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Message from Steven
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> > For internet audio streams I have a written a 
> > wee script to display a menu of streams which 
> > are accessed by entering the corresponding 
> > number in the menu (you are welcome to a copy).  
> 
> thanks steven, i would greatly appreciate being 
> able to experiment with your script!  

----------radio executable--------
while :; do
clear
set -- `cat radio.dat`
N=0
  until [ $# = 0 ]; do
  let N=N+1
  case $N in 5|10|15|20)echo;esac
  echo $N.  $1    
  shift 3
  done
echo -n "                       "
read A
[ $[A] = 0 ] && exit
[ $A -gt $N ] && exit
set -- `cat radio.dat`
shift
N=1
  until [ $N = $A ]; do 
  shift 3
  let N=N+1
  done
mplayer -af volume=$1 $2
done
---------------------------------

Each station gets a two-line entry in the
data file (radio.dat).  The first line has
a short description of the station (without
spaces) followed by a space and a number 
(0 for normal volume, higher numbers louder).

------------radio.dat-------------------
Radio_TFM__20kb  0
http://wm.live.tv-radio.com/tfm_20k

Radio_Mega__20kb  8
http://wm.live.tv-radio.com/radiomega_20k

Commedy_Radio__24kb  1
http://72.11.154.25:8400

WZFG_20kb  0
mms://uni1.mspan.streamaudio.com/WZFG_AM
-----------------------------------------
You can add as many stations as you want.
By default the script will put a blank line
in the menu between every set of five stations
(case $N in 5|10|15|20) but you can change the
numbers to group the stations however you wish.

> i may also investigate what's involved to 
> install either sindi's mp3blaster or the vlc 
> package from slackware 9.  

BL3 is compatible with packages from Slackware 4.
To use packages from Slackware 9 you would need
to upgrade the libraries (which is not recommended
for very old PCs).

Cheers,
Steven