Internet Radio

rock1

is there a good freeware to listen to internet radio stations. I'm currently using my web browser to listen to channels but don't like this option. Is there an alternative out there?

Marian

Some online radios let you download a file which can be opened with winamp and other players.

Gaieus

Well, I guess Windows Media Player is good, too, but I do not like it too much so I use Winamp. It can easily be minimized in the background as well as its icon in the tray and since I use Firefox for Internet browsing, there is a plugin called FoxyTunes so I can control Winamp from the FF status bar easily (it can control other media players, too, of course).

Now as I am looking at it, it seems to work with IE, too (and Yahoo Messenger but of course I do not use that):
http://www.foxytunes.com/

rock1

@marian said:

Some online radios let you download a file which can be opened with winamp and other players.

I didn't know that !! can you name one please?

Marian

@rock1 said:

I didn't know that !! can you name one please?

I don't really listen often to online radios plus I'm sure our tastes differ, but if you just want to see how that works here you go.

http://www.magicfm.ro/ Romanian radio, just push the blue with rainbow button the right hand side to download that file for streaming.
http://www.japanaradio.com/ Japanese songs from animes, push the tune in button to get the file.

numbthumb

There are some really interesting and customised web radio services like http://musicovery.com/ but what I would really like to know is whether or not it is legal to record streaming Internet radio.
Would it be illegal to record copyrighted materials for personal use? I assume that distributing copyrighted materials, on the other hand, does constitute copyright infringement and is illegal.

EscapeArtist

@rock1 said:

@marian said:

Some online radios let you download a file which can be opened with winamp and other players.

I didn't know that !! can you name one please?

Sure. If you like 80s music, try Radionigel.com. You can listen to their stream using anything from WinAmp to VLC or even iTunes.

rock1

@numbthumb said:

There are some really interesting and customised web radio services like http://musicovery.com/ but what I would really like to know is whether or not it is legal to record streaming Internet radio.
Would it be illegal to record copyrighted materials for personal use? I assume that distributing copyrighted materials, on the other hand, does constitute copyright infringement and is illegal.

thank you numbthumb . There's one station I know called Planet Rock. It's really awesome Well I guess recording is purely legal. We've been doing this recording stuff for years. I used to record songs off radio channels on good old cassettes [the one with the magnetic tapes wrapped around those round round wheels ]. Many of my friends used to do so when the CD and the mp3 wasn't invented. So it's purely legal to record songs from radio and store them anywhere. The radio channels also know this thing I suppose, so do the music companies. They can't be so dumb

rock1

@gaieus said:

Well, I guess Windows Media Player is good, too, but I do not like it too much so I use Winamp. It can easily be minimized in the background as well as its icon in the tray and since I use Firefox for Internet browsing, there is a plugin called FoxyTunes so I can control Winamp from the FF status bar easily (it can control other media players, too, of course).Now as I am looking at it, it seems to work with IE, too (and Yahoo Messenger but of course I do not use that):
http://www.foxytunes.com/

You're using Firfox for browsing? I thought tech - savvy people almost stopped using firefox when Chrome was released. I guess it's much lighter and faster. Extensions are available for this browser in abundance. But I'm disappointed to hear that FoxyTunes is not available for Chrome.

Btw, you're using Winampe Free or a Pro Version. And how can I listen to radio in Windows Media Player. ? I thought that you can only listen to music or watch videos that are in a portable media device or your hard drive.

Thanks everyone at SCF for answering my query. I didn't expect such a quick reply here on a forum for a SketchUp. I asked the same question on Internet Radio Forum before posting here . Guess what ??, I'm still awaiting reply.

Gaieus

@rock1 said:

You're using Firfox for browsing? I thought tech - savvy people almost stopped using firefox when Chrome was released. I guess it's much lighter and faster. Extensions are available for this browser in abundance. But I'm disappointed to hear that FoxyTunes is not available for Chrome.

Well, no-one said I was "tech-savvy"

And yes, there are extensions/plugins for Chrome, too, but I have gotten used to some in FF too much to abandon it right now.

I have Chrome, too, however. And IE, Opera, Safari... You need all to test websites (and cross-browser compatibility)

Ecuadorian

I like Sky.fm and DI.fm. Here are the URLs of some of their free streams. You can tune in using Winamp or VLC. Just go to "Open URL" or "Open stream" and paste everything after http.

Or, if you prefer, here are some of Sky.fm and DI.fm URLs in .pls format for easy opening in Winamp or VLC:
pls radios.zip

If you have an iPhone/iPod touch you can also download the Sky.fm app and listen to these free streams via Wi-Fi.

rock1

@ecuadorian said:

I like Sky.fm and DI.fm. Here are the URLs of some of their free streams. You can tune in using Winamp or VLC. Just go to "Open URL" or "Open stream" and paste everything after http.

Classical,http://72.26.204.18:6116
Bossa Nova,http://72.26.204.18:6806
Chillout,http://72.26.204.18:6096
Classic Rock,http://72.26.204.18:6736
Classic Electronica,http://72.26.204.18:6086
Drum and Bass,http://72.26.204.18:6066
Lounge,http://72.26.204.18:6176
New Age,http://72.26.204.18:6156
Ambient,http://72.26.204.18:6196
American Songbook,http://72.26.204.28:6866/
Beatles Tribute,http://72.26.204.18:6826
Oldies,http://72.26.204.18:6686
Smooth Jazz,http://87.98.169.195:8000/
Soundtracks,http://72.26.204.18:6776

Or, if you prefer, here are some of Sky.fm and DI.fm URLs in .pls format for easy opening in Winamp or VLC:
[attachment=0:t5xwfksv]pls radios.zip[/attachment:t5xwfksv]

If you have an iPhone/iPod touch you can also download the Sky.fm app and listen to these free streams via Wi-Fi.

Whoa...Thanks man!!

rock1

@gaieus said:

Well, no-one said I was "tech-savvy"

And yes, there are extensions/plugins for Chrome, too, but I have gotten used to some in FF too much to abandon it right now.

I have Chrome, too, however. And IE, Opera, Safari... You need all to test websites (and cross-browser compatibility)

your answers show that you're tech savvy. Sometimes there's no need to say things which are obvious. Besides, you're the admin of this forum. Admins are always tech-savvy I guess

P.S. please answer all the questions that I asked.

Gaieus

Well, Winamp free and I do not use Win Media player for this but just tried and dragged/dropped my mu3 link into its interface and it started to play.

(And being an admin is rather handling people than being tech savvy actually)

jeff hammond

@rock1 said:

@marian said:

Some online radios let you download a file which can be opened with winamp and other players.

I didn't know that !! can you name one please?

best radio station in the u.s.

http://www.jazzandblues.org/programming/listen/stream/pls/KKJZ881.pls

[not very often will you see a new yorker saying something from l.a. is better than nyc.. especially jazz related ]

rock1

@gaieus said:

Well, Winamp free and I do not use Win Media player for this but just tried and dragged/dropped my mu3 link into its interface and it started to play.

(And being an admin is rather handling people than being tech savvy actually)

well, the people at SCF must have seen some great thing in you. There's only one admin I guess. You're the chosen one Neo

and yeah. can you please attach the m3u files here of the radio stations that you listen to ?? Thanks

Gaieus

Well, one I sometimes listen to is a classical music channel in Hungary. I have no idea how to really extract the full URL of the channel as it seems to be driven in Flash on the site here:
http://www.mr3-bartok.hu/

There is an "Élő adás" (Live Broadcast) link in blue there. Right click and save as a Winamp file (that's how I do it).

And of course, if you look at the administrators link at the bottom of the index page, you will se that Coen and Tavi are also admins.

Coen is not active ATM but Tavi is the real "technical" person here. I am just here to ban spammers.

Glenn at home

Another WinAmp vote here as well. Currently streaming SomaFm's Groove Salad.

Chris Fullmer

pandora.com has a desktop app you can use if you subscribe to their "Pandora One" paid service. I don't pay, but it might be owrth it if you really want a desktop app. I do love my Pandora,

http://pandora.com/pandora_one?ref=desktop_app_download

Chris

pilou

a curious thing is this one : Jamendo
because it's "free Musics" and "free Radios" that you never heard anywhere!