Streamtuner is a

streaming media Streaming media is multimedia that is delivered and consumed in a continuous manner from a source, with little or no intermediate storage in network elements. ''Streaming'' refers to the delivery method of content, rather than the content it ...

directory browser. Through the use of a C/

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plugin system, it offers a

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2.0 interface to Internet radio directories. Streamtuner does not actually play any files, it downloads a list of online radio streams and then tells the unix player (user's option) to play the selected stream. Streamtuner offers hundreds of thousands of music resources in a more common interface. Streamtuner is

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, released under the terms of the revised BSD license. There is also a version for the

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Internet tablet. The still developed Streamtuner2 mimics Streamtuner.

Features of Streamtuner

* Browse the SHOUTcast Yellow Pages * Browse the

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directory * Browse the

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(aka icecast.org, aka Oddsock) directory * Browse the basic.ch DJ mixes * Manage your local music collection, with full support for

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and

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metadata editing * Listen to streams (through unix player), browse their web page, or record them using programs such as Streamripper * Implement new directory handlers as tiny Python scripts or as dynamically loadable modules written in C * Retain your favourite streams by bookmarking them * Manually add streams to your collection

Streamtuner in the press

* UnixReview.com: Marcel's Linux App of the Month: Streamtuner (July 2005) * Tux Magazine: Streamtuner (July 2005) * * Orange Crate: Audiophiles' Solution For Net Radio (April 2004)

References

External links

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Streamtuner homepage
Unix Internet software Free audio software