[clug] Streaming ABC radio

[Jason]

I could not get any love out of the win format but

wget http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/newsradio.ram
vlc newsradio.ram

worked for me.

http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/ also lists an mp3 stream for a few stations.

Jason



On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:55:22 +1000, Robert Edwards <bob at cs.anu.edu.au> wrote:

> On 27/08/10 10:51, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:
>> 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).
>>
>
> Hadn't thought of VLC, but I will need some hand-holding.
>
> VLC says (when "pointed at
> http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/includes/winstream.asx"):
>
> "No suitable decoder module:
> VLC does not support the audio or video format "undf". Unfortunately
> there is no way for you to fix this."
>
> Doesn't sound like it thinks I have much chance of success.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob Edwards.