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kartuk
06-11-2006, 08:28 PM
Hi
Dont know if this has been covered but just sorted playing internet radio streams on DBOX2. Not sure if this works with all images but you can give it a go.

Quick Tut on how i did it.

Open up shoutcast website SHOUTcast | Free internet radio! (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Search for the radio station you want to listen to. This is example is for .977 80's Channel
Right Click the "Tune In" button next to th channel name and choose "save target as" this will save a file to your hard disk called shoutcast-playlist
Right Click this file and open with notepad you should see somthing similar to the following

[playlist]
numberofentries=7
File1=http://scfire-chi0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1040
Title1=(#1 - 961/961) .977 The 80s Channel
Length1=-1
File2=http://scfire-nyk0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1040
Title2=(#2 - 1110/1111) .977 The 80s Channel
Length2=-1
File3=http://205.188.215.229:8004
Title3=(#3 - 300/300) .977 The 80s Channel
Length3=-1
File4=http://scfire-chi0l-1.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1040
Title4=(#4 - 500/500) .977 The 80s Channel
Length4=-1
File5=http://scfire-ntc0l-1.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1040
Title5=(#5 - 763/763) .977 The 80s Channel
Length5=-1
File6=http://scfire-nyk0l-1.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1040
Title6=(#6 - 1483/1483) .977 The 80s Channel
Length6=-1
File7=http://scfire-ntc0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1040
Title7=(#7 - 835/835) .977 The 80s Channel
Length7=-1
Version=2


Now find the first line with a web address in it. In this case "http://scfire-chi0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1040"
delete everything else from the file and edit the address and replace the http with icy so it now just has the address in the file

icy://scfire-chi0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1040

Now save this file naming it the same as the channel name so in this case i would save the file as "977.url" make sure you change the file extension to url (click save as type and select all files)
FTP this file over to your dbox2 i put mine in the VAR directory
From the Dbox remote select Audioplayer then click the green button for add. In filebrowser select the directory you put the file in and press OK it should scan the folder and find any url files and display the stations.

Just click the radio station you want to listen to and if yer box is all connected up to tinternet channel should start playing.

If you want anymore channels in your list just create a file for each one following the procedure above.

Hope someone finds this usefull

Gray