Re: [gentoo-user] vlc-1.1.4 won't shoutcast?

[Mick]

On Sunday 03 October 2010 19:10:13 Dale wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > On Sunday 03 October 2010 17:29:45 Dale wrote:
> >> Mick wrote:
> >>> On Sunday 03 October 2010 15:41:43 Vincent-Xavier JUMEL wrote:
> >>>> Le 03 octobre à 14:05 Mick a écrit
> >>>>
> >>>>> It doesn't show up in the menu anymore.  The previous version was
> >>>>> working fine.  Am I missing some crafty USE flag?
> >>>>
> >>>> If you're using vlc 1.1.0 or above, you should have read
> >>>> http://www.videolan.org/press/2010-1.html which informs about the
> >>>> situation and why the VLC team had had to removed it.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, I can see why now.  The page mentions icecast as an alternative
> >>> and the fact that this is available as an Addon for vlc, but can't find
> >>> anywhere how to add it on ...
> >>
> >> I know nothing about vlc or icecast but I did google and find this.
> >>
> >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/VLC/StreamingIcecast
> >>
> >> It may help, it may not.  Let's hope.  ;-)
> >
> > Thanks Dale, very kind of you to look into this for me.  I actually want
> > to stream from (listen to internet radio), not stream to a server.
> >
> > Previous versions of vlc had a Service Discovery option which would tune
> > in to shoutcast/icecast servers to list and listen to their streams.
> > This has now been removed.  A really good feature was that you could
> > search for music of your liking by genre and different servers would
> > show up to allow you to connect and listen.
>
> While diggin, I saw a list of servers and I think they were by genre.
> Just go to google and type in icecast server and see what pops up.
> Also, watch what google suggests as you type to.  It may show a option
> we aren't thinking about.  May be just what you need.

Yes, google shows and plays shoutcast/icecast music via the browser.  It is 
just that I used to do that directly from within vlc.  But now both vlc and 
amarok dropped it due to AOL.  :-(
-- 
Regards,
Mick