Author Topic: How to add additonal station directories for radio streams?  (Read 296 times)

mitchrapp

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Hi a new musicbee user. 
I listen to many streaming radio stations, always searching for who has the sound quality dialed in.

Q. I want to add additional station directories to the bar where Shoutcast - Soma Fm - Tunin - Radio Browser is listed ???  Help Please


sveakul

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There's a limit to what API-based resources can be added to those tabs.  Using a web-based directory from your browser is often your best bet.  These should keep you busy:

https://www.rcast.net/dir

https://www.internet-radio.com/

https://fmstream.org/
Last Edit: February 20, 2024, 05:42:42 PM by sveakul

mitchrapp

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There's a limit to what API-based resources can be added to those tabs.  Using a web-based directory from your browser is often your best bet.  These should keep you busy:

Thank you, sveakul for the reply, I understand, however, finding the actual stream URL requires inspecting the page code, I'm not good at that. Using the correct url to load a new radio station in MB is usually a problem.  Using Radio Browser directory today, I quickly added 5 stations with two clicks  1st click: select station; 2nd click: "add to Library"

The question remains, is there a way to add a couple more "STATION DIRECTORIES" ?  Even if only one slot remains, that is enough. I can search that one source, then later change it to search another source.
Last Edit: February 20, 2024, 06:46:10 AM by mitchrapp

sveakul

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You don't need to inspect the page code to get the direct URLs from the three searchers I posted.

For rcast.net, 55,000+ stations searchable by genre or station name, the direct address link appears right below the station name (copy/paste!) and also an m3u link and speed on the right.

For internet-radio, 10,880+ stations searchable by name and genre, the m3u/pls links appear right below the "play" button to the left of the station name.

For fmstream.org, 50,000+ stations searchable by country, language, genre, and station name, click on the "Links" box on top, and in the search results once one of a station's speed choices is selected, as it begins play the direct external stream address link appears at the bottom, complete with a "copy" button.

So while subject to correction by Steven the answer to your question is "No," give these a try and see what an extra click or two makes available to you.