[clug] Streaming ABC radio

[Ben Nizette]

On 27/08/2010, at 10:46 AM, Robert Edwards 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.).
> 
> Anyone got any suggestions?

As we speak I'm streaming the TripleJ Mixup 'Real' stream through VLC, works a treat (I assume the WMA would work too, I've used VLC for that in the past too).  The CLI is reasonably powerful and sane for this type of tool.

Furthermore VLC can transcode the stream to whatever you want (eg OGG) so if you've got a house full of listening points you only need to bastardise one.

	--Ben.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bob Edwards.
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