Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#1
Most members here know I like pianobar to play streaming music in my M/C shop while I am working.
Since my pandora radio account is a free account. I am limited on how much music I can play per month which is 24 hours.

So. I do this instead for a lightweight way to listen to streaming radio stations. First I find me a station. Example.
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.loudcity.com/stations/v103-rock/files/show/listen.html"
linktext was:"http://www.loudcity.com/stations/v103-r ... isten.html"
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I look to the left and see
Other Ways to Listen to us:
I pick the winamp link. Right click and pick save as. This opens your downloader and shows listen.pls
You want the .pls file extension for playing in qmmp. If downloading a .asx file extention. Gnome-Mplayer will play it.

I have a Directory/Folder I made in rox called Stearming Radio I made. I rename the file 103_rock.pls because it is easier to keep track of my different radio stations. Open your file manager whether rox or thunar. For rox set run action as

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qmmp"$@"
For Thunar just right click and open with qmmp.

Rox and thunar ~/Streaming Radio
Rox and thunar ~/Streaming Radio


Open with in Thunar
Open with in Thunar


QMMP playing streaming radio station
QMMP playing streaming radio station