Re: streamWriter

On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 07:35:38 -0500, John C. <[email protected]> wrote:

> Allan Higdon wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:12:27 -0500, John C. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Allan Higdon wrote:
>>>> "streamWriter is a feature-rich Internet radio client with the ability
>>>> to record both the played stream and any number of other stations
>>>> simultaneously. The program includes a searchable browser for thousands
>>>> of available sources of every kind (rock, rap, talk, sports, etc.), an
>>>> audio splitter that looks for silence to separate tracks, and includes a
>>>> basic player for recorded files. The program supports scheduled
>>>> recordings, audio file wish list and block list, and equalizer.  Also
>>>> allows connections with the streamWriter community to report on
>>>> available radio streams."
>>>>
>>>> https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2105
>>>>
>>>> Updated to Version 6.0.0.0
>>>>
>>>> Home Page
>>>> https://streamwriter.org/en/
>>>>
>>>> streamWriter 6.0.0.0 released    09.06.24
>>>>
>>>> Lazarus/Free Pascal are now used for development
>>>> 64 bit release
>>>> Pause playback when using a bluetooth playback device that gets
>>>> disconnected
>>>> Installable without administrative permissions
>>>> Signed binaries
>>>> Replaced OpenSSL by Mbed TLS library
>>>> Icons have a more uniform look (Silk icons by famfamfam)
>>>> Updated addon libraries
>>>> Improved widget layout in some windows
>>>> Many minor improvements to settings window
>>>> Improvements to tree view widgets in main window
>>>> Fixed some sources of application crashes
>>>> Many other minor bugfixes and improvements
>>>
>>> Allan, do you know if this program uses a list of stations that can be
>>> updated (like Screamer Radio for instance)?
>>
>> No, it doesn't.
>> It does offer a setting to "Submit information about streams to the
>> server", which is enabled by default.
>> "Submits urls of stations unknown to streamWriter to the
>> streamWriter-server so that it gets listed in the streambrowser for you
>> and other users."
>> https://streamwriter.org/en/wiki/artikel/settings
>>
>> The program does offer 36,333 radio streams.
>
> The streambrowser sounds like it can do what I was asking.
>
>> I think the best way to keep up with all the radio stations available is
>> to download the current RadioSure database file from
>> http://rb2rs.freemyip.com/. It's updated daily.
>> Even if you don't use RadioSure, you can use a text editor to see all
>> the names and URL streams of each radio station.
>> If the layout of that file is confusing, the information for that file
>> comes from https://www.radio-browser.info/.
>> You can use their Search field to find streams to listen to.
>
> Thanks very much for the info, Allan. I just downloaded that Radiosure
> file and changed the extension to ".rtf". Then when I double-clicked on
> the file in Explorer (or whatever it's called now), it opened in Jarte
> with all the station links with underlined, blue text and clickable.
>

I was able to do the same by changing the extension to TXT and using EditPad Lite.
For some reason, changing it to RTF and using Atlantis Word Processsor Lite didn't work.