Internet Radio and Other Streaming Media
One of the best things about your Internet connection, even under dial-up, is the capability
to hear hundreds of radio stations broadcasting music, news, and information globally
through the World Wide Web. What was once the province of hobbyists with expensive
radio equipment is now available to anyone with an Internet connection.
Streaming audio comes in four formats: RealAudio, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and Windows Media
(wma). openSUSE media players handle all these formats. except for Windows Media.
XMMS does streaming audio quite well, though occasionally it will ask you for a file to
play.
The Linux player made for streaming audio is the Helix Community Player. RealNetworks
open-sourced the code for its various media formats and the RealPlayer client some time
ago. openSUSE 10.3 includes RealPlayer 10.0.8 in the non-oss section of the distribution.
If you happen to be fond of the built-in browser included in the Windows version of
RealPlayer, you may be disappointed with the Linux version, but even though it may lack
visual appeal, it performs its actual function??”playing audio??”quite well.
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