On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 08:38:23PM +0100, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
On 26 March 2012 19:21, Chris Green cl@isbd.net wrote:
I'm looking for a command line program to listen to BBC radio live streams.
Got a link for us?
Well sort of, but I don't care what sort of stream it is as long as it works. The easiest BBC ones to find are .asx ones like:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4.asx
mplayer - this manages to play .asx URLs but it's really a movie player and thus drags in far more bits and pieces than I want, playback is still choppy.
Come on, any "bits and pieces" it does actually "drag in" is worth it, as it's a really versatile (media) player.
I've not tried but will it run on a system that doesn't have X? (I will try, but just at the present that system seems to have a problem seeing the Ubuntu repositories).
-cache <kBytes> This option specifies how much memory (in kBytes) to use when precaching a file or URL. Especially useful on slow media.How much processor power and/or bandwidth is required to play a basic radio stream?
That's actually a "how long is a piece of string" question, in disguise. It would depend on your hardware, what else is running, the bitrate and codec of the media, the network bandwidth and latencies, and probably lots of other metrics. And also by your definition of a "basic radio stream" :)
Well my acer aspire seems to have problems with a simple audio stream.
Not sure if streamripper deals with such streams, but could be worth a try?
But I don't want to record them, I just want to listen live. This is what seems so odd, that stations are not available as a raw stream to play, they send a playlist. I don't want or need any extra information with the news on Radio 4 (or the Today program, or anything), I just want to listen to the program.