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Internet Radio on Dreamcast in 2024 (BBA Only)

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:26 pm
by deluxux
I got internet radio working with DCPlaya a great music player for Dreamcast. https://sourceforge.net/projects/dcplaya/

ignore the bad audio quality in the video, im using a $4 capture device $$ :mrgreen: $$
I never knew you could do this until recently Connect with your BBA and open a custom m3u file, You can either rebuild a CDI with the m3u playlist or just load it from Serial SD.
Music links are non-SSL mp3 streams
We can all contribute links and build a mighty playlist.
https://fmstream.org/ Look here for mp3 streams, the links work in this format

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/http/sc8.radiocaroline.net:8020/<endpath><force-mp3>

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/http/ice4.somafm.com/metal-128-mp3/<endpath><force-mp3>
Music Links from www.somafm.com
What exactly is Soma.FM?
Over 30 unique channels of listener-supported, commercial-free, underground/alternative radio broadcasting to the world. This means no advertising or annoying commercial interruptions. Our mission is to search out and expose great new music to people who otherwise may never encounter it.
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You will need to setup manual BBA settings.

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CDI with Playlist Included: https://archive.org/download/2024-12-05-20-11-51/dcplaya-20-beta2-SomaFM-BBA.zip

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ISO for DreamShell: https://archive.org/download/2024-12-05-20-11-51/dcplaya-2.0-beta2-sd-sdl.zip

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Playlist file, open in DCPlaya: https://archive.org/download/2024-12-05-20-11-51/somafm.playlist.zip

Re: Internet Radio on Dreamcast in 2024 (BBA Only)

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:31 pm
by Sonic1994DC
Definitely will try this out soon

Re: Internet Radio on Dreamcast in 2024 (BBA Only)

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:48 pm
by enfilade
Can't wait to blast some internet radio down in the basement! Thanks for another cool release delux :o :D

Re: Internet Radio on Dreamcast in 2024 (BBA Only)

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 9:46 am
by enfilade
https://youtube.com/shorts/EPf-aiv8OgM? ... pVuNT6Naqn

Works great! Thanks Delux. Here's a video of it working in action!

Re: Internet Radio on Dreamcast in 2024 (BBA Only)

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:13 pm
by gamesreup

Re: Internet Radio on Dreamcast in 2024 (BBA Only)

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 8:08 pm
by TheGreenViper8
From your experience, what is the best format/quality you've tested for stability/nice playback experience?

I'd love to setup a custom mount for RadioSEGA with the appropriate quality settings to get a smooth playback experience on DC.

Re: Internet Radio on Dreamcast in 2024 (BBA Only)

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 9:15 pm
by deluxux
TheGreenViper8 wrote: Mon Dec 09, 2024 8:08 pm From your experience, what is the best format/quality you've tested for stability/nice playback experience?

I'd love to setup a custom mount for RadioSEGA with the appropriate quality settings to get a smooth playback experience on DC.
Soma FM hosts non-SSL mp3 icecast streams, links look like this and will be edited in the m3u file, edit it in notepad and you will see the formatting.
VLC has this to say about it
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Re: Internet Radio on Dreamcast in 2024 (BBA Only)

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 12:20 am
by Retro-45
Holy this is neat now I bet this will not work on the dial up right since it 56k?

Re: Internet Radio on Dreamcast in 2024 (BBA Only)

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 11:11 am
by DreamcastFreak2004
this is great! does this work with Iptv channels?

Re: Internet Radio on Dreamcast in 2024 (BBA Only)

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 6:51 pm
by SMiTH
this kicks ass ty deluxux