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BBC Radio in iTunes

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efcjimbo

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Apr 21, 2008
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Hello boys & girls, I've created some files that can play live BBC radio in iTunes.

I'm looking to see if the files work outside the UK. So if your in USA or France can u download the files and give them a test and leave some feed back.

Instructions (NOTE MAC ONLY)
Download the files and drag on to the itunes icon to import.

http://homepage.mac.com/jimmyhanna/sound/bbc.zip
 
Works here, but seems like a lot of noise for no purpose right now..

I think I saw this movie. It was called Metropolis.

Pass.

EDIT: Listening to this right now, so don't make me come over there and slap you. ;)
 
efcjimbo said:
Hello boys & girls, I've created some files that can play live BBC radio in iTunes.

I'm looking to see if the files work outside the UK. So if your in USA or France can u download the files and give them a test and leave some feed back.

Instructions (NOTE MAC ONLY)
Download the files and drag on to the itunes icon to import.

http://homepage.mac.com/jimmyhanna/sound/bbc.zip
Click to expand...

I won't be able to try this until I get home but does it put the whole range of BBC stations into iTunes?
 
works really well although some trouble with the newer stations 1xtra and 6music! any chance of the same for talksport!!!
 
Just what I've been looking for...

Hiya,

I'm anxious to play BBC streams in iTunes. However, when I click "open with" and select iTunes, nothing is played.

Is there a trick to importing the .MOV file into iTunes?
---
Steve


efcjimbo said:
Hello boys & girls, I've created some files that can play live BBC radio in iTunes.

I'm looking to see if the files work outside the UK. So if your in USA or France can u download the files and give them a test and leave some feed back.

Instructions (NOTE MAC ONLY)
Download the files and drag on to the itunes icon to import.

http://homepage.mac.com/jimmyhanna/sound/bbc.zip
Click to expand...
 
BBC radio in iTunes

That is exactly what I am looking for.
Dragging the .mov file on iTunes opens the programm, imports the file and plays it. But unfortunately not radio 1 to 4. Why that?
And can you please tell me, how you did that anyway?

Tom from denmark
 
Re: fail to play radio 1 to 4

Radio 5 to 7, Asian network and World service are fine, but Radio 1 to 4 cannot be played.
 
found an alternative

Hi, after I have tried to find this solution I found a programm called "Airfoil" by rogue, that basically connects the audio stream of any programm to loudspeakers available on your airport. Even comes with its own DVD player. Works pretty solid and without trouble...
Regards, tom ;)
 
Awesome! I listen to Radio 4 a lot and this works great.

I usually use a menu bar SSB that I made with Fluid and I probably still will, but it's nice to have options.
 
Not in France?

efcjimbo said:
Hello boys & girls, I've created some files that can play live BBC radio in iTunes.

I'm looking to see if the files work outside the UK. So if your in USA or France can u download the files and give them a test and leave some feed back.

Instructions (NOTE MAC ONLY)
Download the files and drag on to the itunes icon to import.

http://homepage.mac.com/jimmyhanna/sound/bbc.zip
Click to expand...

All of the BBC channels you included work fine here in France, except for Radios 1-4 and BBC7. Great to have access to World Service on iTunes though!
 
Works in Spain

It's working wonderfully in Spain. I'd love to see files of this sort for NPR (the American version of the World Service).
 
Can't get any of the stations to work. I'm in Leicester (UK) ISP: BT. Running iTunes 8.0.2 on Leopard 10.5.6.

Edit: The Lyrics field displays the following information for most of the files:
Code: 
sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Hope this helps!
 
Problems

Hi,

Quite new to this, but can anyone help, imported the files, get nothing, I'm on Tiscali in the UK, Leopard 10.5.6 Itunes 8.0.2

Any help would be great!!

Cheers
 
These are brilliant - many many thanks.

Quality seems a bit tinny but must be the whole WMV thing?

What bitrate is being used?

Also radio 2 buffering a lot, maybe a bbc side fault though?

Anyway thanks once again - shame the bbc doesn't have Itunes compatible streams in the first place
 
Thanks, working beautifully now :) Although the stream does require re-buffering and the only way to get it going again is to double-click it.
 
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