Amarok (for Karmic) lists only 24 internet radio streaming stations. Only one of these provides any pretense of classical music, and it is actually "Easy Listening". This is down from the list in Amarok for Jaunty which showed approximately 400 streams from Shoutcast. Many of those streams broadcast "serious" classical music, e.g. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and those cats. Shoutcast also lists several stations that play American popular music from the "Golden Age of Rock and Roll", the 1950's, 60's and 70's, which is my other musical preference.
It is possible to listen to Shoutcast with Realplayer, but I like Amarok. I finally figured out how to play Shoutcast streams with Amarok 2.2.0 under KDE 4.3.2, i.e. the standard Kubuntu Karmic setup.
Here's how:
1) Navigate to the "Classic" Shoutcast Radio site using Firefox. This step is necessary because the "tune in" button of the station MUST lead to a "*.pls" address. This is not the case on the new "www.shoutcast.com" site.
2) Select the musical genre of your preference and click on the "tune in" button of your station of choice.
3) Firefox will ask you for the application to use when downloading a ".pls" file. Choose Amarok.
4) Firefox will ask you whether to always use this application for this type of file. Click Yes.
5) Repeat steps 1 through 4 when necessary. I actually keep three or four Shoutcast stations on my Amarok playlist at all times.
NOTE: I have absolutely no idea whether the removal of Shoutcast from Amarok was a practical matter or a question of ideological principal. In any case, I don't care.
(Edited by Snowhog to fix the "Clasic" Shoutcast Radio site hyperlink.)
It is possible to listen to Shoutcast with Realplayer, but I like Amarok. I finally figured out how to play Shoutcast streams with Amarok 2.2.0 under KDE 4.3.2, i.e. the standard Kubuntu Karmic setup.
Here's how:
1) Navigate to the "Classic" Shoutcast Radio site using Firefox. This step is necessary because the "tune in" button of the station MUST lead to a "*.pls" address. This is not the case on the new "www.shoutcast.com" site.
2) Select the musical genre of your preference and click on the "tune in" button of your station of choice.
3) Firefox will ask you for the application to use when downloading a ".pls" file. Choose Amarok.
4) Firefox will ask you whether to always use this application for this type of file. Click Yes.
5) Repeat steps 1 through 4 when necessary. I actually keep three or four Shoutcast stations on my Amarok playlist at all times.
NOTE: I have absolutely no idea whether the removal of Shoutcast from Amarok was a practical matter or a question of ideological principal. In any case, I don't care.
(Edited by Snowhog to fix the "Clasic" Shoutcast Radio site hyperlink.)
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