BBC Radio Streams
in [UK Linux]
|
Prev: Drive problem
Next: Disappearing printouts
From: Bruce Stephens on 31 May 2010 17:51 Chris Gordon-Smith <use.address(a)my.homepage> writes: > Hello All > > Does anyone know how to access BBC radio streams without using the iPlayer web > interface? I always just use iPlayer nowadays, but I used to use beebotron which is probably your best bet: <http://beebotron.org/index3lite.php>
From: JohnT on 1 Jun 2010 04:32 On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:41:26 +0000, Chris Gordon-Smith wrote: > Hello All > > Does anyone know how to access BBC radio streams without using the > iPlayer web interface? > I used the following in amarok ... http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r2.asx I assume you can change r2 to r1, r3, r4 etc to suit your tastes. Regards JohnT
From: root on 1 Jun 2010 10:15 JohnT <john(a)example.com> wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:41:26 +0000, Chris Gordon-Smith wrote: > >> Hello All >> >> Does anyone know how to access BBC radio streams without using the >> iPlayer web interface? >> > > I used the following in amarok ... > > http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r2.asx > > I assume you can change r2 to r1, r3, r4 etc to suit your tastes. > > > Regards > JohnT Go to:http://www.listenlive.eu/uk.html and snip out all the references that begin with http:. You can play these with mplayer.
From: FP on 1 Jun 2010 13:52 On 31/05/2010 22:41, Chris Gordon-Smith wrote: > Hello All > > Does anyone know how to access BBC radio streams without using the iPlayer web > interface? http://www.iplayerconverter.co.uk/ can give you URLs that can be used with mplayer something like this may work... $1 is the URL that you get from, say, http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/programmes/schedules... watch out for word wrap TEMPNAME=iplayer_temp # extract the code from $1 into $ID ID=`echo $1 | sed "s/.*\///"` # Download the link file from www.iplayerconverter.co.uk curl http://www.iplayerconverter.co.uk/pid/$ID/stream.aspx > $TEMPNAME # Find the name of the .ram file in the downloaded link file URL=`grep "moved to" $TEMPNAME | sed -e "s/^.*http/http/" -e "s/\.ram.*$/\.ram/"` if echo $URL | grep uk_concrete then #URL=`grep "moved to" $TEMPNAME | sed -e "s/^.*http/http/" -e "s/_concrete.*$/_concrete/"` #curl $URL > $TEMPNAME URL=`echo $URL | sed -e "s/uk_concrete.*$/lo_concrete/"` else echo "URL looks OK" fi # Start playing... mplayer -playlist $URL
From: root on 1 Jun 2010 17:17
Chris Gordon-Smith <use.address(a)my.homepage> wrote: > > Thanks to all who answered. Here is what I ended up doing: > > 1) Go to http://bbcstreams.com/ to get URLs like > http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4.asx My mplayer will play this URL directly > > listenlive.eu also looks good - thanks. > > 2) Type the following at a console > > amarok http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4.asx > > 3) Right click on the stream and open Track Information > 4) Copy the URL > > > This will be something like: > mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/bbc_ami/radio1/radio1_bb_live_eq1_sl0?bbc-uid=64ea5ede11a6bcfd52d2d114315eae1abd55a6e5e0a0a1d4e4af19e7b2861$ > > 5) Remove everything after the first = sign. Eg: > mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/bbc_ami/radio1/radio1_bb_live_eq1_sl0?bbc-uid= > > This is a stream that can be played with mplayer My mplayer will not play that. It just times out. I have found that, sometimes, I can just change the mms: to http: and that works. I listen from California, and during my late night I like to listen to some of the regional stations such as: http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcjersey.asx There are lots of these, changing only the jersey to other things, like london. |