Audio on the Internet

[Donald j. Otrin]

Hi Everybody,
I have downloaded and started Raspbian on my Raspberry PI B+. I want to listen to Internet music like Smooth Jazz and when I click on a station to hear it, it does not come out on my HDMI or the audio jack onboard the Raspberry Pi. Do I need special audio drivers and if I do, where do I go to get them.
Thank you in advance for any help!!
Regards
Don"O"

[Goraxium]

That's largely dependant on exactly what's supposed to happen when you click on a station...

Can you extract the url of the stream from the website (assuming that's what it is)? If so, open a terminal window, and type 'omxplayer <url>' and hit enter.

[W. H. Heydt]

I use mplayer to stream the station I listen to (I use a Pi as an alarm clock). Granted, my method is a kind of "chipped flint and sticks" method, but it works. Here's a code sample for Sunday morning from cron (you will have to look at exactly what's there as the Forum software treats it like an embedded URL instead of a literal):

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00 07 * * 7 mplayer -cache 512 -volume 100 -playlist http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/pls/KDFCFMAAC.pls
{/code]

[gkreidl]

Hi Everybody,
I have downloaded and started Raspbian on my Raspberry PI B+. I want to listen to Internet music like Smooth Jazz and when I click on a station to hear it, it does not come out on my HDMI or the audio jack onboard the Raspberry Pi. Do I need special audio drivers and if I do, where do I go to get them.
Thank you in advance for any help!!
Regards
Don"O"

kweb supports most web radio by default. It sends m3u and pls playlists and direct stream links to omxplayerGUI.
For best web radio experience you should set "streammode" to "audio" on the settings page (default is "video").

[fruitoftheloom]

Hi Everybody,
I have downloaded and started Raspbian on my Raspberry PI B+. I want to listen to Internet music like Smooth Jazz and when I click on a station to hear it, it does not come out on my HDMI or the audio jack onboard the Raspberry Pi. Do I need special audio drivers and if I do, where do I go to get them.
Thank you in advance for any help!!
Regards
Don"O"

kweb supports most web radio by default. It sends m3u and pls playlists and direct stream links to omxplayerGUI.
For best web radio experience you should set "streammode" to "audio" on the settings page (default is "video").

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