Live BBC Radio via wifi or 3g.

[Arctic Matt]

Here are the .rm addresses of some BBC radio stations for live broadcasts.

I got these by installing Real Player Alternative (google it!) on my pc which plays the streams back through Media Player Classic. I then brought up the "Playlist" function in Media Player Classic and hovered the mouse over the encoded address which gave me the true .ra stream information to put into Real Player for PPC.

I have tested all the streams on my x7500 and they work a treat. I get a coach from Balsfjord to Tromsø (1,5hrs) every day and it has a free wifi connection for the passengers so now I listen to the BBC.

This method will also work to get stream information for shows kept on the BBC iplayer for 7 days. So if there is a live broadcast you missed you can listen anytime.

If you put these addresses into a text file and then rename the file name extention .rm e.g. Radio2.rm (not the stream address!) on your Advantage you can use them as buttons on something like claunch that will auto open in Real Player PPC.

rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio1/live/r1_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio2/live/r2_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio3/live/r3_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio4/live/r4_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio5/live/r5_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/6music/live/6music_dsat_g2.ra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/bbc7/live/bbc7_dsat_g2.ra

The BBC is soon to switch it's iPlayer audio streams over to AAC but the method should work again so long as you can open the stream in Media Player Classic to get the address and then find a new piece of Software that will play AAC streams on the Advantage. (I think Mort's Player may do this already).

enjoy

[Paultnl]

Another way is to go to www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/radio/listen for WM and RM links for all BBC radio stations

[imaginarynumber]

or

http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/pda/

[Arctic Matt]

I only listed the live feeds as an example of how to expose the true .rm stream. I know they are freely available elsewhere but I still have not found a regular resourse for the "listen again" streams in iPlayer. As I said in my post you can find the stream address for any shows over the last 7 days via the method I put up.
I should have made that that main point clearer, I know.

[imaginarynumber]

opps... thanks matt- i for one should have read your first post more clearly

[responderman]

opps... thanks matt- i for one should have read your first post more clearly

Thanks for the links though, i lost radiofeeds way back and couldn't remember its name. A senior moment:rolleyes::rolleyes: