Subj : Re: Are there any simple BBC internet radio programs for the Pi? To : The Natural Philosopher From : Chris Green Date : Wed Aug 28 2024 19:09:30 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > 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 > .... and won't work outside the UK if I want to listen to the BBC. I simply want to listen to BBC (mostly radio 4) in the simplest possible way when I'm away from home in Europe mainland. I.e. I want something I can just 'turn on' (like radios used to work). At the moment Radio 4 on 198khz is the best option but I don't know how long that is going to last. -- Chris Green ยท --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .