RE: Playlists for web radio stations
- From: "Jamie Cuthbertson" <jamie.cuthbertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 11:22:03 +0100
Hi Penny,
That's absolutely correct. Sorry about that.
Jamie
-----Original Message-----
From: ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Penny Golden
Sent: 02 April 2011 10:09
To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Playlists for web radio stations
This is only for the "pocket," right?
we old PTR2 users have not this capability, right?
Thanks.
At 10:28 PM 4/1/2011, you wrote:
>they don't work for me. I don't know why but they don't. I am at a
>loss to explain why.
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Bosher" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 9:16 AM
>Subject: Re: Playlists for web radio stations
>
>
>>Hi Gary,
>>
>>I'm not sure why you say this: I've found most Windows Media
>>streams to work fine, including those BBC streams. WMA streams
>>usually have the extension ASX, and those saved ASX files have
>>mostly worked so far. There's one site where they don't work
>>because the website does some fancy scripting that stops you saving
>>the files, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms.
>>
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>At 06:09 PM 3/31/2011, you wrote:
>>>I don't think you are doing anything wrong. the pocket doesn't
>>>appear to work with Windows Media streams. that is to bad, for
>>>most stations stream in WMA format.
>>>
>>>I think the plextalk folks will have to address this issue.
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie Cuthbertson"
>>><jamie.cuthbertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:04 PM
>>>Subject: RE: Playlists for web radio stations
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi Peter,
>>>
>>>Apologies as I think I'm being really dense here.
>>>
>>>I've sorted out the Radio Scotland side of things that you posted earlier
>>>and am now trying to sort out Classic FM. The M3U link you sent works
>>>perfectly when I use my computer as it just kicks into Windows Media
Player,
>>>but, if I use the Plextalk Transfer software to create a new web radio
>>>station playlist, it doesn't appear to work. I must be missing an
important
>>>part of the process.
>>>
>>>All the other ones seemed to go into a Save As option but this one just
>>>starts the station playing.
>>>
>>>Have you managed to get this one working and, if so, what method did you
use
>>>to create the necessary playlist on the Pocket?
>>>
>>>I guess it will be really obvious but it is eluding me at the moment.
>>>
>>>Thanks again,
>>>
>>>Jamie
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Bosher
>>>Sent: 24 March 2011 22:34
>>>To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: RE: Playlists for web radio stations
>>>
>>>Hi again Jamie/All,
>>>
>>>I came across a useful resource for finding UK and Irish stations,
>>>though the website is not the easiest to navigate:
>>>http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/
>>>
>>>Try this M3u for Classic FM gleaned from that site:
>>>http://media-ice.musicradio.com/ClassicFMMP3.m3u
>>>
>>>Best,
>>>
>>>Peter
>>>
>>>At 04:35 PM 3/22/2011, you wrote:
>>>>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
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>[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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