[clug] Streaming ABC radio

[Robert Edwards]

On 27/08/10 11:26, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:
> On 27 August 2010 11:23, Robert Edwards<bob at cs.anu.edu.au>  wrote:
>> On 27/08/10 11:00, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:
>>>
>>> On 27 August 2010 10:55, Robert Edwards<bob at cs.anu.edu.au>    wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Hmmm.... maybe you're missing a compile-time option to VLC (e.g.
>>> win32codecs)?  I'll try it when I get home tonight to see if it works
>>> there.
>>>
>>
>> So, I am running on Lucid and I have the following VLC packages:
>>
>> # dpkg --get-selections | grep vlc
>> libvlc2                                         install
>> libvlccore0                                     install
>> libvlccore2                                     install
>> vlc                                             install
>> vlc-data                                        install
>> vlc-nox                                         install
>> vlc-plugin-jack                                 install
>> vlc-plugin-pulse                                install
>> vlc-plugin-sdl                                  install
>>
>> # apt-cache search win32 vlc
>> #
>>
>> I can't see any other win32 vlc-related packages that I might
>> install (unless they are from a PPA somewhere).
>
> First result when googling "win32codecs":
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=75278
>
> (In Gentoo, there's an actual package of that name...)
>

Thanks Ivan. Steve found the same article for me. My google-foo is
nowhere near as good. I tried googling "vlc play wma stream" which
took me off on a yet another series of wild goose chases.

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.