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Streaming internet-radio on PPC (os9/OS X)

bobesch

bobesch

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Last night I discovered, that all my internet-radio streaming links were broken and didn't work with iTunes 10 on my 12" PowerBook anymore.
Searching for another web-radio streaming app I was lucky to find "FStream".
You will find the latest version to work with PPC/Leopard&Tiger via Wayback Machine. Reading the History there's obviously a version for os9 but I didn't dig any deeper yet, though I'm looking forward to stream radio on my "new" 1st gen. Bondi-iMac.
Here's the link for Leopard/Tiger:
https://web.archive.org/web/20100304143123/https://www.sourcemac.com/?page=fstream

Finally I was able to update the radio-links for iTunes too, which is way more smarter since I can choose any of our AirportExpress&attached speakers to stream sound-out via AirTunes.
How about your ways to use PPC as a music-streaming/radio-streaming device...?
 
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I've been using FStream for a while - it's great for recording shows while you're busy doing something else too.
Mplayer can be used for streaming too - make a bunch of scripts for each station, put in a folder and link to the dock for instant access.
 
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A couple of years ago iTunes broke for internet stations. The solution at the time was simply to load the streaming URL. Once you put that in, iTunes created a bookmark and there were no more issues.

But if you already have URLs then that's wierd. I haven't had any issues on iTunes 4.0 with my Quad.
 
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Dronecatcher said:
I've been using FStream for a while - it's great for recording shows while you're busy doing something else too.
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Yeah, I forgot to mention the recording-option. That's great too!
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eyoungren said:
A couple of years ago iTunes broke for internet stations. The solution at the time was simply to load the streaming URL. Once you put that in, iTunes created a bookmark and there were no more issues.
But if you already have URLs then that's wierd. I haven't had any issues on iTunes 4.0 with my Quad.
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Ah, there must have been something wrong with my URL links - the Radio-section within iTunes always worked but my collection of links to Streaming-Radio-stations simply didn't work anymore. After I collected all the links from the respective stations everything is fine aganin with both iTunes and FStream.
It's nice having found another gem!
 
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eyoungren said:
A couple of years ago iTunes broke for internet stations. The solution at the time was simply to load the streaming URL. Once you put that in, iTunes created a bookmark and there were no more issues.

But if you already have URLs then that's wierd. I haven't had any issues on iTunes 4.0 with my Quad.
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This still works on Mac OS 9 in iTunes last I checked. Simply paste the station URL in and create a bookmark.
 
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Hi all!

I am very interested in this topic, I have installed audion and iTunes on both 9 and 10.4.
Where do you get your radio station links and how do you import them?
Just drag'n'drop?
 
ltpitt said:
Hi all!

I am very interested in this topic, I have installed audion and iTunes on both 9 and 10.4.
Where do you get your radio station links and how do you import them?
Just drag'n'drop?
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A lot of internet radio stations will provide either links or PLS files. In the case of a link, open iTunes and then go to File>Open Stream and paste the link.

If you're using a PLS file, simply double click on it (assuming iTunes as the default app) or just drag and drop it to add it.

Can't speak to Audion.
 
Bumping this. How do I find working streaming URLs from websites that are iTunes compatible? I have never been able to figure this out. I currently use PowerFox to stream radio online as its the only way I've known that works, it's just very slow to load and audio can occasionally skip.
 
Appleuser201 said:
Bumping this. How do I find working streaming URLs from websites that are iTunes compatible? I have never been able to figure this out. I currently use PowerFox to stream radio online as its the only way I've known that works, it's just very slow to load and audio can occasionally skip.
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Have you tried using AquaCenter? It's an app I purpose built for PPC that lets you stream internet radio among other things.
 
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