Index: help/html/channels.html ================================================================== --- help/html/channels.html +++ help/html/channels.html @@ -36,11 +36,10 @@
Bookmarks — Collect favourites via bookmark function, entry editing and deleting.
Dirble — Dirble.com
Internet-Radio — Large radio directory from the UK.
Jamendo — Creative Commons music and artist hub.
-
Live365 — Live365 radio network
MyOggRadio — Open source stream directory.
Radio-Browser — Community-driven streaming directory
Radionomy — Large internet streaming provider
Shoutcast — Probably still the largest radio station list.
SomaFM — Set of radio stations
Index: help/html/config_apps.html ================================================================== --- help/html/config_apps.html +++ help/html/config_apps.html @@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
+♪ Streamtuner2  › Functions » Configuration / Settings dialog › Player application settings »

Audio players

On BSD/Linux systems there are a plethora of audio players. In streamtuner2 you can - configure most of them as target application. Mostly it makes sense to use a single + configure 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.

@@ -170,15 +170,15 @@

More Information

See Also

-
+
Index: help/html/configuration.html ================================================================== --- help/html/configuration.html +++ help/html/configuration.html @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -Settings dialog +Configuration / Settings dialog
+♪ Streamtuner2  › Functions »
-

Settings dialog

+

Configuration / Settings dialog

There are various options for streamtuner2, available under Edit ▸ Preferences or via F12.

@@ -82,11 +82,14 @@ station homepages).

In practice you only need one entry for audio/* and one for video/*, both can use the same player even. You can remove default entries by clearing both the Format field and its associated Application. Add completely new associations through the emtpy line. (Reopen the dialog to add another one.)

-
Audio players — Common applications to use as players.
+
+
Audio players — Common applications to use as players.
+
Special extra/mini buttons — Toolbar application short cuts.
+

Recording Apps

@@ -215,10 +218,11 @@ streamtuner2. In such cases you can disable the concurrent-tasking mode. The GUI will appear slower at times, and freeze between fetching lists, but remains stable on the upside. There's also a command line flag --nt to enable this workaround.

+
Special extra/mini buttons — Toolbar application short cuts.

Channel and feature plugins and settings

@@ -266,14 +270,14 @@
Index: help/html/contrib_channels.html ================================================================== --- help/html/contrib_channels.html +++ help/html/contrib_channels.html @@ -30,13 +30,10 @@ /r/Music subreddit group. Most of them link popular or novel Youtube music videos, or user-produced content etc. Radioreddit.com even provides streaming servers. This plugin can also list Soundcloud/Mixcloud/Bandcamp links. But those would require a custom audio player. There's an extra Soundcloud plugin however, which makes those streams readily playble.

-
Di.fm
-

"Digitally Imported" are mostly electronic music radio stations. - The freely available stations stream with 64kbit/s AAC+ only.

Radio.net

Radio.net is a European radio directory. It nicely catalogues stations into genres as usual. The primary list is ordered by popularity even.

Magnatune
Index: help/html/contrib_features.html ================================================================== --- help/html/contrib_features.html +++ help/html/contrib_features.html @@ -17,11 +17,11 @@

→ Feature plugins

Extra functionality and behaviour changes are available in -the 🔌 Feature configuration +the 🔌 Feature configuration section.

Filter Bitrate

Some channels provide lower-quality audio streams. In particular @@ -88,11 +88,11 @@

  • Favicons

  • Global key shortcut

  • Timer

    • The "search", - "configwin" and + "configwin" and "streamedit" plugins are considered built-ins and cannot be disabled.

    @@ -116,22 +116,28 @@
    Index: help/html/dirble.html ================================================================== --- help/html/dirble.html +++ help/html/dirble.html @@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ streaming URLs based on format (Ogg, AAC, preferred over MP3) and maximum bitrate.

    There's a hidden config option for a custom API key. It's perhaps redundant. Should streamtuner2 -D however reveal an error, - you can however configure your own account in settings.json. + you can configure your own account in settings.json.

    Index: help/html/jamendo.html ================================================================== --- help/html/jamendo.html +++ help/html/jamendo.html @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@

  • Instead of favicons, streamtuner2 can fetch slightly larger album or track covers.

    • Tracks and albums can be downloaded free of charge (Creative Commons). Yeah, imagine that.

    -

    Config options

    +

    Config options

    System

    Streaming format

    You can switch between MP3 and Ogg Vorbis audio streams for Jamendo. Index: help/html/json.html ================================================================== --- help/html/json.html +++ help/html/json.html @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@

    +♪ Streamtuner2  ›  » Glossary › Filetypes »

    JSON files

    JSON is a data representation format derived from Javascript (the browser embedded Index: help/html/m3u.html ================================================================== --- help/html/m3u.html +++ help/html/m3u.html @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@

    +♪ Streamtuner2  ›  » Glossary › Filetypes »

    .M3U files

    M3U files also contain playlists, like .pls files. They're often used by desktop audio players.

    Index: help/html/playing.html ================================================================== --- help/html/playing.html +++ help/html/playing.html @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
    ♪ Streamtuner2  › Browsing channels and radio stations »
    ♪ Streamtuner2  › Browsing channels and radio stations » Streams / Stations › Actions »
    -♪ Streamtuner2  › Browsing channels and radio stations » Streams / Stations » Functions »
    +♪ Streamtuner2  › Functions »

    Playing

    @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@

  • Drag and drop it directly into your audio player.

  • Save it (F2) to a playlist file, then start your player with that.

    • In streamtuner2 you can configure different audio players for different audio formats (MP3 or OGG). In the Apps section of the - settings dialog, you can associate one player + settings dialog, you can associate one player with each audio file (MIME) type. Nowadays you can often configure the same player for all audio (and even video) types.

    .PLS files

    Playlist files often have the extension .pls

    Index: help/html/pluginmanager2.html ================================================================== --- help/html/pluginmanager2.html +++ help/html/pluginmanager2.html @@ -78,12 +78,12 @@

    Disable user plugin loading

    Since this is still rather experimental, you may disable all associated features by starting ST2 via:

    streamtuner2 -d pluginmanager2
    -

    That'll inhibit loading this extension plugin. (Also works - with any other plugin id.)

    +

    Which inhibits loading this whole extension. (The -d + flag also works for any other plugin name.)

    Audacious
    + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

    Icon

    Cmd

    gtk-media-forward

    vlc next

    terminal

    xterm

    volume

    pavucontrol

    database

    ./myscript "%url" "%title"

    ./import.png

    audacity %pls

    +
    +
    +

    gtk-icons

    +

    Note that the icon name can also be that of a Gtk-builtin icon. Their + names always start with "gtk-", for example "gtk-cancel". You can + find a list of all available builtins under + http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2reference/gtk-stock-items.html.

    +
    +
    +

    PNG icons

    +
    +

    In case you enter something like "player", the icon name will be + searched for and expanded to an absolute PNG filename. For example + "totem" might become /usr/share/icons/HighContrast/16x16/apps/totem.png.

    +

    This won't always yield the exact icon / theme / or size you wanted. So it's + sometimes necessary to look up the complete path yourself.

    +
    +
    +
    +

    Commands

    +
    +

    You can define any graphical or commandline application to be + invoked by your custom toolbar button. Foremost you want to invoke + audio controls of course, or start/stop players.

    +

    Placeholders like %title and %url or %pls and %m3u are supported + for all commands as well. So you can have additional play/record + shortcuts.

    +
    +
    +
    +

    icon rows

    +
    +

    With the "number of rows" setting, more buttons can be packed together. + It looks okay with up to 3 rows - when using the large sized main toolbar. + The defined icon shortcuts will always be packed column-wise.

    +

    The icon list isn't ordered. So you cannot + define which button appears first. (Albeit the plugin config + definition can be changed from 'dict' to 'table' now, and the plugin + required just a little editing then.)

    +
    +
    + +
    +
    +
    +
    +
    + Index: help/html/streams.html ================================================================== --- help/html/streams.html +++ help/html/streams.html @@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ automatically to conserve bandwidth and because live information is seldomly available.)

    You can double click a station line to get it to play. Alternatively there are the play and record buttons in the menubar. You can also invoke a stations homepage, if it has one.

    -
    Functions

    Actions

    Bookmarks — Collect favourites via bookmark function, entry editing and deleting.
    @@ -45,16 +44,22 @@ list a few other plugin extensions.