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   The Natural Philosopher to Computer Nerd Kev   
   Re: Are there any simple BBC internet ra   
   07 Sep 24 10:48:36   
   
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   On 07/09/2024 02:56, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:31:53 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>> Its also M3u8 which is not recognised by many command line programs on a   
   >>> headless Pi   
   >>   
   >> ffplay (part of FFmpeg) can play m3u8 URLs. What other "many command line   
   >> programs" could you be talking about?   
   >   
   > If the Wikipedia page about M3U is accurate then the m3u8 file will   
   > just be a text file including a URL to an audio stream. If it's an   
   > MP3 audio stream, then that can probably be copied manually to use   
   > with any common command-line MP3 player (I use mpg123 or mpg321).   
   >   
   Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. I tried. For hours. It used to   
   when it was an icecast stream.   
      
   > But that BBC URL gives me 403 Forbidden, so I guess it's region   
   > restricted and as such I haven't seen for myself. Indeed I don't   
   > think I've seen a M3U(8) file before.   
   >   
   The only way I have found to play m3u8 BBC streams *headless* is with cvlc.   
      
   Maybe I will update my player software to use that in due course   
      
      
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