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Radio streams! I need more.

Posted by tomf
Tags: ask.recommendations, radio.internet

I did a fresh install of Foobar2000 [1] for the first time since it came out. I'm rebuilding playlists and figured I'd do some digging for some new ones. My old list had a bunch from somafm, Luxuria, the BBC ones, and a few others. Here's a list of some ones I dug up tonight. If you have any other good ones that are indie, hip hop, jazz, exotica, or really well-curated EDM, list 'em up! Bonus points for direct links to the stream.

[1] my foobar2000 setup with a custom W10 high contrast theme

With the default interface, foobar2000 has some ugly white panels like this. I could patch uxtheme.dll, but its a pain if you forget to restore it before an update kicks in. To get around this, I made my own high contrast Dracula theme, which looks kind of like a UI you'd see on TV.

This system only runs Kodi and Foobar2000. I would recommend this route for anyone who actually wants to use the system due to high contrast themes taking over the entire color scheme for everything.

14 comments

  1. [2]
    drannex
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    I posted a similar thread last year, there are some great recommendations there!

    I posted a similar thread last year, there are some great recommendations there!

    3 votes
    1. tomf
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      oh god. I even replied! I really miss Berlin Community Radio. Its tough to fill the void :) La Jazz Radio by France Musique is the best! That's a great gem

      oh god. I even replied! I really miss Berlin Community Radio. Its tough to fill the void :)

      La Jazz Radio by France Musique is the best! That's a great gem

      2 votes
  2. [2]
    space_cowboy
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    nice streams you got there. somafm is solid, as is kexp and wwoz. Here are some more: kcrw eclectic24 bagel xray chilltrax mountain chill kcsm jazz koolrockradio wefunk bluemars voicesfromwithin...
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    nice streams you got there. somafm is solid, as is kexp and wwoz.

    Here are some more:

    kcrw eclectic24

    bagel

    xray

    chilltrax

    mountain chill

    kcsm jazz

    koolrockradio

    wefunk

    bluemars

    voicesfromwithin

    wfmu

    I linked directly to the streams.

    2 votes
    1. tomf
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      awesome list! thanks for this!

      awesome list! thanks for this!

      2 votes
  3. [2]
    MrEprize
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    That's a cool theme you made. Can you share it or give some pointers? For radio I mostly just flip through SomaFM stuff, they are very reliable if a little repetitive.

    That's a cool theme you made. Can you share it or give some pointers?

    For radio I mostly just flip through SomaFM stuff, they are very reliable if a little repetitive.

    2 votes
    1. tomf
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      yeah! you can customize a high contrast theme then go to %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes -- make a copy of the theme there. The main section is Check this Solarized theme -- it also looks...

      yeah! you can customize a high contrast theme then go to %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes -- make a copy of the theme there. The main section is

      Check this Solarized theme -- it also looks great.

      It took me a few iterations to get it right, but its all RGB. The main thing for me was toning down the outlines. That color is tied to the TitleText (IIRC) -- it all came together nicely.

      Its crazy that W10 didn't come with a proper dark theme that also worked with the classic UI.

      As for radio, Soma is the best. Have you ever listened to SF 10-33? Its the police scanner with some reverb and ambient music. Its perfect for white noise.

      1 vote
  4. [2]
    moocow1452
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    Look up https://radio.garden, and surf around for a little bit? Can probably find a new favorite.

    Look up https://radio.garden, and surf around for a little bit? Can probably find a new favorite.

    2 votes
    1. tomf
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      radio.garden is neat, but there's too much :) I've found a few good stations through there, though.

      radio.garden is neat, but there's too much :) I've found a few good stations through there, though.

      1 vote
  7. [3]
    Immortal
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    Is it possible to scrobble any of those streams?

    Is it possible to scrobble any of those streams?

    2 votes
    1. tomf
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      hm.. I don't think so. I've seen https://web-scrobbler.com -- but that only works in browsers. I think you'd have to set up some sort of system that listens in every minute for x seconds with...

      hm.. I don't think so. I've seen https://web-scrobbler.com -- but that only works in browsers. I think you'd have to set up some sort of system that listens in every minute for x seconds with Shazam or something.

      1 vote
    2. space_cowboy
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      I wrote some software that can scrobble streams (and get album art and info) here: https://github.com/charmparticle/mpd_what It has some complex dependencies though, and it will only work if you...

      I wrote some software that can scrobble streams (and get album art and info) here: https://github.com/charmparticle/mpd_what

      It has some complex dependencies though, and it will only work if you play music with a music server called mpd, which is in most linux repositories.

      1 vote