RE: Playlists for web radio stations
- From: "Jamie Cuthbertson" <jamie.cuthbertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:35:23 -0000
Hi Peter,
Thanks for this. I've now managed to get most of the numbered BBC stations.
I say most because I've not yet got BBC 5 Live but I'm working on it!! I
also wanted to get Classic FM and Radio Scotland.
It would be really good if we could persuade Plextor to create an FTP
location where we could upload and download playlists that we know work -
what do others think?
Anyway, if anyone wants me to mail them the playlists for BBC 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
or 7, just give me a shout.
Jamie
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[mailto:ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Bosher
Sent: 22 March 2011 14:13
To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Playlists for web radio stations
Hi Jamie, and All,
If it's a Windows Media link, which the BBC stations are, then you
can't make a playlist file, because M3U and PLS playlist files must
point to MP3 files.
So, when you see a Windows Media Player link, you need to right-click
it, and save the actual ASX file.
If you have the URL, then one way to get the ASX file, which works
under Windows XP, is to set your folder options so that Windows asks
whether you want to download or open the file. Then, when you go to
that URL with Internet Explorer, you can save the ASX file, and then
copy it to the Plex Web Radio folder either with the Transfer
software or Win Explorer.
I don't know how to do this in Windows 7, short of actually changing
the ASX association to stop Media Player opening, so if anybody does
know, or has a more elegant way to get the ASX files, then please let us
know.
I'm also looking at how to get stations across from a mobile phone,
because there are good searches there.
I do agree that this could be more intuitive (smile), but it's worth
the trouble because the Pocket makes such a nice Internet Radio.
And yes, I am so happy about the time-jump features. One other thing
I like is the dedicated folder for audio books, which means that when
playing music you don't get unwanted non-music recordings.
The only feature I can think of now for the wish list is to read MP3 tags.
Best,
Peter
At 07:56 PM 3/21/2011, you wrote:
>Hi again Peter,
>
> I think I am being particularly thick on this one but, even with your
>supplied URL, I am not getting a success.
>
>Can I check if you are using the "New web radio" feature on the File menu
of
>the transfer software or are you embedding the URL manually into an M3U or
>PLS file? I was trying to use the "New web radio" feature and it all
looked
>pretty obvious but then just doesn't connect at the critical moment.
>
>If it is the latter, are you just including the URL you mention or do you
>have to have other parameters specified?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Jamie
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Bosher
>Sent: 21 March 2011 14:32
>To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Playlists for web radio stations
>
>Hi Jamie and All,
>
>I've also been looking for a comprehensive list of station URL's, but
>meanwhile, a couple of tips re Internet Radio:
>
>When you do find a link to a stream you want to use on a website, you
>can usually right-click it, then choose "save target as", and the
>resulting file should be either a .M3U, PLS or ASX file which you can
>rename if you wish and then transfer across to the Pocket.
>
>Also, I particularly wanted to be able to stream BBC national
>stations, and the BBC player doesn't work this way, but I did find
>ASX files that work on the Pocket, so for example, here is the URL for
Radio
>4:
>http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4.asx
>
>and for other stations, replace r4 with r3, r7 and so-on.
>
>I'm loving this upgrade so far, so many thanks to Plextor.
>
>Best,
>
>Peter
>
>
>At 09:27 AM 3/21/2011, you wrote:
> >Hi there,
> >
> >Just trying to get started on using the PTP1 for playing web radio and
> >wondered if anyone knows of a consolidated list of web radio station
> >playlists or URLs?
> >
> >It seems to me that it would be much more straightforward if there was an
> >easy to access list of these so we can pick the ones we want rather than
> >having to search all over the place for the stations we want.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >Jamie
> >
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