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<a class="trail" href="index.html" title="♪ Streamtuner2"><span class="media"><span class="media media-image"><img src="img/logo.png" class="media media-inline" alt="♪"></span></span> Streamtuner2 </a> › <a class="trail" href="index.html#browsing" title="Browsing channels and radio stations">Browsing channels and radio stations</a> » </div></div></div></header><article><div class="hgroup pagewide"><h1 class="title"><span class="title">Introduction</span></h1></div>
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<p class="p">Streamtuner2 is a simple browser for internet radios. It acquires its radio lists
	from various directory services. These are represented as "channel" tabs in the main
	window. The category/genre lists are in the left pane, and associated stations right
	to them.</p>
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<div class="hgroup pagewide"><h2 class="title"><span class="title">How to select and play a radio.</span></h2></div>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Select a channel tab, like <span class="code">Shoutcast</span>.</p></li>
<li class="steps"><p class="p">Click one of the genres in the left pane. For example <span class="code">Classic</span>.</p></li>
<li class="steps"><p class="p">Now the right pane loads a radio list.</p></li>
<li class="steps"><p class="p">Double click one of the radio streams or use the <span class="key"><kbd>â–¶ play</kbd></span> toolbar button.</p></li>
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<p class="p">Note that some categories are expandable. In a few plugins (modarchive),
	the grouping genre/categories are empty, while in other channels they're
	filled genre lists themselves.</p>
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<div class="hgroup pagewide"><h2 class="title"><span class="title">What else can you do?</span></h2></div>
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<p class="p">Double clicking an entry row in the radio list starts your audio player. But there are
	other functions available. Either go to the <span class="guiseq"><span class="gui"></span> ▸ <span class="gui">Station</span></span> menu,
	or access the context menu with a right click.</p>
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<td><p class="p"><span class="link"><a href="playing.html" title="Playing">Play</a></span></p></td>
<td style="border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Starts the radio in a configured audio player</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="link"><a href="recording.html" title="Recording">Record</a></span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Opens a terminal window and streamripper, which cuts the radio broadcast into individual mp3 songs.</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="link"><a href="bookmarks.html" title="Bookmarks">Bookmarks</a></span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Copy radio entry over into the <span class="gui">bookmarks</span> channel.</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="link"><a href="homepage.html" title="Radio homepages">Homepage</a></span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Most radio stations have a homepage, which you can start a web browser for.</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="link"><a href="saving.html" title="Saving">Saving</a></span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">A radio entry can be exported as .pls, .xspf, .m3u, .desktop, or .json file.</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="link"><a href="contrib_features.html" title="→ Feature plugins">Extensions<span class="guiseq"><span class="gui"></span> ▸ <span class="gui"></span></span></a></span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">Some plugins add other features in this submenu.</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="link"><a href="edit.html" title="Edit">Editing</a></span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">This command is in the <span class="gui">Edit</span> and context menu, allows to inspect and modify radio descriptions.</p></td>
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<td style="border-top-style: solid;"><p class="p"><span class="link"><a href="search.html" title="Searching">Searching</a></span></p></td>
<td style="border-top-style: solid;border-left-style: solid;"><p class="p">You can get a radio list according to search criteria.</p></td>
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<p class="p"> Play, Record and Homepage also have buttons in the toolbar.</p>
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<div class="hgroup pagewide"><h2 class="title"><span class="title">Refresh radio lists</span></h2></div>
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<p class="p">After some time, stream informations become obsolete. Therefore you should regularily
	<span class="link"><a href="reloading.html" title="Reloading">refresh</a></span> the lists. The <span class="gui">Reload</span> button in the toolbar
	(or <span class="key"><kbd>F5</kbd></span>) is your friend.</p>
<p class="p">You can also update the category lists with <span class="guiseq"><span class="gui">Channel</span> ▸ <span class="gui">Reload Category Tree</span></span>
	and load <span class="link"><a href="favicon.html" title="Station favicons">favicons</a></span> using <span class="guiseq"><span class="gui">Channel</span> ▸ <span class="gui">Update favicons..</span></span>.</p>
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