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BBC Radio in iTunes

I found them ok ... but none of them work for me 🙁

Also I could swear I did a comprehensive search through these Radio sections about a year ago and I feel certain I would have spotted them...😕
 
saoir said:
I found them ok ... but none of them work for me 🙁

Also I could swear I did a comprehensive search through these Radio sections about a year ago and I feel certain I would have spotted them...😕
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Fairly clear that these are a recent addition however they seem to be broken today. They were working for me yesterday (behind same corporate firewall) but not this today; back to using Phantom Gorilla BBC Radio dashboard widget.
 
All the BBC Radio stations are built into iTunes as standard.

(Im using iTunes 11.02 on an iMac)

Open iTunes, Select Music, then Radio and then look in
Stream/Genre "Top 40 / Pop" You will see
"BBC Radio 1 High"
"BBC Radio 1 Low"

Stream/Genre "Adult Contemporary"
"BBC Radio 2 High"
"BBC Radio 2 Low"

Stream/Genre "Classical"
"BBC Radio 3 High"
"BBC Radio 3 Low"

Stream/Genre "News Talk"
"BBC Radio 3 High"
"BBC Radio 3 Low"

Stream/Genre "News / Talk Radio"
"BBC Radio 4 Low"
"BBC Radio 4 LW Low"
"BBC Radio 4 LW High"
"BBC Radio 5 Live High"
"BBC Radio 5 Live Low"

Stream/Genre "Sports Radio"
"BBC Radio 5 Live Extra High"
"BBC Radio 5 Live Extra Low"

Stream/Genre "International / World"
"BBC Asian Network High"
"BBC Asian Network Low"


This is also the play list links, you can open and add to your iTunes directly

Radio 1 (128kbps AAC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1_aaclca.pls

Radio 2 (128kbps AAC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r2_aaclca.pls

Radio 3 (320kbps AAC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r3_aaclca.pls

Radio 4 (128kbps AAC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_aaclca.pls

Radio 5 Live (128kbps AAC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r5l_aaclca.pls

6 Music (128kbps AAC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r6_aaclca.pls

Radio 1xtra (128knps AAC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1x_aaclca.pls

Radio 4 Extra (128kbps AAC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4x_aaclca.pls

Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (128kbps AAC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r5lsp_aaclca.pls

Asian Network (128kbps AAC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/ran_aaclca.pls

BBC World Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/tx/nb/live/eneuk.pls

Hope this helps
Ian
 
I have just made a simple playlist that you can install into iTunes which will create a PlayList quick link.

Copy and paste everything between the stars ***** and paste it into Text Edit (Mac) and Notepad (Win) and save as "BBC Radio PlayList.xml"

Then open the XML file with iTunes, and it will work. I have done it this way, so it wont have file links that may break in the future.

***************

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Major Version</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Minor Version</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Date</key><date>2013-03-01T14:07:00Z</date>
<key>Application Version</key><string>11.0.2</string>
<key>Features</key><integer>5</integer>
<key>Show Content Ratings</key><true/>
<key>Music Folder</key><string>file://localhost/Users/ian/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Media/</string>
<key>Library Persistent ID</key><string>4B204AF676E9F224</string>
<key>Tracks</key>
<dict>
<key>52905</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52905</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC Radio 1</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T13:55:38Z</date>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>4</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991597</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T14:06:37Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>BA594329E8DF3178</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio1_p?s=1362138905&e=1362153305&h=d48c413a83ef078332b0dda014bfeb08</string>
</dict>
<key>52914</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52914</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC World Service</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T13:57:35Z</date>
<key>Bit Rate</key><integer>32</integer>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>22050</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991056</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T13:57:36Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>B99D27EE63EE7692</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcwssc.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcwssc_mp1_ws-eieuk</string>
</dict>
<key>52924</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52924</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC Radio 2</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T14:01:09Z</date>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991269</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T14:01:09Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>DAB2459DDB30A5A8</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio2_p?s=1362139195&e=1362153595&h=5098dac727e864b09e9abe46ac837f60</string>
</dict>
<key>52932</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52932</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC Radio 3</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T14:01:19Z</date>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991279</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T14:01:19Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>A914D63E6694821A</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_p?s=1362139202&e=1362153602&h=021008f145c48af7de1d7cda1d76cf9e</string>
</dict>
<key>52939</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52939</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC Radio 4</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T14:01:27Z</date>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991287</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T14:01:27Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>F7ECDBEC72A73E65</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio4_p?s=1362139250&e=1362153650&h=bada5ee520aeb59cc7f1f9dcc2cbbf3e</string>
</dict>
<key>52946</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52946</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC Radio 5 Live</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T14:02:07Z</date>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991327</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T14:02:07Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>1EE148242E1E4515</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_5live_p?s=1362139300&e=1362153700&h=171f079fffac804c36407a913ad50695</string>
</dict>
<key>52953</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52953</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC Radio 6 Music</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T14:02:24Z</date>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991344</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T14:02:24Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>00DBE8F127371138</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_6music_p?s=1362139315&e=1362153715&h=7565c0a7137629b9800df26c2c4a534d</string>
</dict>
<key>52960</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52960</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC Radio 1Xtra</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T14:03:00Z</date>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991381</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T14:03:01Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>BE4C9C93DECACF81</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_1xtra_p?s=1362139307&e=1362153707&h=992d801fd978dc0c36c6f96987edf815</string>
</dict>
<key>52967</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52967</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC Radio 4 Extra</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T14:03:21Z</date>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991401</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T14:03:21Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>8CAF34917C80977C</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio4extra_p?s=1362139397&e=1362153797&h=53ecb59daf07ba67d8f2b1adee6448d8</string>
</dict>
<key>52974</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52974</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC 5 Live Sport Extra</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T14:03:39Z</date>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991419</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T14:03:39Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>D2EDE9C0CD825655</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_5sportxtra_p?s=1362139415&e=1362153815&h=c99c09aa4eb160181ea44a73e1c40e8b</string>
</dict>
<key>53037</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>53037</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC Asian Network</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>Internet audio stream</string>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2013-03-01T14:04:57Z</date>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3444991497</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2013-03-01T14:04:57Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>F91EE23220ABBE61</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>URL</string>
<key>Location</key><string>http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_asiannet_p?s=1362139487&e=1362153887&h=c67450af29265b9c99600b0dae99470b</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>Playlists</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Name</key><string>BBC Radio Stations</string>
<key>Playlist ID</key><integer>52981</integer>
<key>Playlist Persistent ID</key><string>797259B3BA4120F0</string>
<key>All Items</key><true/>
<key>Playlist Items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52914</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52953</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52946</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52967</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52939</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52932</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52924</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52960</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52905</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>52974</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>53037</integer>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

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Last edited:
Ian

Just for clarify, this thread was started in the days of steam when the BBC streams weren't included in the iTunes radio sections...

da8iwr said:
All the BBC Radio stations are built into iTunes as standard.

(Im using iTunes 11.02 on an iMac)

Open iTunes, Selec
Hope this helps
Ian
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