# Streamtuner2

Streamtuner2 shows internet radio stations for easy browsing, playing, recording.

## Browsing channels and radio stations

Channels — Switching through the channel tabs, different radio directory services.
Introduction — Basic usage instructions. Selecting a channel, category, and playing a radio.
Playing — Double click a station to start it in your audio player.
Streams / Stations — Radio streams lists, station information columns, entry actions.

## Channel tabs

Bookmarks — Collect favourites via bookmark function, entry editing and deleting.
Internet-Radio — Large radio directory from the UK.
Jamendo — Creative Commons music and artist hub.
LiveRadio.ie — Ireland-based radio directory
MyOggRadio — Open source stream directory.
Peertube — Peertube music/video listings.
Radio-Browser — Community-driven streaming directory
Reddit — Music subreddit posts
Shoutcast — Probably still the largest radio station list.
SomaFM — Set of radio stations
Streema — Online radio directory
SurfMusic — International radio listings.
The MOD Archive — Tracker audio file collection.
TuneIn — Radio and Podcast directory.
UbuntuUsers — Wiki list of radio stations
Xiph.org — ICEcast radio directory.
Youtube — Youtube music/video listings.
filtermusic — Selection of the best radio stations
→ Contrib/Extra Channels — Downloadable channel plugins

## Functions

Configuration / Settings dialog — `F12` brings up the options window with the Player, Display, System and Plugin sections.
Edit — Edit or inspect a station entry.
Playing — Double click a station to start it in your audio player.
Radio homepages — Start a web browser for a station.
Recording — Save radio songs as MP3 files via streamripper.
Saving — Export a station entry as .m3u/.pls file.
Searching — Quicksearch field and Ctrl+F compound search window.

## Additional features

CLI (command line interface) — Console interface, exporting data.
Drag'n'drop — Drag and drop support.
Global_key — Global keyboard shortcut for radio switching.
Plugin Manager 2 - `📦 Add` — User plugin installation
Special extra/mini buttons — Toolbar application short cuts.
Station favicons — Favicons
Timer — Programming recurring play and recording events.
→ Feature plugins — Additional feature plugins

### Project resources and additional help

- You can get additional help from the online forum. Or via Help ▸ Forum.

- Feedback on issues you ran into is also very welcome. Bug reports don't require any account registration. But please include -D debug output. Also accessible via Help ▸ Wiki/Fossil/Bugs.

- Watch for new project releases on freshcode.club

This manual was last updated for available functions in streamtuner2 version 2.2.2, as of Feb 2022.

Glossary — Technical and streamtuner2 specific terminology and jargon.
Technical information — Filenames, Directories, Dependencies