Internet Radio Woes....

LinuxRacr · 06-14-2009, 10:58 PM

Hello all,

I've installed CentOS 5.3 today, and have been trying to get one of my favorite radio stations working (http://www.mountainchill.com) in XMMS, and Rhythmbox with no luck. I get the following message in Rhythmbox:

"Couldn't Start Playback:

You do not have a decoder installed to handle this file. You might need to install the necessary plugins."

I haven't found any suitable plug-ins either. Does anyone have any guidance to provide in getting this to work?

jdkaye · 06-15-2009, 12:04 AM

Why not try listening in Firefox?
cheers,
jdk

H_TeXMeX_H · 06-15-2009, 04:24 AM

or you can do:

Code:

mplayer http://216.155.131.180:8596
xine http://216.155.131.180:8596

thorkelljarl · 06-15-2009, 06:49 AM

I use...

I usually use vlc or mplayer and its front end, smplayer, as an alternative. There are mozilla plug-ins for both but I use mediaplayerconnectivity to link file formats to players. This links all the types of streams I have encountered to a player, and it is easy to change the attachment.

Using several of the streams, I just heard the Cowboy Junkies on your favorite radio station. I'm not sure if that really can be considered a success or not. Here's an answer.

http://sites.radiofrance.fr/chaines/fip/endirect/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/446

LinuxRacr · 06-15-2009, 04:45 PM

Installed the add-ons, and none of the streams would play. I got an error saying I don't have the right codecs. Being out of the Linux game for a few year, and just now coming back, where does one get codecs these days?

Doing a "yum xine install" now. After that finishes, I'll see what's what. Thanks for the replies, and keep them coming.

LinuxRacr · 06-15-2009, 05:22 PM

xine and mplayer work great!

H_TeXMeX_H · 06-16-2009, 07:23 AM

If you're wondering where I got those numbers, download any of the '.pls' playlist files or '.asx' or '.ram' and open them as text, it will list the location of the shoutcast server.

LinuxRacr · 06-17-2009, 11:32 AM

I ended up loading Amarok as well, and it..well...rocks!