Ride Theory1d ago
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.
Show threadRide Theory1d 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 threadCosmo1d 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 Theory1d 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 Theory1d 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 threadCosmo
@ridetheory @macwebbdesign oh wow, thank you! I'm going to try this out.
Apr 11 at 3:03pmWeb
Show threadRide Theory19h 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