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...
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