SOT: BBC Internet Radio

WeeBob scribbled

Thanks, but doesn't give URLs for internet radio.

It gives links to browser-based players, but I'm trying to build a streaming radio - with no browser. The listen-live button on all these sites requires JavaScript support so that they can send you a page of obfuscated code that doesn't reveal the streaming URL.

It's probably put together by the same crowd that do iPlayer, and if it works, that means it must be changed or eliminated.

Best of luck, the BBC seem intent on making it incredibly difficult to find out such things.

This site is fairly useful though it takes a while to find what you need:-

I don't follow you, what must be changed or eliminated?

(The page code doesn't reveal the URL for the stream.)

Go to:

(Bit of a storm.)

Post #92 identifies URLs for the national stations.

Do you mean if you switch off JavaScript and examine the source code?

That site hides the URLs and disables your browser context menu (right click).

Probably so that it is used as a portal rather than a reference.

Does this help?

The following info is based on a post made to the get_iplayer mailing list: The BBC has retained a single SHOUTcast stream of each service using the mp3 codec. For anyone interested ... a template URL would be:

Since I last used it! What a pain. I used it just a couple of days ago to get URLs for Radio Tray.

The URLs are still displayed at the bottom of Firefox for me though.

Context menus are working for me on both Opera[1] and Firefox, giving the option to save a .pls playlist file for the beeb radio stations.

eg. bbcradio1.pls

This will open with my associated program Winamp and stream from there.

On editing the .pls file I spotted a couple of long ID type codes on the end of the streaming link but the streaming works fine if they are edited out.

eg. File1=

vs: File1=

Even if context menus are disabled then editing the browser application actions on .pls to 'ask' rather than execute or save should give you the option on how to continue.

Thanks for the heads-up on the site and the option to stream without browser & flash.

I got these from another website. I have used them myself before, but I now can't get them to work.

Radio 1 (128kbps AAC)

Radio 2 (128kbps AAC)

Radio 3 (320kbps AAC)

Radio 4 (128kbps AAC)

Radio 5 Live (128kbps AAC)

Radio 1xtra (128knps AAC)

Radio 4 Extra (128kbps AAC)

Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (128kbps AAC)

Asian Network (128kbps AAC)

I don't think most anyone knows as yet when they are, the new ones that is, several adverse comments on the broadcast forums;(...

There're all deceased now Mike:(....

There is a program called Webbie which one of its support programs seems to play most of the bbc stations OK so it must have the current urls somewhere in it. Not sure if its using aac or what, but as you say, the bbc are it seems determined to not run a service for people that is built to last. Brian

Their excuse for this seems tobe that as they are in charge of the last link they can move it and still keep it on the same link. Brian

Because they are a bunch of merchant bankers to use the term. Brian

Is this why at times radio 2 has a kind of cyclic drop out in the stream as if it was a chunk driven system but not quite seemless? Brian

I read about the problem courtesy What HiFi's website. Google found this:

Which gives these URLs to put in VLC to get 320kbps streams:

The 'PDA' pages are simple and have direct links, eg:

Theo