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<div class="hgroup"><h1 class="title"><span class="title">Audio players</span></h1></div>
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<p class="p">On BSD/Linux systems there are a plethora of audio players. In streamtuner2 you can
<span class="link"><a href="configuration.html" title="Settings dialog">configure</a></span> most of them as target application. Mostly it makes sense to use a single
application for all audio formats. But at least the */* media type should be handled
by a generic player, like vlc.</p>
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<td><p class="p"><span class="app">Audacious</span></p></td>
<td style="border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="cmd">audacious</span></p></td>
<td style="border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">audio</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="app">XMMS2</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="cmd">xmms2 %m3u</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">audio</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="app">Amarok</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="cmd">amarok -l %pls</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">audio</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="app">Exaile</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="cmd">exaile</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">audio</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="app">mplayer</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="cmd">mplayer %srv</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">console</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="app">VLC</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="cmd">vlc %u</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">video</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="app">Totem</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="cmd">totem %u</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">video</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="app">Media Player</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="cmd">mplayer2.exe %asx</span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Win32</p></td>
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<p class="p">Some audio players open a second instance when you actually want to switch radios.
In this case it's a common workaround to write <span class="code">pkill vlc ; vlc %u</span> instead,
which ends the previous player process and starts it anew.
For VLC there's however also the <span class="code">--one-instance</span> option, which sometimes
works better. (And sometimes not.)</p>
<p class="p">Some applications, like Rhythmbox or Banshee, are primarily playlist managers, not players,
and cannot be invoked with a station URL. This makes them less suitable for use with streamtuner2.
(Same goes for streamtuner2 itself. It's not a player, but just a playlist browser.)</p>
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<div class="hgroup"><h2 class="title"><span class="title">URL placeholders</span></h2></div>
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<p class="p">Listed audio players get run with a streaming server address (URL).
These can either be direct MP3/Ogg servers (<span class="var">http://example.org:7843/</span>)
and sometimes playlist files (<span class="var">http://example.org/listen.pls</span>)
- depending on the channel directory.</p>
<p class="p">Most audio players automatically handle any station URLs. Some however
support just a few formats, or can't handle modern XSPF playlists for
instance. Which is why you can control this by adding a placeholder
after the configured application name:</p>
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<td><p class="p">Placeholder</p></td>
<td style="border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Alternatives</p></td>
<td style="border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">URL/Filename type</p></td>
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<td><p class="p">%pls</p></td>
<td style="border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">%url %u %r</p></td>
<td style="border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Either a remote .pls resource (fastest), or a local .pls file (if converted)</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p">%m3u</p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">%f %g %m</p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Provides a local .m3u file for the streaming station</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p">%srv</p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">%d %s</p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Direct link to first streaming address, e.g. http://72.5.9.33:7500</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p">%xspf</p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">%x</p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Xiph.org shareable playlist format (for modern players)</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p">%jspf</p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">%j</p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">JSON playlist format (widely unsupported)</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p">%asx</p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p"></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Some obscure Windows playlist format (don't use that)</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p">%smil</p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p"></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Standardized multimedia sequencing lists (which nobody uses either)</p></td>
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<p class="p">Preferrably use the long %abbr names for configuration. The
default is <span class="var">%pls</span> if you leave it out. (Most directories
already provide PLS files, which avoids any extra conversion by ST2
which sometimes delay playback.)</p>
<p class="p">A few channels (like Jamendo) send custom JSON playlist snippets,
which no audio player would understand. Which is why they're always
pre-converted.</p>
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<p class="p">Most audio players like %pls, yet sometimes the
older %m3u format more. Streamripper requires %srv for recording.</p>
<p class="p">Use the newer <span class="var">%xspf</span> format if your player supports
it. This format retains the maximum of station infos (such as
homepages etc.), and thus often makes for better bookmarking directly
in your player.</p>
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