Shoutcast Plugin release (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter juvinious
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- July 8, 2007
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for the early version - see this thread
For those looking for the Shoutcast grabber, I threw together a little program this evening as I couldn't find it either!
Looking forward to Vertiger's plugin, but for those like me that want something simple to use with the built-in streaming radio functions, here's a .pls playlist maker.
Just type in a search term (station name, genre, whatever) and the plugin will search shoutcast.com and return the results (only 20 for each search at the moment - may implement an option to search for more). You are shown the station name and the bitrate.
Select the ones you want to create a playlist file from and hit the 'create pls file' button.
You will then be prompted to save the file (remember where you save it as you have to point MP to the directory in Config>Radio)
If you like to mix and match musical styles within the same pls file, that's no problem as the default is for the list box not to clear between searches. However, there is an option there to clear it between searches if you want.
Any problems or suggestions, PM me or reply in this thread and I'll do my best to accomodate. Apologies for having to install the program rather than just standalone but it needs a dll to be registered.
Looking forward to Vertiger's plugin, but for those like me that want something simple to use with the built-in streaming radio functions, here's a .pls playlist maker.
Just type in a search term (station name, genre, whatever) and the plugin will search shoutcast.com and return the results (only 20 for each search at the moment - may implement an option to search for more). You are shown the station name and the bitrate.
Select the ones you want to create a playlist file from and hit the 'create pls file' button.
You will then be prompted to save the file (remember where you save it as you have to point MP to the directory in Config>Radio)
If you like to mix and match musical styles within the same pls file, that's no problem as the default is for the list box not to clear between searches. However, there is an option there to clear it between searches if you want.
Any problems or suggestions, PM me or reply in this thread and I'll do my best to accomodate. Apologies for having to install the program rather than just standalone but it needs a dll to be registered.
OK, I've rewritten it using no external dependancies so it's a simple (and small!) standalone jobby now although it looks a little more utilitarian. Also added the ability to choose from 10, 25, 30, 50 or 100 results returned on each search.
One last addition was to reduce the number of streams available for each station to a maximum of 5 - many stations provide multiple streams and I found some with over 30 entries for the one station. To save clutter in the playlist file and reduce duplicates I limited the maximum for each station to 5 streams.
New version available here.
One last addition was to reduce the number of streams available for each station to a maximum of 5 - many stations provide multiple streams and I found some with over 30 entries for the one station. To save clutter in the playlist file and reduce duplicates I limited the maximum for each station to 5 streams.
New version available here.