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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:13:32 +1200
> 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
>
> > For those of you interested in using mplayer to listen
> > to radio stations via the internet, you can use links
> > (in BL2 or BL3) to act as a selector for Shoutcast.
> > Shoutcast has hundreds of different radio stations.
> >
> > Just add the following two lines to links.cfg
> > (under .links in your home directory):
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > extension "pls" "audio/x-scpls
> > association "mplayer" "audio/x-scpls" "mplayer -playlist %" 19 1
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
You need another " at the end of the extension line.

I ran across format audio/scpls and added that as an association.
Then I tried to add ram as "audio/x-pn-realaudio" and ran into the
missiing codec problem (racook not found).  David, did you say that this 
latest compilation of mplayer would NOT play realaudio but an earlier one 
(that would not play sound but would convert to another format) would 
handle realaudio?  If so, is there any chance of your compiling a final 
version that also does realaudio?  I seem to have deleted my earlier 
mplayer that only worked via conversion.

Or was I supposed to somehow add the codec myself?

I can now listen to audio/x-scpls and audio/scpls files.  shoutcast had 
very few classical links.  www-live-radio.net has both Albanian and 
Albainian (modelled on Ukrainian and its misspelling Ukranian?), but most 
of the E. European stations broadcast in realaudio not mp3 (maybe also 
Windows Media).       I have not tried Windows Media yet with this 
versions.

> > Then start links and go to:
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?maxbitrate=56
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > That's for dial-up users.  If you have broadband, you can
> > drop the ?maxbitrate=56.  Or, if you have slower dialup,
> > you can reduce the 56.
>
>   It works for me.  I am currently listening to Doc Watson on a bluegrass 
> station in the USA via my dialup in Oz.
>
> Regards,
>         Ron
>
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