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I actually quite like BBC sounds but it is completely possible to circumvent it. You might need to look the URL of a show up on there but you can play any show

I actually quite like BBC sounds but it is completely possible to circumvent it. You might need to look the URL of a show up on there but you can play any show on sounds using `mpv <URL>` I also use that method to listen to live radio: alias bbc1='mpv http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_one.m3u8' alias bbc1x='mpv http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_1xtra.m3u8' alias bbc2='mpv http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_two.m3u8' alias bbc3='mpv http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_three.m3u8' alias bbc4='mpv http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_fourfm.m3u8' alias bbc5='mpv http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_five_live.m3u8' alias bbc5x='mpv http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra.m3u8' alias bbc6='mpv http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_6music.m3u8'

ajb 3y ago
In the early days you could get the summary of The Archers episodes for the week in advance by twiddling the URL.... At some point they got wise to it, and they might get wise to this too.
- roywiggins 3y ago
  If they lock their internet streams to their app, that'd kick themselves off of internet radio appliances, so it may not be feasible. (they did shut down their MP3 streams this year though, which probably did that to some older ones)
  - toyg 3y ago
    The main appliances (Google, Amazon) already go through a pre-installed BBC app to serve their content.
- UncleSlacky 3y ago
  The much-missed Beeb-O-Tron[0] used to have a function to do this called the "Beebobodge"[1], given any timeslot in the week. Nowadays I use Radiofeeds[2] to get live URL stream links which I play through Transmission on Android or VLC on PC. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20100402115118/http://beebotron.org/index.php https://web.archive.org/web/20100402115118/http://beebotron.... [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20100408073914/http://beebotron.org/beebobodge.php https://web.archive.org/web/20100408073914/http://beebotron.... [2] http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/ http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/

ajb 3y ago

In the early days you could get the summary of The Archers episodes for the week in advance by twiddling the URL.... At some point they got wise to it, and they might get wise to this too.

roywiggins 3y ago
If they lock their internet streams to their app, that'd kick themselves off of internet radio appliances, so it may not be feasible. (they did shut down their MP3 streams this year though, which probably did that to some older ones)
- toyg 3y ago
  The main appliances (Google, Amazon) already go through a pre-installed BBC app to serve their content.
UncleSlacky 3y ago
The much-missed Beeb-O-Tron[0] used to have a function to do this called the "Beebobodge"[1], given any timeslot in the week. Nowadays I use Radiofeeds[2] to get live URL stream links which I play through Transmission on Android or VLC on PC. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20100402115118/http://beebotron.org/index.php https://web.archive.org/web/20100402115118/http://beebotron.... [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20100408073914/http://beebotron.org/beebobodge.php https://web.archive.org/web/20100408073914/http://beebotron.... [2] http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/ http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/