webstreaming

[Larry Grover]

musicman wrote:
> Does anyone recommend a music player that copes with urls links?
> 
> for eg, here is a site that has an mp3 link for webstreaming that I
> had working under OS X and XP...but canna get it to "go" under kubuntu
> or ubuntu:
> http://www.edgeradio.org.au/listen.htm
> 
> cheers
> 
> Lachlan
> 

The web page has an error:  the "websteam link" is to 
http://131.217.118.2:7990/EdgeRadio.mp3%20, which has a space on the 
end (%20).  From the page source (ctrl-u in firefox):

"<a 
href="http://131.217.118.2:7990/EdgeRadio.mp3%20">http://131.217.118.2:7990/EdgeRadio.mp3</a>"

So simply clicking on the link, or copy & pasting the link into a 
player won't work.

However, if you copy the link and paste it into a player, then remove 
the trailing "%20", the link should work fine.  I was able to play the 
link in:  kaffeine, xmms, and from the command line, mplayer ("mplayer 
http://131.217.118.2:7990/EdgeRadio.mp3"), and xine ("xine 
http://131.217.118.2:7990/EdgeRadio.mp3")

Regards,
Larry