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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Are there any simple BBC internet radio programs for the Pi?
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 10:48:36 +0100
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On 07/09/2024 02:56, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:31:53 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> Its also M3u8 which is not recognised by many command line programs on a
>>> headless Pi
>>
>> ffplay (part of FFmpeg) can play m3u8 URLs. What other "many command line
>> programs" could you be talking about?
> 
> If the Wikipedia page about M3U is accurate then the m3u8 file will
> just be a text file including a URL to an audio stream. If it's an
> MP3 audio stream, then that can probably be copied manually to use
> with any common command-line MP3 player (I use mpg123 or mpg321).
> 
Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. I tried. For hours. It used to 
when it was an icecast stream.

> But that BBC URL gives me 403 Forbidden, so I guess it's region
> restricted and as such I haven't seen for myself. Indeed I don't
> think I've seen a M3U(8) file before.
> 
The only way I have found to play m3u8 BBC streams *headless* is with cvlc.

Maybe I will update my player software to use that in due course


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