[clug] Streaming ABC radio

[Ivan Lazar Miljenovic]

On 27 August 2010 10:46, Robert Edwards <bob at cs.anu.edu.au> wrote:
> For some weird reason, AM reception at my place has badly deteriorated
> recently and I can't find the source of the interference. (a handheld
> radio shows that the interference is all through the house and around
> the external periphery, but fades away as I move away from the house,
> so I am suspecting something in the 240V wiring).
>
> Anyway, I would like to try listening to ABC local radio via "the
> Internet".
>
> Seems I have two choices: "Real Media" or "Windows Media" (good ol'
> ABC giving their tax-payer funding audience a choice...)
>
> Actually, turns out that ABC local radio in Canberra is only available
> on "Win" (I think that means "Windows Media", as opposed to "Win TV")
> (see http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/ ).
>
> So, before I spend too much time re-discovering the wheel, what options
> do I have to listen to ABC local radio's internet stream from Linux?
>
> In particular, I am interested in a minimal command line interface, if
> possible, so I can easily script it and run it on an embedded device
> (eg. use a cron job for an alarm clock etc.).

VLC?  Just point it at
http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/includes/winstream.asx (can't recall
the command line options to do so unfortunately).

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