Re: OT Internet Radio Reception Program
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 12:38:20PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote:
> I ordered an Aluratek AIRJ01F as a Christmas present for a grandson who
> sticks with Windows XP. My understanding is that this device when
> plugged in to a usb port automaticly loads a program which provides
> access to 13,000 internet radio stations with scan options to find
> various types of music.
>
> Curious, I have tried google and apt-cache searches for something
> similar for linux without locating any matches. Of course mplayer
> and similar packages allow me to connect to streams from stations I know
> so the difference is only the problem of identifying 13,000 posible
> streams and some information about their characteristics. Someone must
> have done a lot of work?
>
You probably want something that uses a service such as shoutcast or
live365. Streamtuner supports several such services, and
"apt-cache search shoutcast" gives several other candidates.
HTH
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