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<p class="p">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
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 %m3u</span></p></td>
<td style="border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">audio</p></td>
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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 %m3u</span></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>
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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>
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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 %pls</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 audio browsers, not players,
and cannot be invoked with a play URL by other apps. This makes them less suitable for use with
streamtuner2.</p>
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<p class="p">Any listed application can be invoked with a different kind of
URL or filename.be invoked with a play URL by other apps. Which to
use often depends on the application.</p>
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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>
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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 %pls</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 audio browsers, not players,
and cannot be invoked with a play URL by other apps. This makes them less suitable for use with
streamtuner2.</p>
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<p class="p">Any listed application can be invoked with a different kind of
URL or filename.be invoked with a play URL by other apps. Which to
use often depends on the application.</p>
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<p class="p">You sould preferrably use the long forms. Most audio players like
%m3u most, while streamripper needs %srv for recording.</p>
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<p class="p">You sould preferrably use the long forms. Most audio players like
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