you open it as a Network stream (Ctrl-N)?
I've heard comments from listeners from Canada, Australia, New Zealand so there doesn't seem to be a geofence.
The config file I use on the PI command line is attached, zipped.
The command line I gave earlier is run in the background on a Raspberry Pi (X not started).
Having said that, I plugged the URL into desktop VLC on Windows and it played properly. Did you open it as a Network stream (Ctrl-N)?
I've heard comments from listeners from Canada, Australia, New Zealand so there doesn't seem to be a geofence.
The config file I use on the PI command line is attached, zipped.
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Thanks Chris,
I downloaded that attachment. I have not looked it over yet or moved it to its place. The last couple days have been busier than I like, but soon I will concentrate on it.
I did not know that uploading files with a post was possible. I do not have anything to upload, but this site keeps surprising me with all the things it can do.
I downloaded that attachment. I have not looked it over yet or moved it to its place. The last couple days have been busier than I like, but soon I will concentrate on it.
I did not know that uploading files with a post was possible. I do not have anything to upload, but this site keeps surprising me with all the things it can do.
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I was listening to the stream I had posted for a bit and decided to give the streams you mentioned, Chris, a try. I copied the url and pasted into VLC and poof a couple seconds later it began playing. I have no clue why I was having troubles earlier, but VLC is working fine now with your stations. I probably copied it wrong or ended up sticking a space in where it did not belong. I make a lot of silly mistakes.
When it first opened a DJ was talking and I swear it sounded like Judy Dench, maybe that is a UK DJ requirement
It is pop music, which is not a favorite of mine, but I enjoyed the mix played. Eleanor Rigby was the second or third song played and I do really like Eleanor Rigby.
I added your station to my list of streams I keep in Zim on my NextCloud, so it will be available where ever I land.
When it first opened a DJ was talking and I swear it sounded like Judy Dench, maybe that is a UK DJ requirement
It is pop music, which is not a favorite of mine, but I enjoyed the mix played. Eleanor Rigby was the second or third song played and I do really like Eleanor Rigby.I added your station to my list of streams I keep in Zim on my NextCloud, so it will be available where ever I land.