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Hi All,Just a quick note; I nearly binned this thread unread until I noticed the subject had been changed to something totally different. Could I please ask that a new separate email be written for a new subject, not just reply to an existing thread and change the Subject line?
Kind regards, Julian On 23/04/2013 14:02, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote:
Indeed it is, however many media players will accept an M3U file to direct it to the actual media itself. Certainly I found "back in the day" many Internet radio stations would provide either M3U or PLS files with a single entry in the playlist that pointed to the stream.It should be possible to "just play" the stream by pointing the media player at the M3U file.Grant.On 23 April 2013 13:11, bad apple <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx <mailto:mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:On 23/04/13 12:51, Simon Robert -Cottage wrote: > Hi > > I know that get_iplayer can be used to stream content. I've tried a > couple of times, but end up with a file type, *.3mu (I think, can't > remember and it's not installed right now to check), but whatever it > is it's not associated with anything, I have vlc, kaffiene and dragon > player, and nothing happens. > > Does anyone know how to get streaming to work? I'll need this stuff > next month as I'm away for an extended period and a TV diet of old > Chuck Norris movies (or even new Chuck Norris movies) will be > detrimental to my mental well being. > > Thanks > > Simon > I'm pretty sure that .3mu is a playlist descriptor, not actually a playable file. *googles* Ah ha: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U Cheers -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq
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