Most radio stations are listed with a homepage URL. Use the house symbol in the
- toolbar or right clickhomepage to open it in a web browser.
+
Most radio stations are listed with a homepage URL. Use the 🏠 house symbol in the toolbar or
+ right clickhomepage to open
+ it in a web browser.
-
Some homepage links are guessed, because some channels (e.g. Shoutcast) don't provide them (anymore).
- If you play a station without homepage URL, it automatically gets googled. (The link will be visible
- once you reselect the genre/category.)
-
+
Some homepage links are guessed, because some channels (e.g.
+ Shoutcast) don't provide them (anymore). If you play a station
+ without homepage URL, it automatically gets googled. (The link will
+ be visible once you reselect the genre/category.)
Channel homepages
-
You can also visit channel homepages (Shoutcast.com, Xiph.org, etc).
- Either from the Channel menu, or via double clicking the channel tab.
+
You can also visit channel homepages (Shoutcast.com, Xiph.org,
+ etc). Either from the Channel menu, or via double
+ clicking the channel tab.
Most stations that stream MP3 or OGG music can be recorded. This is
accomplished through the command-line tool streamripper. If you
-select a station and press ● record, a console
+select a station and press ● record, a console
window should appear, where streamripper shows its progress.
You can configure the recording tool
according to audio types again. Usually you want to use the %srv placeholder.
Audio files are packaged up in ZIP files on MODArchive.
While they are different formats (IT, S3M, XM, etc) they'll all
carry a generic audio/mod+zip type specifier in
streamtuner2 for configuration:
-
-
Recording apps
+
+
Recording apps
audio/mod+zip
cd ~/Music ; wget %srv
You can use curl, or wrap the command with xterm
(though files are too quick to download).
Index: help/html/homepage.html
==================================================================
--- help/html/homepage.html
+++ help/html/homepage.html
@@ -15,21 +15,23 @@
Radio homepages
-
Most radio stations are listed with a homepage URL. Use the house symbol in the
- toolbar or right click ▸ homepage to open it in a web browser.
-
Some homepage links are guessed, because some channels (e.g. Shoutcast) don't provide them (anymore).
- If you play a station without homepage URL, it automatically gets googled. (The link will be visible
- once you reselect the genre/category.)
-
+
Most radio stations are listed with a homepage URL. Use the 🏠 house symbol in the toolbar or
+ right click ▸ homepage to open
+ it in a web browser.
+
Some homepage links are guessed, because some channels (e.g.
+ Shoutcast) don't provide them (anymore). If you play a station
+ without homepage URL, it automatically gets googled. (The link will
+ be visible once you reselect the genre/category.)
Channel homepages
-
You can also visit channel homepages (Shoutcast.com, Xiph.org, etc).
- Either from the Channel menu, or via double clicking the channel tab.
+
You can also visit channel homepages (Shoutcast.com, Xiph.org,
+ etc). Either from the Channel menu, or via double
+ clicking the channel tab.
You can get a radio list according to search criteria.
Play, Record and Homepage also have buttons in the toolbar.
Refresh radio lists
-
After some time, stream informations become obsolete. Therefore you should regularily
- refresh the lists. The Reload button in the toolbar (or F5) is your friend. You can
- also update the category lists with Channel ▸ Reload Category Tree
- and load favicons using Channel ▸ Update favicons...
+
+
After some time, stream informations become obsolete. Therefore you should regularily
+ refresh the lists. The Reload button in the toolbar
+ (or F5) is your friend.
+
You can also update the category lists with Channel ▸ Reload Category Tree
+ and load favicons using Channel ▸ Update favicons...
+
You should only select radio stations and genres that you like.
Audio files are packaged up in ZIP files on MODArchive.
While they are different formats (IT, S3M, XM, etc) they'll all
carry a generic audio/mod+zip type specifier in
streamtuner2 for configuration:
-
+
Recording apps
audio/mod+zip
-
cd ~/Music ; wget %srv
+
cd ~/Music ; wget %srv
You can use curl, or wrap the command with xterm
(though files are too quick to download).
A few file managers might be able to open the URLs directly even.
Index: help/html/recording.html
==================================================================
--- help/html/recording.html
+++ help/html/recording.html
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
Recording
Most stations that stream MP3 or OGG music can be recorded. This is
accomplished through the command-line tool streamripper. If you
-select a station and press ● record, a console
+select a station and press ● record, a console
window should appear, where streamripper shows its progress.
Station information can get stale. Especially Shoutcast invalidates old information
- frequently. Therefore you have to ▸ Reload the lists.
+ frequently. Therefore you have to ↻ Reload the lists.
There is an action button below the menu bar for this.
It retrieves the current data from the directory service.
Favicons aren't loaded automatically. There is a menu entry in Channels for that, which
works in the background and doesn't display the new icons automatically either. Simply
reselect the category/genre in the left pane. Or again, use the station reload button.
You can get to the search dialog via Edit ▸ Find or Ctrl+F. Centrally
- to this dialog is the text field, where you can specify the phrase
+ to this dialog is a text field, where you can specify the phrase
to scan for.
-
It either will search in all channels, or just the last active
- channel/service.
-
Then there are two search variants. You mostly want to use
- the live Server search. It passes your search terms to
- the actual directory services, and loads the most recent data into a
- result list. This might take a few seconds. And it's not implemented
- for all channel plugins. (Some websites/APIs don't have a search.)
-
While Cache find would just look up entries in your
- already downloaded channel/genre lists. This is sufficient when
- you're just looking for something previously seen/listened to.
+
It either will search in:
+
+
☐ all channels
+
☒ last active channel/service.
+ (You therefore want to switch channel tabs before
+ invoking this search mode.)
+
+
Then there are two search variants:
+
+
+
Server search
+
You mostly want to use the live server search. It
+ passes your search terms to the actual directory services, and
+ loads the most recent data into a result list.
+
This might take
+ a few seconds. And it's not implemented for all channel plugins.
+ (Some websites/APIs don't have a search.)
+
+
+
Cache find
+
While cache find would just look up entries in your
+ already downloaded channel/genre lists. This is sufficient when
+ you're just looking for something previously seen/listened to.
+
+
Index: help/introduction.page
==================================================================
--- help/introduction.page
+++ help/introduction.page
@@ -36,27 +36,28 @@
or access the context menu with a right click.
Play
Starts the radio in a configured audio player
Record
Opens a terminal window and streamripper, which cuts the radio broadcast into individual mp3 songs.
Bookmarks
Copy radio entry over into the bookmarks channel.
-
Homepage
Most radio stations have a homepage, which you can start a web browser for.
-
Saving
A radio entry can be exported as .pls, .xspf, .m3u, .desktop, or .json file.
-
Extensions
Some plugins add other features in this submenu.
-
Editing
This command is in the Edit and context menu, allows to inspect and modify radio descriptions.
-
Searching
You can get a radio list according to search criteria.
+
Homepage
Most radio stations have a homepage, which you can start a web browser for.
+
Saving
A radio entry can be exported as .pls, .xspf, .m3u, .desktop, or .json file.
+
Extensions
Some plugins add other features in this submenu.
+
Editing
This command is in the Edit and context menu, allows to inspect and modify radio descriptions.
+
Searching
You can get a radio list according to search criteria.
Play, Record and Homepage also have buttons in the toolbar.
Refresh radio lists
After some time, stream informations become obsolete. Therefore you should regularily
- refresh the lists. The Reload button in the toolbar (or F5) is your friend. You can
- also update the category lists with ChannelReload Category Tree
- and load favicons using ChannelUpdate favicons...
+ refresh the lists. The Reload button in the toolbar
+ (or F5) is your friend.
+
You can also update the category lists with ChannelReload Category Tree
+ and load favicons using ChannelUpdate favicons...
You should only select radio stations and genres that you like.
Station information can get stale. Especially Shoutcast invalidates old information
- frequently. Therefore you have to Reload the lists.
+ frequently. Therefore you have to ↻ Reload the lists.
There is an action button below the menu bar for this.
It retrieves the current data from the directory service.
Favicons aren't loaded automatically. There is a menu entry in Channels for that, which
works in the background and doesn't display the new icons automatically either. Simply
reselect the category/genre in the left pane. Or again, use the station reload button.
You can get to the search dialog via EditFind or Ctrl+F. Centrally
- to this dialog is the text field, where you can specify the phrase
+ to this dialog is a text field, where you can specify the phrase
to scan for.
-
It either will search in all channels, or just the last active
- channel/service.
-
-
Then there are two search variants. You mostly want to use
- the live Server search. It passes your search terms to
- the actual directory services, and loads the most recent data into a
- result list. This might take a few seconds. And it's not implemented
- for all channel plugins. (Some websites/APIs don't have a search.)
-
-
While Cache find would just look up entries in your
- already downloaded channel/genre lists. This is sufficient when
- you're just looking for something previously seen/listened to.
+
It either will search in:
+
+
☐ all channels
+
☒ last active channel/service.
+ (You therefore want to switch channel tabs before
+ invoking this search mode.)
+
+
+
Then there are two search variants:
+
+
+ Server search
+
You mostly want to use the live server search. It
+ passes your search terms to the actual directory services, and
+ loads the most recent data into a result list.
This might take
+ a few seconds. And it's not implemented for all channel plugins.
+ (Some websites/APIs don't have a search.)
+
+
+ Cache find
+
While cache find would just look up entries in your
+ already downloaded channel/genre lists. This is sufficient when
+ you're just looking for something previously seen/listened to.