How to listen to ABC FM stream (1 Viewer)

[Alan Honeyman]

I want to be able to listen to Australian radio station ABC FM which they stream to the web. Does anyone do this and can guide me through setting it up?

 

[Peter2]

Hi Alan,

I have done this but with different stations.
With the link of the webstream - have searched for it but did not find it - and this guide http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...TV_Servers/8_Radio_WebStreams?highlight=radio you should be able to get it working.

P.

 

[Alan Honeyman]

Peter, thanks for the response. I tried to follow that guide but I don't know how to do the last 2 steps:

• add the channel to one or more channel groups so that it is visible in MediaPortal
• map the channel to the RadioWebStream card in the Radio Mapping section

The channel groups are blank, so I'm lost.

 

[Peter2]

Ok, the wiki is a little bit 'unclear' but this is what you have to do:
- you automatically get a 'All Channels' group in an additional tab in the top level of the radio configuration. To be able to use any radio channel, they have to be added to at least 1 group because that's what is visible in your MePo.
- also, you have to map the channel in 'Radio Mapping. In there, you have to select the 'RadioWebStream Card... ' first at the right hand side at the top.
Then you should see the radio stations that are available - if you have created them - and you have to select them and bring them to the right hand screen so they change from available to mapped.

Hope this helps

EDIT: in my case, the newly created channel goes automatically to the 'All Channels' group so you should be able to start that way and if you have more radio stations and want to sort them into extra groups, you just create these groups and by right clicking on a station, you can add them to an existing group or in the process, create a new group.

 

[Alan Honeyman]

Peter, got a bit further. My new entry shows in Radio's list of stations. If I highlight it, the graphic to the left changes to an 'X' - is that usual? If I click it, I get a popup saying 'unable to play'. In configuring this station, the URL I entered was the same one that shows when I play it in a browser - is that how it's done? Also, I set the bitrate to 128.

 

[Peter2]

Are you sure you have the right link?
The webstream of a radiostation is not the url you see when you open that station through the website.
If you pass me the url of the website, I can have a look at it.

EDIT: make that the url of the webpage which contains the player because that site might have multiple stations.

 

[Alan Honeyman]

www.abc.net.au/classic/listen

 

[Peter2]

I guess that you listen to the live stream - button at the top - because the other links are pod casts (recorded parts of emissions that you can download)

From this page: http://www.abc.net.au/radio/player/beta/#live/classic you can select different channels from that station

 

[Alan Honeyman]

So....what should the link be? Is it possible to stream it through MePo Radio?


Edit: are you saying that I can't get a continuous stream, only one program at a time?

 

[Peter2]

Which stream would you like to listen to because that station has multiple streams with different genres.

EDIT: I found this http://streaming.radionomy.com/ABC-Classic but it doesn't seem to be the same then on your link