Index: help/channel_dirble.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_dirble.page +++ help/channel_dirble.page @@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ Dirble.com Dirble - + //dirble.com/ +

Dirble.com is another radio station directory, made up of user-contributed content, and automatic streaming server polling.

It provides a JSON API, which as of v2 has a lot of unneeded meta information and internal ids. But it's actually nicer to scan, and Index: help/channel_filtermusic.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_filtermusic.page +++ help/channel_filtermusic.page @@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ Selection of the best radio stations - filtermusic.net + filtermusic + //filtermusic.net/

Filtermusic summarizes all the common genres, but is primarily focused on electro/dance/pop stations. It elects on listener popularity and freshness or something.

Index: help/channel_internetradioorguk.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_internetradioorguk.page +++ help/channel_internetradioorguk.page @@ -7,16 +7,17 @@ Large radio directory from the UK. - Internet-Radio.com - + Internet-Radio + //internet-radio.com/ +

Internet-Radio.com is a broad alternative to Shoutcast. It has regained station homepages for most entries again. Genres are similiar to Shoutcast.

Note that this plugin has its own setting on how many links to retrieve. Instead of stream numbers, it only counts pages (which however speeds up processing now).

Index: help/channel_jamendo.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_jamendo.page +++ help/channel_jamendo.page @@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ Creative Commons music and artist hub. Jamendo +//jamendo.com/

Jamendo is a Creative Comments licensing oriented music distributor. It hosts audio files for individual musicians and artists. Tracks and albums can thus be downloaded free of charge. Yeah, imagine that.

Index: help/channel_live365.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_live365.page +++ help/channel_live365.page @@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ Live365 radio network Live365 - + //live365.com/

Live365 is a radio broadcasting service and directory. It categorizes stations in over 250 genres. Not all radio stations are free to listen however. It's a commercial provider. Therefore streamtuner2 tries to filter result lists.

This channel plugin is known to break once in a while. And it can't be guaranteed Index: help/channel_modarchive.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_modarchive.page +++ help/channel_modarchive.page @@ -3,15 +3,16 @@ id="modarchive"> - MOD files. + Tracker audio file collection. The MOD Archive - + //modarchive.org/ +

MODArchive is a collection of module/tracker files. It's a community project, and categorizes individual audio files. You'll need a MOD-capable audio player.

XMP/libxmp

Index: help/channel_myoggradio.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_myoggradio.page +++ help/channel_myoggradio.page @@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ Open source stream directory. MyOggRadio +//myoggradio.org/

MyOggRadio is an open source internet radio directory project.

Since it provides its station list as JSON it's very well supported.

Index: help/channel_radionomy.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_radionomy.page +++ help/channel_radionomy.page @@ -7,35 +7,36 @@ European internet streaming provider Radionomy + //radionomy.com/

Radionomy is an internet radio streaming provider, orginally - founded in Belgium. It "owns" a pretty slice of the worldwide - internet radio stuff these days. It took over Shoutcast.com for + founded in Belgium. It commands a pretty big slice of the worldwide + internet radio stuff these days. - It took over Shoutcast.com for instance.

-

Their primary directory on Radionomy.com lists only stations, - that radionomy itself provides the servers for. It's over 6000 - already. Both listening and station hosting are freegiven agreement +

Their primary directory on Radionomy.com lists only stations + that radionomy itself hosts streaming servers for. It's over 6000 + already. Both listening and station hosting are free (given agreement to autoplay advertisements, and a minimum quota of daily listeners). - It's thus still growing.

+ Radionomy is therefore pretty popular and growing.

The extraction method in streamtuner2 uses a mix of RegExp, DOM traversal, and JSON extraction, with some AJAX updating spiced - in. It follows the scheme of the website to fetch station lists. + in. (It closely follows the website scheme to fetch station lists.)

config options -

You can configure the number of pages it'll try ('3' by +

You can configure the number of pages it'll try (3 by default) to influence the length of station lists.

-

And the song title updating ("OnAir Updates") can be disabled. +

And the song title updating ("OnAir Updates") can be disabled. Future versions of this channel plugin might poll it automatically, and keep the station list auto-updated.

Index: help/channel_shoutcast.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_shoutcast.page +++ help/channel_shoutcast.page @@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ - One of the bigger radio station lists. + Probably still the largest radio station list. Shoutcast + //shoutcast.com/

SHOUTcast is the name of a MP3 streaming server software. It automatically collects all station lists on shoutcast.com.

Index: help/channel_somafm.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_somafm.page +++ help/channel_somafm.page @@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ Set of radio stations SomaFM + //somafm.com/

SomaFM is a small radio station network. It provides its own unique channels. Which streamtuner2 shows in a static list.

It provides streaming links in different audio formats. Only Index: help/channel_surfmusik.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_surfmusik.page +++ help/channel_surfmusik.page @@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ International radio listings. SurfMusic + //surfmusic.de/

SurfMusic is a user-collection of internet radios. It's grouped by genres, or locations / countries.

It's both pretty large and rather quick to extract listings from. And it mostly Index: help/channel_tunein.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_tunein.page +++ help/channel_tunein.page @@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ Radio and Podcast directory. TuneIn + //tunein.com/

TuneIn hosts a major radio, show and podcast directory. It also provides the RadioTime/AIR interface for listener feedback or something. ST2 queries the OPML lists only for radio stations currently.

Index: help/channel_ubuntuusers.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_ubuntuusers.page +++ help/channel_ubuntuusers.page @@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ Wiki list of radio stations UbuntuUsers + //ubuntuusers.de/

There's a manually curated list of radio stations in the UbuntuUsers.de Wiki. Like the origin website, most entries are German or European stations.

Index: help/channel_xiph.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_xiph.page +++ help/channel_xiph.page @@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ ICEcast radio directory. Xiph.org + //dir.xiph.org/

Xiph.org is a non-profit organization, which develops and promotes the OGG streaming format, and develops audio compression schemes such as Vorbis, FLAC, Opus, or the Theora video encoding enve. It also hosts a list of ICEcast streaming stations. ICEcast Index: help/channel_youtube.page ================================================================== --- help/channel_youtube.page +++ help/channel_youtube.page @@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ Youtube music/video listings. Youtube + //youtube.com/ -

Googles Youtube provides a quirky - JSON API that makes browsing channels and genres feasible. This beta plugin - provides a little overview, and usually retrieves recent video uploads.

+

Googles Youtube provides a quirky JSON API that makes browsing + channels and genres feasible. This beta plugin provides a little + overview, and usually retrieves recent video uploads.

VLC can directly play Youtube URLs. For other players one can use youtube-dl as wrapper. For example totem $(youtube-dl %srv) as configured player command.

Index: help/html/channels.html ================================================================== --- help/html/channels.html +++ help/html/channels.html @@ -34,24 +34,24 @@
Index: help/html/configuration.html ================================================================== --- help/html/configuration.html +++ help/html/configuration.html @@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ applied right away for already active channel/feature plugins.

If you want to find out more about the short option descriptions (most settings are checkboxes), please have a look into the channels directory /usr/share/streamtuner2/channels/ and corresponding *.py files. These are somewhat readable even to non-programmers, and sometimes contain more information.

Index: help/html/dirble.html ================================================================== --- help/html/dirble.html +++ help/html/dirble.html @@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Browsing channels and radio stations » Channels › Available channels »
♪ Streamtuner2  › Channel tabs »
-

Dirble

+
+

Dirble

+

//dirble.com/

+

Dirble.com is another radio station directory, made up of user-contributed content, and automatic streaming server polling.

It provides a JSON API, which as of v2 has a lot of unneeded meta Index: help/html/filtermusic.html ================================================================== --- help/html/filtermusic.html +++ help/html/filtermusic.html @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -filtermusic.net +filtermusic

-

filtermusic.net

+
+

filtermusic

+

//filtermusic.net/

+
Index: help/html/internet_radio_org_uk.html ================================================================== --- help/html/internet_radio_org_uk.html +++ help/html/internet_radio_org_uk.html @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Internet-Radio.com +Internet-Radio
-

Internet-Radio.com

+
+

Internet-Radio

+

//internet-radio.com/

+

Internet-Radio.com is a broad alternative to Shoutcast. It has regained station homepages for most entries again. Genres are similiar to Shoutcast.

Index: help/html/jamendo.html ================================================================== --- help/html/jamendo.html +++ help/html/jamendo.html @@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Browsing channels and radio stations » Channels › Available channels »
-

Jamendo

+
+

Jamendo

+

//jamendo.com/

+

Jamendo is a Creative Comments licensing oriented music distributor. It hosts audio files for individual musicians and artists. Tracks and albums can thus be downloaded free of charge. Yeah, imagine that.

Index: help/html/live365.html ================================================================== --- help/html/live365.html +++ help/html/live365.html @@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Browsing channels and radio stations » Channels › Available channels »
-

Live365

+
+

Live365

+

//live365.com/

+

Live365 is a radio broadcasting service and directory. It categorizes stations in over 250 genres. Not all radio stations are free to listen however. It's a commercial provider. Therefore streamtuner2 tries to filter result lists.

Index: help/html/modarchive.html ================================================================== --- help/html/modarchive.html +++ help/html/modarchive.html @@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Browsing channels and radio stations » Channels › Available channels »
-

The MOD Archive

+
+

The MOD Archive

+

//modarchive.org/

+

MODArchive is a collection of module/tracker files. It's a community project, and categorizes individual audio files. You'll need a MOD-capable audio player.

    Index: help/html/myoggradio.html ================================================================== --- help/html/myoggradio.html +++ help/html/myoggradio.html @@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Channel tabs »
-

MyOggRadio

+
+

MyOggRadio

+

//myoggradio.org/

+

MyOggRadio is an open source internet radio directory project.

Since it provides its station list as JSON it's very well supported.

Index: help/html/radionomy.html ================================================================== --- help/html/radionomy.html +++ help/html/radionomy.html @@ -12,33 +12,36 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Browsing channels and radio stations » Channels › Available channels »
-

Radionomy

+
+

Radionomy

+

//radionomy.com/

+

Radionomy is an internet radio streaming provider, orginally - founded in Belgium. It "owns" a pretty slice of the worldwide - internet radio stuff these days. It took over Shoutcast.com for + founded in Belgium. It commands a pretty big slice of the worldwide + internet radio stuff these days. - It took over Shoutcast.com for instance.

-

Their primary directory on Radionomy.com lists only stations, - that radionomy itself provides the servers for. It's over 6000 - already. Both listening and station hosting are freegiven agreement +

Their primary directory on Radionomy.com lists only stations + that radionomy itself hosts streaming servers for. It's over 6000 + already. Both listening and station hosting are free (given agreement to autoplay advertisements, and a minimum quota of daily listeners). - It's thus still growing.

+ Radionomy is therefore pretty popular and growing.

The extraction method in streamtuner2 uses a mix of RegExp, DOM traversal, and JSON extraction, with some AJAX updating spiced - in. It follows the scheme of the website to fetch station lists. + in. (It closely follows the website scheme to fetch station lists.)

config options

-

You can configure the number of pages it'll try ('3' by +

You can configure the number of pages it'll try (3 by default) to influence the length of station lists.

-

And the song title updating ("OnAir Updates") can be disabled. +

And the song title updating ("OnAir Updates") can be disabled. Future versions of this channel plugin might poll it automatically, and keep the station list auto-updated.

-

Shoutcast

+
+

Shoutcast

+

//shoutcast.com/

+

SHOUTcast is the name of a MP3 streaming server software. It automatically collects all station lists on shoutcast.com.

Index: help/html/somafm.html ================================================================== --- help/html/somafm.html +++ help/html/somafm.html @@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Browsing channels and radio stations » Channels › Available channels »
-

SomaFM

+
+

SomaFM

+

//somafm.com/

+

SomaFM is a small radio station network. It provides its own unique channels. Which streamtuner2 shows in a static list.

It provides streaming links in different audio formats. Only Index: help/html/surfmusik.html ================================================================== --- help/html/surfmusik.html +++ help/html/surfmusik.html @@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Channel tabs »

-

SurfMusic

+
+

SurfMusic

+

//surfmusic.de/

+

SurfMusic is a user-collection of internet radios. It's grouped by genres, or locations / countries.

It's both pretty large and rather quick to extract listings from. And it mostly Index: help/html/tunein.html ================================================================== --- help/html/tunein.html +++ help/html/tunein.html @@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Browsing channels and radio stations » Channels › Available channels »

-

TuneIn

+
+

TuneIn

+

//tunein.com/

+

TuneIn hosts a major radio, show and podcast directory. It also provides the RadioTime/AIR interface for listener feedback or something. ST2 queries the OPML lists only for radio stations currently.

-

UbuntuUsers

+
+

UbuntuUsers

+

//ubuntuusers.de/

+

There's a manually curated list of radio stations in the UbuntuUsers.de Wiki. Like the origin website, most entries are German or European stations.

Index: help/html/xiph.html ================================================================== --- help/html/xiph.html +++ help/html/xiph.html @@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Channel tabs »
-

Xiph.org

+
+

Xiph.org

+

//dir.xiph.org/

+

Xiph.org is a non-profit organization, which develops and promotes the OGG streaming format, and develops audio compression schemes such as Vorbis, FLAC, Opus, or the Theora video encoding Index: help/html/youtube.html ================================================================== --- help/html/youtube.html +++ help/html/youtube.html @@ -14,16 +14,19 @@ ♪ Streamtuner2  › Channel tabs »

-

Youtube

+
+

Youtube

+

//youtube.com/

+
-

Googles Youtube provides a quirky - JSON API that makes browsing channels and genres feasible. This beta plugin - provides a little overview, and usually retrieves recent video uploads.

+

Googles Youtube provides a quirky JSON API that makes browsing + channels and genres feasible. This beta plugin provides a little + overview, and usually retrieves recent video uploads.

VLC can directly play Youtube URLs. For other players one can use youtube-dl as wrapper. For example totem $(youtube-dl %srv) as configured player command.

Youtube-dl is preconfigued as "recording"/download tool for this channel