Streaming Radio Stations - Save Song List?

jungalist · 26th May 2008, 13:14

Is there a plugin or option to save the playlist from an internet radio station? Currently it just displays the song details while it is playing, then moves on to the next one.

I am accessing the radio stations from the Shoutcast site.

Nunzio390 · 26th May 2008, 17:14

Currently it just displays the song details while it is playing, then moves on to the next one.

It will always do that. It's dynamic in most cases, and the broadcasts change constantly. So there is no way to actually save a "particular" broadcast (as a playlist).

Now, you can save the broadcast URL as a playlist

BUT...

The URL is also subject to change. SHOUTcast broadcasters occasionally change their broadcast URL's, so you'll have to occasionally check to see if that in fact happened, and then resave it again...

To see the URL that's actually being saved, you can do this...

jungalist · 26th May 2008, 17:58

Thanks for the speedy response. Manually saving is not really what I am looking for. Basically I want to be able to see a list of all the songs that a station played during a session.

If nothing exists that does this, then I think this would make a pretty good "first project" for me to try my hand at Winamp plugins. There is already an event being fired when the song changes, since it sends the song title, etc to the little notification popup window. I assume that all I have to do is hook into this event and and write the information to a text file as well as having it go to the pop up.

Does that sound about right?

Edit: Incidentally, I am only only looking at saving the song information, not the actual playlist/song files - I'm not sure if that was clear.

tonygamble · 27th May 2008, 08:48

Interesting topic.

You refer to Shoutcast.

I use Live365 a lot and it does not seem to display the song titles and artists. Is there a way of making it do so?

Tony

jungalist · 27th May 2008, 11:34

Hi Tony,

Are you listening to Live365 through the website, the Live365 downloadable player, or Winamp?

If you use the website, the player launches in one window, but the original window that you found the station from will have a list of the songs played since your session started.

The downloadable player has a little button that slides open a side panel with track info and song list on it.

If you are using Winamp, I am not sure - I have never tried that.

tonygamble · 27th May 2008, 11:46

I've created some Winamp bookmarks for my Live365 listening.

Maybe I should go back to the Live365 site and use their player. Just had this phobia that Winamp made it sound better - but probably for streamed radio that's a bit optimistic.

I'll do some experimenting.

Tony

thomasz · 27th May 2008, 16:42

I used Winamp for long time. It's good.

Willy08 · 9th July 2008, 09:35

I heard about a tool, Radiotracker, that it saves some shows on PC and also downloads mp3s directly from internet radio stations, keeping the names of song/artist. Anyone tried it???

MuJa · 15th July 2008, 11:31

hy Willy,
I'm using Audials One which has Radiotracker incorporated and indeed is a good soft, it can rip till 15000 radio station from all over the world, all the genres you want and besides that it downloads mp3 and shows directly from radio stations.

Willy08 · 17th July 2008, 12:54

Cool!!! But I saw some statements regarding its legality, cause I guess it's illegal to download tracks from internet, isn't right???

Willy08 · 18th July 2008, 13:27

I got its trial version and I fing it very interesting and useful. Cool soft

mp3melen · 18th July 2008, 20:02

well it's dynamic and you don't have any kind of option ot save the songs from radio station.

MuJa · 21st July 2008, 07:25

Quote:

Originally posted by Willy08
Cool!!! But I saw some statements regarding its legality, cause I guess it's illegal to download tracks from internet, isn't right???

The soft is legal as you can find on its website, regarding the legality of downloading musics from internet I guess it's legal only if you download music for personal use and not for sharing it with other people cause only then it becomes illegal.

26th May 2008, 13:14	#1
jungalist Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 4	Streaming Radio Stations - Save Song List? Is there a plugin or option to save the playlist from an internet radio station? Currently it just displays the song details while it is playing, then moves on to the next one. I am accessing the radio stations from the Shoutcast site.

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Nunzio390 Nugatory Aluminator Look it up Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tharsis Ridge (Martian lowlands) Posts: 8,590	Currently it just displays the song details while it is playing, then moves on to the next one. It will always do that. It's dynamic in most cases, and the broadcasts change constantly. So there is no way to actually save a "particular" broadcast (as a playlist). Now, you can save the broadcast URL as a playlist BUT... The URL is also subject to change. SHOUTcast broadcasters occasionally change their broadcast URL's, so you'll have to occasionally check to see if that in fact happened, and then resave it again... To see the URL that's actually being saved, you can do this... Don't email or PM me concerning Winamp. Instead, either start a NEW TOPIC or post a REPLY in the appropriate thread in these forums. This will also benefit others who may have a similar question or problem. But before posting, please first Search the forums and read all FAQs and all Sticky threads. ORB Remote Broadcast [ Automated Jukebox \| Nunzio's Home \| Wacky Videos \| Solve the Prunella Puzzle! ] [ LINE RIDER! \| My Resume \| Virtual Chess \| Composite Sketch \| My Niece's Band ] [ Plugins by Joonas \| DrO's Winamp Plugins and Extras \| K-JÃ¶fol ]

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26th May 2008, 17:58	#3
jungalist Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 4	Thanks for the speedy response. Manually saving is not really what I am looking for. Basically I want to be able to see a list of all the songs that a station played during a session. If nothing exists that does this, then I think this would make a pretty good "first project" for me to try my hand at Winamp plugins. There is already an event being fired when the song changes, since it sends the song title, etc to the little notification popup window. I assume that all I have to do is hook into this event and and write the information to a text file as well as having it go to the pop up. Does that sound about right? Edit: Incidentally, I am only only looking at saving the song information, not the actual playlist/song files - I'm not sure if that was clear.

27th May 2008, 08:48	#4
tonygamble Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 46	Interesting topic. You refer to Shoutcast. I use Live365 a lot and it does not seem to display the song titles and artists. Is there a way of making it do so? Tony

27th May 2008, 11:34	#5
jungalist Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 4	Hi Tony, Are you listening to Live365 through the website, the Live365 downloadable player, or Winamp? If you use the website, the player launches in one window, but the original window that you found the station from will have a list of the songs played since your session started. The downloadable player has a little button that slides open a side panel with track info and song list on it. If you are using Winamp, I am not sure - I have never tried that.

27th May 2008, 11:46	#6
tonygamble Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 46	I've created some Winamp bookmarks for my Live365 listening. Maybe I should go back to the Live365 site and use their player. Just had this phobia that Winamp made it sound better - but probably for streamed radio that's a bit optimistic. I'll do some experimenting. Tony

27th May 2008, 16:42	#7
thomasz Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 13	I used Winamp for long time. It's good.

9th July 2008, 09:35	#8
Willy08 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3	I heard about a tool, Radiotracker, that it saves some shows on PC and also downloads mp3s directly from internet radio stations, keeping the names of song/artist. Anyone tried it???

15th July 2008, 11:31	#9
MuJa Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3	hy Willy, I'm using Audials One which has Radiotracker incorporated and indeed is a good soft, it can rip till 15000 radio station from all over the world, all the genres you want and besides that it downloads mp3 and shows directly from radio stations.

17th July 2008, 12:54	#10
Willy08 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3	Cool!!! But I saw some statements regarding its legality, cause I guess it's illegal to download tracks from internet, isn't right???

18th July 2008, 13:27	#11
Willy08 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3	I got its trial version and I fing it very interesting and useful. Cool soft

18th July 2008, 20:02	#12
mp3melen Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 19	well it's dynamic and you don't have any kind of option ot save the songs from radio station.