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Asger Jørgensen - 12 Mar 2010 00:23 GMT

Hi

Here in denmark we have a very useful national radio and hey
have provided links on their website to all the channels these
links are actually pls files.

My question is:
Is it possible to associate these pls links with an extern program
like winamp ??

If I double click a pls file on my computer winamp opens and play
the radio station, so that part is working.

Thanks in advance
Best regards
Asger

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Michael Fesser - 12 Mar 2010 00:59 GMT

.oO(Asger Jørgensen)

>Here in denmark we have a very useful national radio and hey
>have provided links on their website to all the channels these
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>Is it possible to associate these pls links with an extern program
>like winamp ??

Sure, as long as the server delivers the file with the correct content
type. Not sure what that should be for a *.pls file (the mime.types file
on my server says it should be "audio/x-scpls").

Then you can easily add it to Opera's download handling under
Preferences -> Downloads.

Micha

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Asger Jørgensen - 12 Mar 2010 02:43 GMT

Hi Michael

Den 12.03.2010 kl. 01:59 skrev Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de>:

> Sure, as long as the server delivers the file with the correct content
> type. Not sure what that should be for a *.pls file (the mime.types file
> on my server says it should be "audio/x-scpls").
>
> Then you can easily add it to Opera's download handling under
> Preferences -> Downloads.

Yeb, that works great, now I can listen to radio with only 2 Clicks.

Thanks.

Best regards
Asger

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Frank Bell - 12 Mar 2010 02:27 GMT

> Is it possible to associate these pls links with an extern program
> like winamp ??

On the menu bar, Tools-->Preferences-->Advanced-->Downloads

Select the file type and click the Edit button. It will allow you to
choose the program for opening the files.

Select the file type (by clicking on "File Extensions" header in the
Downloads window, you can sort the list by file extenions).

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Asger Jørgensen - 12 Mar 2010 02:50 GMT

Den 12.03.2010 kl. 03:27 skrev Frank Bell <frankwbell@cox.net>:

>> Is it possible to associate these pls links with an extern program
>> like winamp ??
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Select the file type (by clicking on "File Extensions" header in the
> Downloads window, you can sort the list by file extenions).

Yes that was even better, leaving out the "audio/x-scpls" part
that actually make opera do some streaming and show some progress
in the address line.

Thanks

Best regards
Asger

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Frank Bell - 12 Mar 2010 03:42 GMT

> Yes that was even better, leaving out the "audio/x-scpls" part
> that actually make opera do some streaming and show some progress
> in the address line.

I like having my media player handle the browsing. It's been a while
since I used Winamp (I really like it) but I think you can save your
favorites right in Winamp and not have to open the browser to connect to
them.

By the way, if I may (and I'm going to anyway) I was lucky enough to visit
Denmark about ten years ago. Stayed with persons we knew in Marslet near
Arhus (long story). A beautiful gem of a country and wonderful
hospitality displayed to us by all.

It was summer. The buttercups were blooming across the meadows along the
drive from Hamburg; I have never seen such a display of buttercups. One
of the best weeks of my life.

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Asger Jørgensen - 12 Mar 2010 10:34 GMT

Den 12.03.2010 kl. 04:42 skrev Frank Bell <frankwbell@cox.net>:

> I like having my media player handle the browsing. It's been a while
> since I used Winamp (I really like it) but I think you can save your
> favorites right in Winamp and not have to open the browser to connect to
> them.

I cant say that I like Winamp, I think it has one of the most unlogical user
interfaces, but it does the job, very, very stable and its free.
Back in the "old" there was winamp and freeamp (in my world) winamp was the
stable one.;-) I have written my own to play my mp3, but it doesn't do
streaming.

The way I have it working:
1. My browser is always open.
2. I made a Html file with links to the channels I like
3. This Html is now in Quick Buttons
4. Winamp then just do the playing.

> By the way, if I may (and I'm going to anyway) I was lucky enough to visit
> Denmark about ten years ago. Stayed with persons we knew in Marslet near
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> drive from Hamburg; I have never seen such a display of buttercups. One
> of the best weeks of my life.

I have lived most of my life only a few kilometers from Mårslet,
I even worked there a couple of times and yes that is a very pretty area of
Denmark, I particularly like the forest around Mosgård. (Marselisborg Forests)

Best regards
Asger

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Frank Bell - 13 Mar 2010 03:34 GMT

> I cant say that I like Winamp, I think it has one of the most unlogical
> user
> interfaces, but it does the job, very, very stable and its free.
> Back in the "old" there was winamp and freeamp (in my world) winamp was

Freeamp I am not familiar with.

I must confess I can be a sucker for eye candy. One of the things I like
about WinAmp is the availability of skins. Fortunately, the also work
with XMMS in my Linux world.

That is also one of the the things I like about Opera (he typed, wrenching
the thread back on topic); I have nearly a 100 that I've collected over
the years, though I tend to favor the "minimalist" skins that offer the
largest browser window.

> I have lived most of my life only a few kilometers from Mårslet,

Quite a coincidence.

Perhaps my hosts drove me past your place at some time.

I hope to return to Denmark some day.

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Michael Fesser - 12 Mar 2010 16:48 GMT

.oO(Frank Bell)

>> Yes that was even better, leaving out the "audio/x-scpls" part
>> that actually make opera do some streaming and show some progress
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>favorites right in Winamp and not have to open the browser to connect to
>them.

Correct. Your playlist in Winamp can contain paths to local files, but
also remote streams like HTTP URLs. Just add them to the playlist or
edit the .m3u file directly.

Micha

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ceed - 13 Mar 2010 09:12 GMT

> .oO(Frank Bell)
>
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> also remote streams like HTTP URLs. Just add them to the playlist or
> edit the .m3u file directly.

Some may not know this, but Winamp is using an Internet Explorer based
interface for it's media library stuff. So it can handle Bookmarks and
links to streams directly in addition to all the other stuff AOL has put
into the player since they took over Nullsoft a few years ago. On Linux
these things are simple. There's players like Banshee and Rhythmbox which
deals with all kinds of media links fed to them from Opera while of course
being very capable media players all by themselves.

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