BBC Listen Again : Local Radio
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From: Colin Murphy on 14 Jan 2007 09:30 Can anyone give help and/or advise on finding the URLs for BBC Local Radio shows. These seem to be hidden in a pile of javascript and don't seem to be as accessible as the national networks, which can usually be found with a bit of effort when looking through source code, or with minimal effort with sites like http://dave.org.uk/streams/ . I want to be able to -dumpstream and convert to mp3. Thanks in advance.
From: Marie Cox on 14 Jan 2007 09:36 In article <eodepa$qb7$1$8302bc10(a)news.demon.co.uk>, Colin Murphy (hoe(a)alpha.bravo) wrote: > Can anyone give help and/or advise on finding the URLs for BBC Local Radio > shows. These seem to be hidden in a pile of javascript and don't seem to > be as accessible as the national networks, which can usually be found with > a bit of effort when looking through source code, or with minimal effort > with sites like http://dave.org.uk/streams/ . > > I want to be able to -dumpstream and convert to mp3. > > Thanks in advance. http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/realmedia/live/localradio/radiooxford.ram http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/realmedia/live/localradio/solent.ram ^^ Is this what you mean? -- "Arrr! The laws of science be a harsh mistress!" -- Bender
From: google.groups on 14 Jan 2007 12:13 Marie Cox wrote: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/realmedia/live/localradio/radiooxford.ram > http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/realmedia/live/localradio/solent.ram > > ^^ Is this what you mean? Not quite, these are the live streams, it's the 'Listen Again' or audio on demand streams that I'm after. Thanks for taking an interest though.
From: Jon Crowe on 14 Jan 2007 15:56 Colin Murphy wrote: > Can anyone give help and/or advise on finding the URLs for BBC Local Radio > shows. These seem to be hidden in a pile of javascript and don't seem to > be as accessible as the national networks, which can usually be found with > a bit of effort when looking through source code, or with minimal effort > with sites like http://dave.org.uk/streams/ . > > I want to be able to -dumpstream and convert to mp3. > > Thanks in advance. Using BBC Essex as an example, the URL you are after is set in the variable audiostream. if you save the file pointed to by the listen again link, you can find the base of the URL with the following grep: grep -i 'var audiostream' saved_filename For my example, this returned: var AudioStream = "/radio/aod/shows/rpms/essex/down_to_earth_essex"; Then to play the show, prepend "http://www.bbc.co.uk", and append ".ram", so you end up with: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/essex/down_to_earth_essex.ram This is obviously very scriptable, but let me know if you have any questions. HTH.
From: spike1 on 14 Jan 2007 19:34
google.groups(a)spudulike.me.uk did eloquently scribble: > Marie Cox wrote: >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/realmedia/live/localradio/radiooxford.ram >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/realmedia/live/localradio/solent.ram >> >> ^^ Is this what you mean? > Not quite, these are the live streams, it's the 'Listen Again' or audio > on demand streams that I'm after. > Thanks for taking an interest though. Don't the local radio stations have a "launch standalone player" link? If so, just save link as. It'll be a ram file, the url's contained in there. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | spike1(a)freenet.co.uk | Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a | | | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit | |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| operating system originally coded for a 4 bit | | in |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that| | Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |