From: chris@internal.net   
      
   On 06/09/2024 at 02:59, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:34:48 +0100, Chris Elvidge wrote:   
   >   
   >> I use command-line vlc in the background (--daemon). E.g. /usr/bin/vlc   
   >> --config=/home/chris/internetradio/vlcrc.pulse --no-video   
   >> --no-media-library --daemon --pidfile=/var/lock/vlc-radio.pid   
   >> --volume-step 128 --playlist-autostart --intf=http   
   >> --http-password=xxxxxxxxx --http-port=8080 "Radio station URL here"   
   >   
   > Even without the auth stuff, that’s quite a long URL.   
   >   
   > Here’s the kind of one-liner I use, with the ffplay command from FFmpeg:   
   >   
   >      ffplay -nodisp $(cat ~/Links/georgefm_streaming.url)   
   >   
      
   Yes it is long. That's why I have a bash script called   
   'radiofrominternet' to do the heavy lifting. vlc has the advantage of   
   being controllable from a web browser (--inf=http).   
      
      
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