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Old 02-28-2011, 03:22 PM   #1528
Jeton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dhdurgee View Post
http://provisioning.streamtheworld.c.../WMALAMAAC.pls

If you try this as:

mplayer http://provisioning.streamtheworld.c.../WMALAMAAC.pls

it will not play. If you try this as:

mplayer -playlist http://provisioning.streamtheworld.c.../WMALAMAAC.pls

it will work. The problem is that as opposed to many other radio stations this station provides a playlist as opposed to an individual stream. I guess this is for redundancy and load sharing purposes from their standpoint, but mplayer does not recognize this. I have added myself and this to a bugzilla entry for mplayer, but this appears to have been around for many years without being fixed. This is a prime reason I use vlc as opposed to mplayer on my systems, as it recognizes the playlist without problems.
Dave
On the Kindle Mplayer you could add the direct streams in the playlist. When you open them in VLC, you can copy the original link.
Here's what I got:
http://4293.live.streamtheworld.com:3690/WMALAMAACCMP3
http://4293.live.streamtheworld.com:443/WMALAMAACCMP3
etc..

These will open on the Kindle.
Getting a bit off topic here with this tough...
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