I am streaming online radio channels via this site https://directory.shoutcast.com/# . They have MP3 and AAC type files. MP3s are ok, but AACs are not played. Which package should I install from the Solus repo?

  • Oops, I must have tried several AAC channels not available at that time. For some reason, brave can play AAC now.

    Please consider this post thread solved. 😆

It wants you to download a playlist for the acc files which is usually the m3u choice.
I download one then ran it and vlc played it.
Kinda of interesting way (but never really did online music myself)
Note: dont think browsers play aac files so you have to use like vlc thats what I just read.

    it's a trip at this website. .pls is winamp only? wow I remember winamp. .xpsf I never heard of I wonder what plays that.
    but @Axios is right m3u and aac could be played with anything. at least the m3u. aac is a setting when people take their CD's down to digital form. I've used it but that's common imo.

    wow this site has everything and I've bookmarked it.

      I dont know what I just did

      Am playing it directly
      Ugghh
      I guess brave plays them directly firefox does not (they are blacked out in firefox)
      Interesting

        Axios Yeah, but I was trying to play straight from browser, not downloading.

            elfprince That screanshot is from brave I just copied your link to another tab
            and thats what I got

            Firefox info---Firefox supports AAC audio playback in HTML5 only
            Thats why I went uggh i thought I tried brave first
            I am playing direct in brave

            Its working I closed brave and restarted I dont know what to say
            I was playing alex jones ...rofl

                Oops, I must have tried several AAC channels not available at that time. For some reason, brave can play AAC now.

                Please consider this post thread solved. 😆

                Axios yeah libre wolf could not play had a warning. my chromium knockoff (ungoogled) play just fine.

                @elfprince I did try an experiment. ..........instead of actually choosing a file format I just hit the play arrow:

                opened up a player both times and am listening to some strange stuff!

                again: what a great find. we had something similar in repo (gradio ) but it was not this comprehensive.

                    brent I just hit the play arrow

                    Umm, that's what I've been doing all along....

                        brent I believe that I wasn't reading the error message pop ups correctly. It's channel not available on that url, and not about the file type. Simply AAC was coming up every time at that time, and so I made a too quick conclusion. haha

                            @elfprince
                            last night a click on play button was 5/10 (50%) successful.
                            Tonight, close to Zero and that's shuffling browsers.
                            Shoutcast demands you download streams and that's OK--I finally get your question. I never get much the first time! axios was right: VLC can handle all of the streams. I don't like filling up my Music folder with that stuff (remember ADS from WIN days?).
                            So if you need the acc or m3u to play this stuff in another foss app, it is not real streaming.
                            still fascinating hour I've spent, its had its thrills.
                            the shortwave (uhf) stations were insanely volatile. fun. when I was a kid they were not profane, just ships and truckers and night owls.
                            'talk' was another walk on the wild side.
                            I grew up with radio so this is a return to that wonder except it's now Beyond Thunderdome🙂.
                            Even the disco.

                              brent I grew up with radio

                              Many of us did. Radio stations were the main attraction, since tv in those days only had one boring channel to view. 😄

                                18 days later

                                brent I think VLC media player creates and uses .xpsf playlist files. It could be so, that it' VLC's own format, not sure 100%.