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Yes You Can Stream Live Internet Radio

So this is now my 2nd official post (1st was apps2sd for newbies) and i know many people have been trying to stream live internet radio stations (.pls,.aac,.aac+,.asf,.asx & .m3u files) on the Android OS.
As of now there really isnt a way to play all of those files but yes you can stream them.My last phone was the T-Mobile Wing an i was accustomed to streaming tuned.mobi on my TCPMP and so i was determined to find a way of getting me local radio stations back because i can't live without my sports radio WFAN 66 (NY station).Heres the instructions of getting this to work:
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Download StreamFurious from the android market (Theres a free and paid version,i use the free version)
2. Go to tuned.mobi from your phone browser and from there just choose your country you will find your EVERY local radio stations to stream.
3. To stream the station you want just click on the stream bit for the station
example: 64kb,128kb (will be highlighted in blue)
WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT PLAY:
You can ONLY stream stations with MP3 (.PLS,.M3U & .AAC) or OggVorbis links
You CANNOT stream any links that says AAC+ or WMP next to them (Windows Media Player formats is not support on Android through streams as of yet. (.asf or.asx etc..))
That's it folks.Good Luck...Now all i need is my Slingplayer for Android OS and i have everything i had on my Wing and more
If anyone has a way of getting WMP formats to stream live radio please let me know because of all my favorite radio station there's 2 that i can't have on the go due to this issue. (Hot97 & Z100 NY stations)

Hey good looking bro. I was wondering if this was possible. I know Tunewiki says you can get local radio but that app leaves much to be desired. Im gonna try this and see what happens.

My friend just turned me on to StreamFurious I love it. Thank for letting posting about tune.mobi i will have to check it out

Dude you are a awesome. I was able to find the two local stations I listen to and streamfurious loaded them just fine. I was already using streamfurious before this and loved it and now it's perfect. So my friends with FM tuners in their cell phones can go to hell...lol

I love StreamFurious. Your post actually prompted me to make this Way, Way Too May Reboots thread because when I run SF my phone loves to reboot.
Does anyone else's do the same? If so and idea why and how to fix?
I like friskyradio.com in SF for electronic music.

I dont know how i could have ever overlooked an app like this. I been wondering for the longest if something like this was eveb available. Much thx to the op.
Quick question tho, anyone know where i can find a site or something that can stream Howard 100. I ask because i noticed that within the app you can select Howard 101 but they usually dont broadcast the re-runs etc of the show on the channel. I been out of the loop with the show for a while. Would like to take advantage of this app thx again

Thanks for the heads up on the tuned.mobi service. I have been using SF for a while already but some local channels don't have mp3 streams available (many CBSRadio stations) and this let me tune into them with SF.
BTW, maybe this thread belongs in the apps subforum?

I got windows media streams on my G1 by using the AndrOrb app and setting up the stream as a custom radio station on the orb website.
dunno if thats any good to you.

Streamfurious is the best one I've seen for Android.
The other two I have found are FlyCast and AntPlayer. FlyCast has the benefit of showing album covers. It rotates between album cover, song info and ads. It's a little annoying, but it's easier to see what is playing than the tiny text on Streamfurious.
I just found AntPlayer today. It has a very nice search feature. You don't need to know the URL.

tekkyjim said:
I got windows media streams on my G1 by using the AndrOrb app and setting up the stream as a custom radio station on the orb website.
dunno if thats any good to you.
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That sounds interesting,i will try that because 2 of my fav stations are WMP formats.Thank you.

Streanfurious is good but OR Player is better

Awesome app. Thanks for the heads up!

Media players & Bluetooth Controls

Has anyone noticed if bluetooth headphone buttons can control any other music players other than the HTC Player since the update?
I have tried several music apps (Mixzing, Meridian and a few others) that support a2dp control but my headphones will only control the default player. I have even removed the HTC music player completely from the phone (hoping that the button control would get reassigned to another app) but then the button just doesn't work at all.
The only clue I have comes from the "mixzing" player forum:
http://mixzing.freeforums.org/post92.html?hilit=bluetooth#p92
I got my headphones (Sony Erricson HBH-IS800) after the update was released so I don't know whether or not this is new behavior?
I'm just wondering if anyone else has any experience with this. I'm not a big fan of the default player and would like to get away from it.
I should add that I am using the "Unofficial" Modaco/Obelisk79 2.1c ROM and also the Optimization made by ruskiyab.

I'm curious too. My previous phone (Palm Pre) allowed whatever music app was playing to be controlled via BT. This included Pandora which was very convenient in the car.

atoy74 said:
I'm curious too. My previous phone (Palm Pre) allowed whatever music app was playing to be controlled via BT. This included Pandora which was very convenient in the car.
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I can't get it to work with any other media player including Pandora.
I think I may make a nandroid backup and then flash back to pre-update stock to see if there's any difference.

Don't bother. I checked that my first day with stock ROM. Functions exactly as the custom ROM's do.

atoy74 said:
Don't bother. I checked that my first day with stock ROM. Functions exactly as the custom ROM's do.
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Lol! Thanks for the warning. I was about to attempt it while sitting here at Jiffy Lube.
There's got to be a way to fix this. The guy who posted on the mixzing forum sounded like he was onto something with the button priority assignments for the different media players. I don't know how to change these and probably should not mess with it anyway.

[Q] Android can't multitask when streaming a radio feed? Seriously?

I want to listen to streaming air traffic control from Listen to Live ATC (Air Traffic Control) Communications | LiveATC.net but when I play a stream I can either play in vPlayer or Streaming Player, but both apps turn off the audio when I do anything else... kinda defeats the purpose if I can't stream in the background...
Why would Android package in "Streaming Audio" app if it doesn't multi-task? Do people really just stare at a black screen that says "Live" for hours without being able to do other things?!?!?
Anyone have any suggestions for me?

Stream media player works fine in the background:
I am not allowed to insert links, but search for it in market.

marlar said:
Stream media player works fine in the background:
I am not allowed to insert links, but search for it in market.
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This is for video from local sources... not applicable to my need for background streaming audio :-(

marlar said:
Stream media player works fine in the background:
I am not allowed to insert links, but search for it in market.
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I just played around with this app and it works PERFECTLY.
Lets me stream in the background. I have asked this question no less than 10 times in 10 forums, and nobody has had an answer. Thank You!!!!!
The only thing I can't figure out now is how to turn it OFF, hehe.

Then it was good I came along and saw your post.
I am only glad I could help you since I was in the same kinda desperate situation lately. I could listen to streaming audio with the built in media players and other from the market, but they all went to sleep when I backgrounded them. Pretty useless, as you have discovered!

marlar said:
Then it was good I came along and saw your post.
I am only glad I could help you since I was in the same kinda desperate situation lately. I could listen to streaming audio with the built in media players and other from the market, but they all went to sleep when I backgrounded them. Pretty useless, as you have discovered!
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Yeah, I agree, so strange they'd make a "Streaming Media" app when there's no way to stream without staring at a black screen. In several other threads people told me it wasn't possible in Android, but I assumed better so kept pushing, thanks again for saving my day

Digitally Imported STILL Doesn't Work?!

Hi,
There are 2 things I've wanted since my got my Omnia 7 when it first hit the stores:
1. Internet Connection Sharing via bluetooth/wifi. Semi-available in Mango, but I can't yet be bothered going through all the crazy hax steps to get it going.
2. Stream Digitally Imported music - Not even with Mango can I stream any of the 3 available formats from digitallyimported.com! Its nuts! Please, someone tell me that I can use some app or SOMETHING? Its driving me nuts.

I tried it in TuneIn Radio, it works fine.

vangrieg said:
I tried it in TuneIn Radio, it works fine.
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Can you please confirm if this application is able to stream DI.FM streams on the Windows Phone 7.5?

vikram.m.mohan said:
Can you please confirm if this application is able to stream DI.FM streams on the Windows Phone 7.5?
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Confirmed... I stream DI using TuneIn app all the time... search for [DI] and all the channels will show up... streams great on edge and 3g

stricho said:
Hi,
There are 2 things I've wanted since my got my Omnia 7 when it first hit the stores:
1. Internet Connection Sharing via bluetooth/wifi. Semi-available in Mango, but I can't yet be bothered going through all the crazy hax steps to get it going.
2. Stream Digitally Imported music - Not even with Mango can I stream any of the 3 available formats from digitallyimported.com! Its nuts! Please, someone tell me that I can use some app or SOMETHING? Its driving me nuts.
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1. No hax, just a simple update.
2. App still says "Under evaluation". Pressure DI to get it going.
I use Last.fm and Mixtapes for my streaming pleasure.

TuneIn Radio. Has all the DI channels and works great.

How to Play Variable Speed Audiobooks 1.5X- 2.0X? - I need help finding an app.

So I am liking my Samsung Galaxy II more and more every day but one thing that drives me nuts is the inability to find a suitable app that willy play audiobooks at variable speeds.
I finally found a program that works for most podcasts. "Pocket Casts" with Presto player for viarable speed control.
There is on program call Xspeedplayer that works for playing audiobook files but there is no way to jump to different parts of the audiotrack. Say for example I listed to the book for 1hr going to and from home then read a little bit on my kindle well there is no way to jump ahead to where my reading left off.
So if anyone knows of a good audio player that works for audiobooks that allows for variable speed I would love to hear about it.
TIA

Hopefully if enough people star this Android issue Google will add it as a feature to Android :laugh:
There is Nova Player which is mentioned in that thread which looks reasonably promising,
alternately Audio Speed Changer.
Or perhaps SFT AudioPlayer might work but not sure how good playback is?

p4nts said:
Hopefully if enough people star this Android issue Google will add it as a feature to Android :laugh:
There is Nova Player which is mentioned in that thread which looks reasonably promising,
alternately Audio Speed Changer.
Or perhaps SFT AudioPlayer might work but not sure how good playback is?
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I have been very happy with Presto Sound Library Open Beta - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aocate.presto&hl=en
which works well with Akimbo Audiobook Player - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.akimbo.abp
and Pocket Casts - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts
So there is a solution but it will cost you over $10 I agree it should be included free with the OS like iPhone etc.

shortbus1234 said:
I have been very happy with Presto Sound Library Open Beta - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aocate.presto&hl=en
which works well with Akimbo Audiobook Player - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.akimbo.abp
and Pocket Casts - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts
So there is a solution but it will cost you over $10 I agree it should be included free with the OS like iPhone etc.
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@shortbus - I have Presto but disappointed that the app hasn't been updated in a while, as there is bug where if I get a phone call while listening to Pocket Casts / Presto, it doesn't gracefully hand over the audio to the phone app, and have to force-close it after the phone call ended. Running Android 4.1.2 Jellybean on a GNex. Curious if you have the same issue - cheers.

kitecarl said:
@shortbus - I have Presto but disappointed that the app hasn't been updated in a while, as there is bug where if I get a phone call while listening to Pocket Casts / Presto, it doesn't gracefully hand over the audio to the phone app, and have to force-close it after the phone call ended. Running Android 4.1.2 Jellybean on a GNex. Curious if you have the same issue - cheers.
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No problems here from like what you describe. I have had the program freeze on my but I am not sure if that is Presto or the Pocket casts program. I am running Jedi Mind Trick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818305
But it has worked on all different builds and other programs.
Hope you figure out why it is happening.