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Zradio Station Lists

When I first got my Zaurus, one of the first applications I downloaded was zradio. I was not able to figure out how to change the preset radio stations, so I bagged zradio.

Over a year later, I decided to give it another try when I had heard others were using zradio. I eventially found this file:

/opt/Qtopia/zradio/default.xml

This is the file that stores the station list. The format looks like this:

<!DOCTYPE presetlist>
<Entries>

<RadioEntry>
<Description>Punk - Radio77</Description>
<Hostname>66.98.132.68</Hostname>
<Port>8048</Port>
<PresetId>1</PresetId>
</RadioEntry>

<RadioEntry>
<Description>Punk - RantRadio Punk</Description>
<Hostname>209.123.186.178</Hostname>
<Port>8666</Port>
<PresetId>2</PresetId>
</RadioEntry>

</Entries>

The next problem was finding stations to add to my list. Most stations don't seem to post their IP address and port on their websites, so here is how you can get what you need:

- Go to Shoutcast.com
- Find a station you like
- Play the station through Real Player
- In Real Player, go to File - Clip Properties - View Clip Info
- You will need the information from 2 fields: Clip Tab - Title and File Tab - File
- If the Title is something like [ Punk Rawk Radio : NOW CALCIUM FORTIFIED! ]- you can shrink it down a bit and use it for your description with something like this:

<Description>Punk Rawk Radio</Description>

- If the File is this: http://67.85.195.172:8000 it should be entered into default.xml like this:

- That is all you need to connect to the station. The PresetId should just be a unique number from the rest in the list:

<PresetId>3</PresetId>

- In this case, if we want to add this station to the layout above, it will look like this:

<!DOCTYPE presetlist>
<Entries>

<RadioEntry>
<Description>Punk - Radio77</Description>
<Hostname>66.98.132.68</Hostname>
<Port>8048</Port>
<PresetId>1</PresetId>
</RadioEntry>

<RadioEntry>
<Description>Punk - RantRadio Punk</Description>
<Hostname>209.123.186.178</Hostname>
<Port>8666</Port>
<PresetId>2</PresetId>
</RadioEntry>

<RadioEntry>
<Description>Punk Rawk Radio</Description>
<Hostname>67.85.195.172</Hostname>
<Port>8000</Port>
<PresetId>3</PresetId>
</RadioEntry>

</Entries>

- That's it, start zradio and your stations will now be available.

I have a copy of my station list posted here. If you also like to add yours to the archive, please send a copy to zaurus@tekprosystems.com and I'll post it.

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Created By: Darren Young 12/13/2003