Subj : Re: Are there any simple BBC internet radio programs for the Pi? To : Chris Green From : The Natural Philosopher Date : Wed Aug 28 2024 15:38:03 On 28/08/2024 15:19, Chris Green wrote: > Joerg Walther wrote: >> Chris Green wrote: >> >>> Now that the BBC no longer uses Shoutcast are there any internet radio >>> programs for the Pi that can receive BBC internet radio? >> >> I don't know what you mean by internet radio programs, but you can >> listen to the Beep with any browser, bbc.co.uk -> click on sounds and >> select your preferred station. >> > That doesn't work very well on a headless Pi! :-) > > What I was looking for was something like the old 'radiotray' which > one could run on the command line (with station name as a parameter) > and the requested program would play on the audio output. > Basically everybody except Classic FM has ditched icecast/shoutcast in order to require you to listen to more ads and give them an email address to spam Unless you buy a DAB radio which will last a couple of years until they change the format again to force you to buy a new one -- Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas? Josef Stalin --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .