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Play BBC Radio with mpd or mplayer from the command line
#!/bin/bash
play() {
playlist="http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_$1.m3u8"
echo $playlist
if mpc
then
mpc add $playlist
mpc play
else
mplayer $playlist
fi
}
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Select a station:"
select s in radio_one radio_two radio_three radio_fourfm radio_five_live 6music
do
play ${s##* }
break
done
else
play $1
fi
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@EvansMike
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Lately for streaming radio in the UK I've had the change the URL to
playlist="http://stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk/bbc_$1"

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