listening to musix

[doggiebone]

Hi guys

Just wondered of any one new of a similar program to media player that allows you to listen to your favorite radio station online.

[trommaster]

is this a proper fm radio station? or a web stream?
xmms can do shoutcast (shoutcast.com)
but to listen to fm radio you need a reciever, i have seen ones that plug into the usb port, im not sure about drivers for them tho

Alastair

[doggiebone]

Hi M8

All I want to do is listen to music without having to plug in any hardware. Windows media player does this, Realplayer, Netscape radio (this one restricted).

[trommaster]

ok, it looks like shoutcast is what you want.
if you don't already have it, get xmms from xmms.org

[Clay]

Hi doggiebone,

I'm also a Linux newbie running RedHat 8.0.

I ran into the same problem as you did with Netscape Radio. I could not see how to get XMMS to handle the java call of Netscape's Radio, as suggested:

javascript:launchRadioNetscape('3821','MU-RADIO-SMPLR-3821');

I downloaded Sun Microsystem's java, but it still doesn't get me past the dialogue box asking whether I hear audio (I don't), and its frustrating that I already have the plug-in installed (Real Player 8.0).

Real Player 8.0 works fine as a plug in for streaming ra files, etc, but it just doesn't seem to work with Netscape's java call.

What solution have you found?

[doggiebone]

Hi There

In the end I installed netscape 7.0 and installed realplayer and I can listen to streaming radio ok. All I wanted to do was listen to the various online radio stations online. All is working fine now.