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?
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.
-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" :)
Not sure if streamripper deals with such streams, but could be worth a try?
-Srdjan