Ride Theory
Aha! I just figured out the naming convention for streaming audio that #MinorLeague #baseball uses for their only-on-at-game-time streams, and I'm plugging those URLs in, one by one, into a #VLC playlist so I don't have to stream through their website. Feeling pretty pleased with myself.
Apr 11 at 1:44amWeb
Show threadRide Theory17h ago

The ideal for me is a terrestrial radio station that has a stream. It's fun to hear regional accents, local ads, etc.

Second best is an online only stream. And I think I've now cracked the majority of those.

Worst is an iHeartRadio or Fox station that has their streaming url buried under a bunch of JavaScript -- or they want you to download their app. Not today, Satan!

Show threadCosmo17h ago
@ridetheory I got myself a little C. Crane internet radio for my nightstand, which you can enter stream URLs into yourself, along with their 'Skytune' service. I live in Sacramento but I have Chicago's CHIRP radio station as my morning alarm, and I love being able to click through the whole collection of terrestrial LPFM and college stations. Some URLs are hard to find though!
Show threadRide Theory17h ago
@cosmog There's a site called OnlineRadioBox that I found easy to crack. When I'm on my desktop, I'll write a little tutorial...
Show threadRide Theory16h ago

@cosmog @macwebbdesign

Here's the https://onlineradiobox.com/ trick...

Search for the station. If it's in there, right click on the play icon and select "inspect."

It should go to the code containing the URL.

Right click on the highlighted code, and choose "copy > outer HTML

I usually paste that entire mess into a text editor, and delete everything that doesn't look like the URL I need.

Online Radio Box - listen to the radio online for free

With our Internet radio player you can listen to any online radio station from around the world. Listen to radio for free at OnlineRadioBox.com

OnlineRadioBox.com
Show threadRide Theory16h ago

@cosmog @macwebbdesign

The trick for the MiLB only-at-gametime streams is, use:

https://milb.streamguys1.com/townname

(Obviously substituting the town name for "townname".)

Eventually, I'll get around to posting the whole VLC playlist, but it's still early days on this project.

Show threadRide Theory15h ago

@cosmog @macwebbdesign @tomwsmf

Link to a Cryptpad doc with all the stations I've tested so far, and a few untested...

https://cryptpad.fr/doc/#/2/doc/view/LYMh2RSZ1vcnkAaFm4Pu5NZVgH00fqm1K9mOuJMaJX0/

Encrypted Document

CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite

Show threadCosmo4h ago
@ridetheory @macwebbdesign oh wow, thank you! I'm going to try this out.
Show threadRide Theory2h ago

@cosmog @macwebbdesign

If you search through my posts by pasting "from:ridetheory #streaming" without quotes in the search bar, you'll see I've posted a ton of radio URLs. For example...

https://mastodon.social/@ridetheory/112764873583930425

Show threadMac 🟪 Webb • マコウェブ • мак веб17h ago
@ridetheory interested in listening too. I have a grace device and can add streaming URLs to my config.