[ale] Streaming Audio/Internet Radio on Linux

[hirsch at zapmedia.com]

John H. Stephenson writes:
 > Does anyone know whether streaming audio/Internet Radio is feasible on a 
 > Linux machine? Most of what I have seen requires RealPlayer and/or Windows 
 > Media Player and/or WinAmp.
 > 
 > Are there any resources for this? Can you play any stream?
 > 
 > I am running Red Hat 7 and have XMMS on the machine with the sound card 
 > connected to a hi-fi receiver and speakers. Works great for playing MP3s, 
 > but with Napster now in question I thought streaming would be the way to go 
 > next.

Xmms will play shoutcast/icecast streams very well, as will several
other mp3 players.  RealPlayer will also play RealAudio streams, and
maybe mp3 streams.  I don't know of an available player for wma
streams. 

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