From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRxg4-00019F-Jk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:49:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7AF6BE045A; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:49:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com (rv-out-0708.google.com [209.85.198.251]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F12EE045A for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:49:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so7207064rvf.46 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:49:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RVBmvd2j+jfbwzCNUc8FBMeNrckNz0ejDkFp7EW1QZk=; b=fq85usRE9RL3/+KwMxNcvyGCTSsCFHSeNavJNIfXoXNr+qgaRd6ntQavyu0RYPlcyk PJiM5VyFhLPaMPLau9rJ671s/inbNCt77DQHIr59+rWS1IDiUqJKPp+IAfbSEEabl0dK CMss/4M5l9NYWc7jB+vmjuGw5QNgqBQvev8gI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=ZnWEJ/Io6RfMzjBkN7j1MlzQZ7iTfMZ73477oN8Xzj+WOES7m1ALRL8QOmMY51UcE7 /VoDb5Qe3Bb/r61kCLtSZ2Y+nHS0fD7BRf5tYQAz0UNqYa6D8RMSeOqygwF9+VxFDDAQ 0eDXo/LxMCQZNPY281XHye0d3yv5dNIAOfKd4= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.164.1 with SMTP id m1mr2436769rve.173.1233100145765; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:49:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0901271541m7dd6e936qc37b3d099dc8610f@mail.gmail.com> References: <5bdc1c8b0901271503h6449733ewb5df73c7e7c8eede@mail.gmail.com> <58965d8a0901271511s303d5b6exef0e6ca9eb2661e5@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0901271541m7dd6e936qc37b3d099dc8610f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:49:05 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7b6aacfa9e20feba Message-ID: <58965d8a0901271549h29ca50e9ladf97624a623263c@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Internet radio? From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9182ed5c-72a9-4560-94b4-dff1f6b270d6 X-Archives-Hash: b628ee026e89e59c8536c1a9cbb0f98a On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Paul Hartman > wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Mark Knecht 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)