My music experiment. Internet radio only

[Idyll]

FYI, I noticed that Rhythmbox plays radio stream

Le Mouv (alternative radio station from France)
http://mp3.live.tv-radio.com/lemouv/...vhautdebit.mp3

at a much better quality than tunein.com via my Ubuntu 11.10 machine's Chromium browser.

I use TuneIn app on my Android Atrix phone though and I enjoy it very much.

On the desktop, we appear to be better off using Rhythmbox or some similar application. Le Mouv (from France) sounds fantastic using Rhythmbox for me playing in central Indiana, USA.

[rykel]

On the desktop, we appear to be better off using Rhythmbox or some similar application. Le Mouv (from France) sounds fantastic using Rhythmbox for me playing in central Indiana, USA.

The problem with nearly all desktop or even web-based internet radios is that their station listing is not as comprehensive and global as TuneIn, even if their sound quality is better. Some may even display only internet radios, while leaving behind conventional radio stations. When Rhythmbox first appeared with built-in radio stations, the list is... well, leaves much to be desired.

If all radio programs with better sound quality have the same or more listing as TuneIn, then I guess we can have the cake and eat it too.

[Idyll]

Rykel,

Yes, I had to search out the stream URL for that radio station I mentioned above because it was not in Rhythmbox's channel listing. I've not found a good guide to use to obtain any radio station URL yet. I'm surprised no one has created a global database yet. I would think every radio station would want their stream URL published in a directory to encourage listeners and make it easy to add the station to any software to play Internet radio stations.

Guess I should write an app for that.

[rykel]

Rykel,

Yes, I had to search out the stream URL for that radio station I mentioned above because it was not in Rhythmbox's channel listing. I've not found a good guide to use to obtain any radio station URL yet. I'm surprised no one has created a global database yet. I would think every radio station would want their stream URL published in a directory to encourage listeners and make it easy to add the station to any software to play Internet radio stations.

Guess I should write an app for that.

Idyll, if you could write an app to "load" and "auto-update" the list of all radio stations in the world, you would make Rhythmbox equal to TuneIn and fabulous.