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I need to write an application that will be able to receive this radio stream: http://mp32.bbc.streamuk.com:80/ As trivial as it may sound I have not idea what streaming format they use. Any ideas how can I find out?

Jonas
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It looks like the stream is presented in the MIME-type audio\mpeg, so it's probably an MP3 stream--that's relatively standard for SHOUTcast streams, of which your URL is one.

I'm not sure what you mean by "Receive" the radio stream. If you're looking to make a player/radio utility, I'd check out something like tRio, which is open source, and could serve as a jumping-off point for you rolling your own player. With regards to rolling your own, I've done something similar with MP3 streams (in Python), but not for SHOUTcast. The SO questions here and here were helpful in my efforts.

If by "Receive" you mean "capture to a file" (i.e. rip), you might consider writing a wrapper around a commandline program like flcy.

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Zac B
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  • This is linked from one of those questions, and it was really useful: http://codeboje.de/playing-mp3-stream-python/ – Zac B May 30 '12 at 21:34
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Since it's the BBC, depending on your location, there is a good chance that you can't receive the stream. As long as you're in the UK they offer quite a lot of streams (audio, video), but outside, most of those are not accessable.

I just fiddled a bit with it (from the Netherlands), and this is what I get:

E:\tmp>wget.exe http://mp32.bbc.streamuk.com/listen.pls
--00:56:25--  http://mp32.bbc.streamuk.com/listen.pls
           => `listen.pls'
Resolving mp32.bbc.streamuk.com... 194.50.90.138
Connecting to mp32.bbc.streamuk.com|194.50.90.138|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [audio/x-scpls]

    [ <=>                                              ] 70            --.--K/s

00:56:30 (2.89 MB/s) - `listen.pls' saved [70]


E:\tmp>type listen.pls
[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=1
File1=http://mp32.bbc.streamuk.com:8020/


E:\tmp>c:wget.exe http://mp32.bbc.streamuk.com:8020/
--00:57:04--  http://mp32.bbc.streamuk.com:8020/
           => `index.html'
Resolving mp32.bbc.streamuk.com... 194.50.90.138
Connecting to mp32.bbc.streamuk.com|194.50.90.138|:8020... failed: Connection refused.

The connection refused speaks volumes. The status page at http://mp32.bbc.streamuk.com/ shows that the maximum number of connection has not yet been reached so most likely it has to do with a digital export restriction.

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The thing is you shouldn't be stealing the stream. If you asked BBC Worldservice nicely I am sure that be able to accommodate as their remit is make their streams widely available.

In case you're wondering its a mp3 stream. Just go to the world service site and there are pages describing how to listen. I prefer VLC...

its a 32 kbps mp3 shoutcast stream btw.

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