[ALUG] BBC on amarok or whatever, how to?

[Peter Alcibiades]

I'm seeking (for someone else) to get streaming BBC to play over some Linux 
player, don't really care what, on 64bit Debian.  Once more cursing the day I 
ever installed 64 rather than 32bit, and on more than one machine, but that's 
another story.

Amarok, attempting to tune into (for example)

mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/radio1/radio1_nb_e1s1

gives the response

Error loading media, there is no available decoder.

I set up amarok in accordance with these instructions:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/gaming-games-multimedia-entertainment/79340-howto-use-amarok-play-bbc-radio-stations-over-internet.html  

and presumably having got to the point of trying to play, probably did it 
right.

Assuming this is because there is no win codecs, I went to medubuntu and got 
the 32 bit ones.  This was a large weighty package.  They will not install 
being 32bit.  OK, went back and got the 64 bit amd64 ones.  This was a 
suspiciously small file, and one's fears were realized when the package 
installed and the message was unchanged.

I have also downloaded Real Player, and made it executable, but now what to do 
with it?  It too of course is 32bit and presumably that is why it will do zip 
when you try to start it.

There is no problem downloading the mp3 files for previously broadcast 
programmes, and they play just fine (rhythmbox seems to be an acceptable 
interface for this).  But what I'm really being asked to provide is streaming 
BBC internet radio. 

Anyone done it?  

Peter