Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:28:18 +0100 From: "Andreas Rudisch" <cyb.@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Playing streaming music Message-ID: <op.s4bclglzblu3bc@p4-3200> In-Reply-To: <drr884$fpt$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <drr884$fpt$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:12:41 +0100, JD Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> wrote: > Now that I have my sound card working, I was wondering if there is a > port to play streaming music from my favorite college radio station? > The live streams from http://www.wzbc.com send me "PLS" files, which > I understand to be WinAmp "playlist" files. Is there a FreeBSD app > that can play this streaming format? > > I installed XMMS, but I'm not really sure if there is a plugin for > these files. PLS-files are usually only normal text files containing a playlist of music files or URLs to media streams. All you need to do is open the PLS-file and write down the URL. mplayer, vlc or xmms should all be able to play the music stream. Andreas
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