Using VLC player to play Internet Radio

Agent M sent me a link to a very good online western classical radio site. In order to play the radio inside Firefox on Ubuntu the gstreamer plugins are required. The other option is to play it through VLC player.

Install VLC player
%% sudo aptitude install vlc

Open the link in VLC, Media->Open Network, enter the URL and you are good to go.

To avoid this step every time, create a launcher.

1. Right click on the desktop, "Create launcher"
2. Give it a name, "My Radio"
3. In the command use the following /usr/bin/vlc "URL"
4. You can specify a tool-tip comment as well, "ABCD Radio"
5. Click on the icon and select the icon of your choice form /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable

Enjoy the music

Audio Video Tools for Linux

11 Video Players for Linux, read
(SMPlayer, Kaffeine, VLC, Totem, Codeine, RealPlayer, KPlayer, Noatun, Kaboodle, Mplayer, Xine-UI)

42 of the best free Linux Audio software, read
(Long list)

Linux Audio software

Linux Journal article talks about the JOST plugin host, the Audacity soundfile editor, and the new LV2 native Linux plugin standard.

Update:
Another article on JACK.

Audio file rippers and encoders on Linux

There is a nice article on PolishLinux that explains the process of ripping and encoding and also lists the tools that can be used on Linux to convert CDs to your desired encoding.

The article talks about the following:

Encoders
1. Lame for MP3
2. OGG-Vorbis - oggenc

Rippers
1. cdstatus
2. cdparanoia
3. abcde
4. ripperX
5. sound-juicer, Grip
6. k3b