Re: [gentoo-user] Internet radio?

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Paul Hartman
> <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> My dad is interested in some sort of an Internet Radio app for his
>>> Gnome desktop. He was thinking of buying a Slingbox but has backed off
>>> the idea. For a while we played with iTunes under Wine but that's sort
>>> of a mess so I'm looking for something native to Linux.
>>
>> I don't understand what Slingbox has to do with internet radio. Amarok
>> 2 (not gnome) has hundreds of internet radio stations in it...
>>
>> I think most of them are just mp3 streams, so if you get the URL from
>> anywhere out there on the web you should be able to play it with any
>> media player I would think. Check out shoutcast.com.
>
> Am I wrong about the product name? It was specifically a stand alone
> Internet radio player. It looks like a clock radio almost that sits by
> the bed. I'm not finding it on their site now. Wonder if they
> discontinued it? Maybe I'm thinking of the wrong company. It used to
> show up on the Pandora site but I don't see it there either.
>
> Anyway, I should have stated that he has almost no interest in
> listening to music. He wants to listen to news form around the world.
> BBC, NPR and whatever he can find.
>
> I was looking at Amarok 2 based on your other thread and that reminded
> me about this topic. I didn't want to hijack that thread though.
>
> What keywords are required to get Amarok 2 to build? I'm not clear
> what ~*2.0.1.1 means.

Slingbox is for streaming your TV to and remotely controlling it from
a PC or Cell Phone. (I've got one -- doesn't work on Linux, though.
booo)

My dad has one of those portable internet radios, I don't know the
name but it works well and he seems to be pleased with it. (As long as
you're in wifi range)