Internet radio browser GUI for music/video streams from various directory services.

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User & Date: mario on 2015-04-02 15:36:43
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2015-04-02
15:50
Initial version of Radio-Browser.info API plugin. Built-in stub favicon. (Maybe later support station submissions here too, just like MOR.) check-in: 8fcde37560 user: mario tags: trunk
15:36
Updated docs regarding manual setups/packaging. check-in: 35ffa2c130 user: mario tags: trunk
15:29
Readd MUSICgoal to bookmarks/links category (now that plugin is gone) check-in: 263968679e user: mario tags: trunk
Changes
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Modified CREDITS from [d2d363e440] to [08a335d93f].

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· Abhisek Sanyal
  → Major fix/patch for Live365

· Heinrich Schwietering, http://ubuntuusers.de/
  → external + user-friendly documentation




· Jean-Yves Lefort and contributors,
  → For the original STREAMTUNER 0.99.xx!

Of course also many thanks to all users
reporting and helping to investigate bugs!

 · samanthax
 · aquarius 
 · kino
 · omelette
 · Daniel, http://www.librepc.com/
 · Troy
 · darose
 · b.nikola
 · stefantalpalaru
 · micha @ musicgoal
 · jay.l.h

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· Abhisek Sanyal
  → Major fix/patch for Live365

· Heinrich Schwietering, http://ubuntuusers.de/
  → external + user-friendly documentation

· https://fiverr.com/graphicshome
  → The new application logo/banner

· Jean-Yves Lefort (and contributors),
  → For the original STREAMTUNER 0.99.xx!

Of course also many thanks to all users
reporting and helping to investigate bugs!

 · samanthax
 · aquarius 
 · kino
 · omelette
 · Daniel, http://www.librepc.com/
 · Troy
 · darose
 · b.nikola
 · stefantalpalaru
 · micha, musicgoal
 · jay.l.h

And probably many others...

Lastly, a big thanks to all distro package
maintainers. It's not the just tools which
make BSD/Linux vibrant, but the relentless
effort from you guys & gals!

Modified PACKAGERS from [1512d74c86] to [3311a1cdd3]. 

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This is a short summary for distribution package maintainers.
For regular end-user documentation see the help/ pages.


Structural changes in 2.1.5 (2015-04-xx)
----------------------------------------

 → There's a new `bin` script. It's a lightweight invocation
   wrapper, intended to be installed as /usr/bin/streamtuner2
   now.


 → The previous `st2.py` still exists, but is now supposed to
   reside in `/usr/share/streamtuner2/st2.py` along with all
   other modules.

 → Theoretically it's now possible to change the target path
   even (just edit `bin`).

I'd still advise to use /usr/share/streamtuner2/ as main target
directory though. It's not yet practical to extract into Python
site-package directories.

The channel PNG files still need to reside alongside the Python
modules. Later versions may complete soak the images into the
source code (meta data section) for simpicity.










Aux files
---------

 → Help files still need to go to share/docs/streamtuner2/help/
   unless you patch the source.

 → *.desktop as usual

 → and `logo.png` is the pixmap/app icon


Removed
-------

Some plugin PNGs may have been removed already.



And the streamtuner2.png logo is now source-embedded instead
(`logo.py` provides a `logo.png`).

The old `gtk2.xml` file is gone. It probably became obsolete
a long while back. The gtk3.xml is instead runtime-patched
to work with PyGTK/gtk2.


Dependencies
------------

If possible, make ST2 dependend on Python2 -or- Python3.
It's not yet practical, and probably against distro standards,
and only APT could so anyway. But if feasible...

Also, hard dependencies are meanwhile:

  - gtk (>= 2.16)
  - pygtk || python-gi
  - python-requests (>> 1.2.0)
  - python-pyquery     [though most plugins would work without]
  - and its implied python-lxml

Optional dependencies (just affects a single plugin, which
semi-gracefully disables itself):

  - python-keybinder   [for global_key]
  - python-dbus        [for radiotray]

Very optional dependencies (everything should work without):

  - python-xdg

Strongly suggest:

  - Streamripper


Suggest:

  - any audio player of course
  - youtube-dl


Lazy installation
-----------------

The new .PYZ archive bundles everything into a ZIP file. Which,
given the right shebang, could just be "installed" as literal












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This is a short summary for distribution package maintainers.
For regular end-user documentation see the help/ pages.


Structural changes in 2.1.5 (2015-04-xx)
----------------------------------------

 → There's a new `bin` script. It's a lightweight invocation
   wrapper, intended to be installed as /usr/bin/streamtuner2
   now.
   Which hopefully avoids lengthy patches in the future.

 → The previous `st2.py` still exists, but is now supposed to
   reside in `/usr/share/streamtuner2/st2.py` along with all
   other modules.

 → Theoretically it's now possible to change the target path
   even (just edit `bin`).

I'd still advise to use /usr/share/streamtuner2/ as main target
directory though. It's not yet practical to extract into Python
site-package directories.

The channel PNG files still need to reside alongside the Python
modules. Later versions may completely soak the images into the
source code (meta data section) for simpicity.


Renames
-------

 · bookmarks, configdialog, streamedit were extracted into
   channels/ - which is why the main module got lighter.
 · uikit.py is the new mygtk
 

Aux files
---------

 → Help files still need to go to share/docs/streamtuner2/help/
   unless you patch the source.

 → *.desktop as usual

 → and `logo.png` is the pixmap/app icon


Removed
-------

Some plugin PNGs may have been removed already. (Embedded
binary data may violate some distro guidelines(?), but hey,
fewer files are fewer files.)

And the streamtuner2.png logo is now source-embedded instead,
the`logo.py` module provides a `logo.png` string.

The old `gtk2.xml` file is gone. It probably became obsolete
a long while back. The gtk3.xml is instead runtime-patched
to work with PyGTK/gtk2.


Dependencies
------------

If possible, make ST2 dependend on Python2 -or- Python3.
It's not yet practical, and probably against distro standards,
and only APT could so anyway. But if feasible...

Also, hard dependencies are meanwhile:

  - gtk (>= 2.16)
  - pygtk                           [or python-gi for python3]
  - python-requests (>> 1.2.0)
  - python-pyquery    [though most plugins would work without]
  - and its implied python-lxml

Optional dependencies (just affects a single plugin, which
semi-gracefully disables itself):

  - python-keybinder   [for global_key]
  - python-dbus        [for radiotray]

Very optional dependencies (everything should work without):

  - python-xdg

Strongly suggest:

  - streamripper       [or ficy/fpls etc.]
  - any audio player of course

Suggest:


  - youtube-dl   [technically not required, as VLC works without]


Lazy installation
-----------------

The new .PYZ archive bundles everything into a ZIP file. Which,
given the right shebang, could just be "installed" as literal
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Modified README from [d424df7f25] to [042864d151]. 

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streamtuner2
============


ST2 is a internet radio browser. It queries online directories like
shoutcast and xiph.org for music stations.

It mimics the original streamtuner 1 to some extend. It's however
written in Python now instead of C.


Installation howto
------------------

If possible, prefer the package directly from your BSD/Linux distribution.

Due to an excessive maintenance break, some still have older 2.0.8 version
however - which barely works anymore.

If so, you should use a manually installed version.

Dependencies
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Running streamtuner2 requires Python and Gtk packages. Which nowadays are
installed per default. There's a few more Python packages required though:






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streamtuner2
============

ST2 is a browser for internet radio/streaming stations. It queries
directories like Shoutcast, TuneIn, MyOggRadio, Xiph.org. SurfMusic,
Jamendo etc. for music/video streams/collections.

It mimics the original streamtuner 1 to some extend.
It's however written in Python now instead of C.


Installation howto
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If possible, prefer the package directly from your BSD/Linux distribution.

Due to a longer maintenance and release break, some still have older 2.0.x
versions however - whose channel plugins barely work anymore. If so, you
should install a newer version / manually.


Dependencies
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Running streamtuner2 requires Python and Gtk packages. Which nowadays are
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Use your distro package manager with e.g.:

  sudo apt-get install python python-gtk2 python-xdg python-requests ...

Or utilize Pythons local package installer even:

  sudo pip install requests



DEB / RPM
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There are rudimentary packages built as .DEB and .RPM version. Install
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Use your distro package manager with e.g.:

  sudo apt-get install python python-gtk2 python-xdg python-requests ...

Or utilize Pythons local package installer even:

  sudo pip install requests
  sudo pip install pyquery


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those if feasible. The dependencies may not match with your package
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If you want to edit a channel plugin, just have a look into the
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Moreover you can also edit the user interface. You need glade-3
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alternatives
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* http://sourceforge.net/projects/radiotray/



* https://sites.google.com/site/glrpgreatlittleradioplayer/


* http://tunapie.sourceforge.net/

* VLC also has a few directory discovery services built-in

* Rythmbox comes with last.fm, libre.fm, radio lookups




















license
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Public Domain. (Unrestricted copying, modification, etc.)

If you wish you could thus redistribute it under a BSD/MIT
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If you want to edit a channel plugin, just have a look into the
channels/*.py files. It's often rather easy to adapt things.

Moreover you can also edit the user interface. You need glade-3
installed, and open the "gtk3.xml" file. There it's easy to
rename or rearrange things.


Sources
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You'll find the current source files under 
http://fossil.include-once.org/streamtuner2/

That's a fossil DVCS repository. Which is miles easier to use than
git. You can download the single binary from http://fossil-scm.org/
or from your distro, then check out the repo:

  fossil clone http://fossil.include-once.org/streamtuner2/ st2.fossil
  fossil open st2.fossil

Or browse the contents

  fossil ui

Alternatively there are git and svn exports.

  fossil export --svn
  http://fossil.include-once.org/streamtuner2/git-fast-export

You can send in patches, a fossil bundle, or set up your cloned
repo publically `fossil cgi`. Else just create an account on
fossil.include-once.org, and send a mail, so I can elevate that
account to developer/commit/push permissions quickly. (Fossil
repos don't break. So dealing out sync access is a no-brainer.)


alternatives
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See http://fossil.include-once.org/streamtuner2/wiki/alternatives
for a list of recommended alternatives. Future ST2 versions will
try to interface and share more with them.


license
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Public Domain. (Unrestricted copying, modification, etc.)

If you wish you could thus redistribute it under a BSD/MIT
or even GNU-style license.