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   The Natural Philosopher to Chris Green   
   Re: Are there any simple BBC internet ra   
   28 Aug 24 15:38:03   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 28/08/2024 15:19, Chris Green wrote:   
   > Joerg Walther  wrote:   
   >> Chris Green wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Now that the BBC no longer uses Shoutcast are there any internet radio   
   >>> programs for the Pi that can receive BBC internet radio?   
   >>   
   >> I don't know what you mean by internet radio programs, but you can   
   >> listen to the Beep with any browser, bbc.co.uk -> click on sounds and   
   >> select your preferred station.   
   >>   
   > That doesn't work very well on a headless Pi! :-)   
   >   
   > What I was looking for was something like the old 'radiotray' which   
   > one could run on the command line (with station name as a parameter)   
   > and the requested program would play on the audio output.   
   >   
      
   Basically everybody except Classic FM has ditched icecast/shoutcast in   
   order to require you to listen to more ads and give them an email   
   address to spam   
      
   Unless you buy a DAB radio which will last a couple of years until they   
   change the format again to force you to buy a new one   
      
      
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