Radio browser ( shoutcast / icecast ) plugin for Rhythmbox

Description (back to my homepage)

Rhythmbox plugin that shows the radio station lists of icecast (dir.xiph.org) and shoutcast directly in rhythmbox.
So the user can easily search for internet radio stations in rhythmbox and play them.

Features: (Screenshots)

www.radio-browser.info, Shoutcast, Icecast, RadioTime listing
Recording of one ore more radio streams at a time (Important!!!: You have to install STREAMRIPPER for your distribution to use this!!!!!!!!!!)
Country local streams (if you miss your favourite station: please send me an e-mail)
Filtering (name, genre, minimal bitrate)
Recently played list
Icons for local stations
Visit homepage of local channels
Station info box
Bookmark support
Public radio station board, so everyone can post new stations (www.radio-browser.info). the stations can also be voted for.

Fork for GTK 3.0: https://github.com/fossfreedom/radio-browser
Known Bugs: Please report issues/bugs on: http://github.com/segler-alex/rhythmbox-radio-browser/issues
Forum: forum.programmierecke.net

The shoutcast server is not very responsive. Sometimes you have to double-click more than once. :(
The stations of shoutcast are not downloaded automatically. You have to double click the genres you want, to download them.

Please help me translating into your native language! There are 2 ways:

Download package.pot, open it with a text editor and fill in the empty translations. send it back to me by e-mail.
Another easy way is using webtranslateit.com

If you like this plugin so much, that you want to do something nice for me:

send me an e-mail, that tells me why you love my plugin. you can also tell me what you would like to have in the next version.
send me a book from my amazon wishlist
donate with flattr:
or you can donate a bug with paypal:

News

Release 2.4 (15.Jun 2011)

works in rhythmbox 0.13.3
dropped shoutcast support (needs developer id now)

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.4-1_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.4.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 2.3.1 (17.Nov 2010)

added stream chooser dialog if station has multiple streams urls
updated translations
some bugfixes

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.3.1-1_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.3.1.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 2.3 (16.Nov 2010)

new search tab
moved board to new server: http://www.radio-browser.info, more to come on this place. please send me ideas! also help with new webpage-style would be appreciated.
start page has resizer-handle now
some bugfixes

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.3-1_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.3.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 2.2.1 (12.Sep 2010)

some bugfixes

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.2.1-1_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.2.1.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 2.2 (12.Sep 2010)

added new start page for quick access of favourites
updated translations

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.2-1_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.2.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 2.1.4 (11.Sep 2010)

updated translations
new translation greek

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.1.4-1_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.1.4.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 2.1.3 (11.Sep 2010)

its works in latest rhythmbox 0.13.1 now

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.1.3-1_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.1.3.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 2.1.2 (19.Jun 2010)

some changes to make it work with debian linux

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.1.2-1_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.1.2.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 2.1.1 (7.Jun 2010)

merged new translations into package

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.1.1-1_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.1.1.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 2.1 (26.May 2010)

new source radiotime
gio library dependency is not needed any more, so it should work in debian testing
translation updates

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.1-2_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.1.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 2.0 (2.Apr. 2010)

Changes since 1.9

more translations
recording streams creates a new tab for each recording
recently played entries get removed after a configurable time
streamripper overwrites the older file if the newer one with the same title is bigger
display station count in each subtree
group bitrate by steps of 32 and bigger ones than 512 to invalid

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.0_i386.deb (32bit) rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.0_amd64.deb (64bit) Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.0.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Release 1.9 (19.Mar. 2010)

Changes since last alpha 1

added german language translation
added more error dialogs
do not try downloading feeds indefinitly

Ubuntu/Debian	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_1.9_i386.deb (32bit) rhythmbox-radio-browser_1.9_amd64.deb (64bit) Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.9.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

Testing Release 1.9 Alpha 1 (9.Mar. 2010)

new view to display search(filter) results
rewrite of some parts -> more stability
new icon set
automatic update of some feeds(icecast, local), if local copy is at least 1 day older than server version
station click hitlist on http://segler.bplaced.net
new install script, for per user install without need of superuser privileges: ./install.sh
special sorting (by bitrate, genre, streamtype, country) for each feed
removed right click in tree in favour of buttons in infobox

Known Issues

posting new stations to board and voting on stations does not work

Release 1.8 (1.Nov. 2009)

added public radio station board, so everyone can post new stations. the stations can also be voted for.
added homepage links for icecast and shoutcast streams
infobox is a little bit fancier now

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.8.tar.gz
Installation Instructions for tar.gz package
Ubuntu repository below...

Release 1.7 (14.Oct. 2009)

Nicer info box on recording
Station info box
Icecast streams categorized on the first letter
Bookmark support

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.7.tar.gz
Ubuntu repository below...

Release 1.6 (13.Oct. 2009)

Icons for local stations
Visit homepage of local stations with right click

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.6.tar.gz
Ubuntu repository below...

Release 1.5.1 (11.Oct. 2009)

BUG: shoutcast streams get added to recently played now

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.5.1.tar.gz
Ubuntu repository below...

Release 1.5 (10.Oct. 2009)

Added recently played list
Updates can now be made separately for each of the root items: shoutcast, icecast, local

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.5.tar.gz
Ubuntu repository below...

Release 1.4 (8.Oct. 2009)

Added country local station list, if you miss your favourite station: please send me an e-mail

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.4.tar.gz
Ubuntu repository below...

Release 1.3.2 (7.Oct. 2009)

Streamripper output directory defaults to XDG music dir if possible, if not then "~"

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.3.2.tar.gz
Ubuntu repository below...

Release 1.3.1 (7.Oct. 2009)

BUG: retry on shoutcast downloads works again

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.3.1.tar.gz
Ubuntu repository below...

Release 1.3 (7.Oct. 2009)

Added streamripper support with right click on stations
Streamripper directory can be changed by plugin properties
Recording of more than one streams at the same time
Recording one stream and listening to another

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.3.tar.gz
Ubuntu repository below...

Release 1.2 (6.Sept. 2009)

Filter works again

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.2.tar.gz

Release 1.1 (5 Sept. 2009)

Moved download button to the toolbar
added preferences dialog
try download of files more often than once (can be changed in the preferences dialog)
list only streams with a minimal bitrate (can be changed in the preferences dialog)
bug fixes

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.1.tar.gz

Release 1.0 (4 Sept. 2009)

This is the new version of this plugin
added shoutcast support

rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.0.tar.gz

Downloads

Ubuntu/Debian(>=Squeeze)	Other Linux
rhythmbox-radio-browser_2.2.1-1_all.deb Ubuntu repository below...	rhythmbox-radio-browser-2.2.1.tar.gz Installation Instructions for tar.gz package

There is a Ubuntu repository for jaunty 9.04:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/segler-alex/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

There is a Ubuntu repository for karmic 9.10:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/segler-alex/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

This plugin is in Universe of lucid 10.04: install rhythmbox-radio-browser

apt-get install rhythmbox-radio-browser

Ubuntu Repository Key:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 299F9883

Ubuntu package repository: https://launchpad.net/~segler-alex/+archive/ppa
Git source repository: http://github.com/segler-alex/rhythmbox-radio-browser

Installation Instructions (Version 1.8 and earlier)

The tar.gz packages relies on GNU Make. If you don't have make installed you have to install it:
Ubuntu or Debian:

sudo apt-get install make

Gentoo:

emerge make

Then to in install my plugin:

wget http://programmierecke.net/programmed/rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.8.tar.gz
tar -zxf rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.8.tar.gz
cd rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.8
sudo make install

Installation Instructions (Version 1.9 Alpha 1 and later)

wget http://programmierecke.net/programmed/rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.9.tar.gz
tar -zxf rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.9.tar.gz
cd rhythmbox-radio-browser-1.9
./install.sh

Contribute

E-Mail: segler_alex@web.de