how to add radio stationS to banshee 1.2.1

[spandanj]

Hi,

I reinstalled banshee from PPA. latest 1.2.1 - 3


There are no radio stations in 'radio'. How can I add all the popular radio stations that normally come listed under radio with banshee. I know there are because I had them in my previous installation. I don't want to add stations one at a time. Is there a way I can get a list and copy/paste somewhere?

thanks

[meho_r]

Good question. Same with 1.4.1. Anyone?

[santosomar]

same here with Banshee 1.2.1

[andoni]

I've got the same problem. I don't know why banshee's developers erased all the radio stations.

I used to listen to them, so, if anyone could bring us the URLs of those radio stations, I would really appreciate it.

Greetings from Spain .

[mattisking]

I'm not sure how to get those back... but I just added a radio station from Live365.com.
1) Go to Live365.com
2) Look down at the bottom... for "Listening Settings".
3) For MP3 Player, you'll under the Web Player, "Additional Options". Choose from them, "MP3 Desktop Player".
4) Save your settings, and then search for a radio station.
5) Choose one and start it playing... it will let you download a file ... generally something like play.pls. Save this file on your desktop or wherever.
6) Open the file with gedit or look at it in a terminal. You'll see a long url that looks something like:

File1=http://www.live365.com/play/341355?auth=b926481039488ee73bfb4ea7670f4910-1238162608-unclebuster&tag=live365&token=11c1bcd2be4c1c8809036acb1a13f280-0306270080400000&sid=71.75.251.99-1237357245479&lid=517-usa&from=pls

7) Just grab the http://.... part after the File1= and copy it.
8) In Banshee while looking at your stations, click the Add Station icon up top by the volume icon. Fill out the bits you want and put that long URL in for Stream URL. Save. Enjoy.

In general this should work for any Online Radio station. You just need a way to access the stream URL.

[spandanj]

In general this should work for any Online Radio station. You just need a way to access the stream URL.

Hey, Thanks.

It works. However, I wish there was a file that contained all the URL streams lists so that I didn't have to add one station at a time.

Is there such a file? or such an "add-on" for banshee. eg. A "live365.com" radios add-on which would prompt you to choose which radio stations to add for you.

thanks

[spandanj]

Also,

do the URL addresses for the radio stream change? ever?

[indwic]

Thanx mattisking, now the problem is I don't know the artist and song title that currently playing...

[artisan002]

Actually, spandanj, a lot of web radio URLs go dead, more than change. However, plenty of them change, as well. This has been cited by the lead developer of Banshee as to why he isn't including radio stations in newer versions. See his remarks here: http://abock.org/2008/11/17/a-couple...ing-to-banshee

As you'll notice, he's looking at putting it back in for later versions, as an extension. But, the speed of that will depend entirely on the amount of help they can get on the matter. It's not high up on his to-do list.

[Ghost|BTFH]

*semi* simple trick to *fix* this issue - Rhythmbox is installed by default. Rhythmbox has an internet radio playlist, yet sadly has issues with the streaming media.

So kill two birds with one stone and steal the Rhythmbox's internet radio playlist. It's found under /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/iradio/iradio-initial.pls

For those who really don't feel like looking it up or don't happen to have rhythmbox for some reason, allow me to share the urls:

[playlist]

# http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/liste..._computer.html
file1=http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vr
title1=Absolute Radio (Modem)
genre1=Pop

file2=http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vrbb
title2=Absolute Radio (Broadband)
genre2=Pop

file3=http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vx
title3=Absolute Xtreme (Modem)
genre3=Modern Rock

file4=http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vxbb
title4=Absolute Xtreme (Broadband)
genre4=Modern Rock

file5=http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vc
title5=Absolute Classic Rock (Modem)
genre5=Rock'n'Roll

file6=http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vcbb
title6=Absolute Classic Rock (Broadband)
genre6=Rock'n'Roll

file7=http://ubuntu.hbr1.com:19800/trance.ogg
title7=HBR1.com - I.D.M. Tranceponder
genre7=Trance

file8=http://ubuntu.hbr1.com:19800/tronic.ogg
title8=HBR1.com - Tronic Lounge
genre8=House

file9=http://ubuntu.hbr1.com:19800/ambient.ogg
title9=HBR1.com - Dream Factory
genre9=Ambient

# http://www.wknc.org/listen.php
file10=http://wknc.org:8000/wknclq.ogg.m3u
title10=WKNC 88.1 FM (NC State) (Modem)
genre10=Music

file11=http://wknc.org:8000/wkncmq.ogg.m3u
title11=WKNC 88.1 FM (NC State) (Broadband)
genre11=Music

# http://www.cbc.ca/listen/ogg.html
file12=http://www.cbc.ca/livemedia/cbcr1-toronto.m3u
title12=CBC Radio One (Canada)
genre12=General

file13=http://www.cbc.ca/livemedia/cbcr2-toronto.m3u
title13=CBC Radio Two (Canada)
genre13=General

# http://www.nrk.no/lyd/
file14=http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-p1-172.ogg.m3u
title14=NRK P1 (Norway)
genre14=General

file15=http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-p2-172.ogg.m3u
title15=NRK P2 (Norway)
genre15=General

file16=http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-petre-172.ogg.m3u
title16=NRK P3 (Norway)
genre16=General

file17=http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-alltid-nyheter-172.ogg.m3u
title17=NRK Alltid Nyheter (Norway)
genre17=

file18=http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-mpetre-172.ogg.m3u
title18=NRK mP3 (Norway)
genre18=

file19=http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-alltid-klassisk-172.ogg.m3u
title19=NRK Alltid Klassisk (Norway)
genre19=

Copy the http section and paste that into the URL. Give it a name, and select a genre and away you go.

Maybe that'll give you a start.

Cheers,
Ghost|BTFH