Here is a bash script for listening to BBC streaming Radio stations using mplayer. I modified it (24/04/2015) as the old real audio scripts (or the windows media!) were not working anymore. I also included all the available BBC radio stations and made the help output more descriptive.
The list of bbc radio streams used in the script can be found at listenlive
To install, first install mplayer
sudo apt-get install mplayer
Then save the code below as a text file (ie bbcradio) and make executable.
chmod a+x bbcradio
link to download the BBCRadio script
Then to play bbc radio 3 (for example) use the command
bbcradio 3
Just typing bbcradio will give you a reminder list of the station numbers.
bbc radio bash shell script code
#!/bin/bash
bbc[0]=""
bbc[1]="http://www.listenlive.eu/bbcradio1.m3u"
bbc[2]="http://www.listenlive.eu/bbcradio1x.m3u"
bbc[3]="http://www.listenlive.eu/bbcradio2.m3u"
bbc[4]="http://www.listenlive.eu/bbcradio3.m3u"
bbc[5]="http://www.listenlive.eu/bbcradio4.m3u"
bbc[6]="http://www.listenlive.eu/bbcradio4extra.m3u"
bbc[7]="http://www.listenlive.eu/bbc5live.m3u"
bbc[8]="http://www.listenlive.eu/bbc5liveextra.m3u"
bbc[9]="http://www.listenlive.eu/bbcradio6.m3u"
bbc[10]="http://www.listenlive.eu/bbcasian.m3u"
bbc[11]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-aac-lc-a/format/pls/vpid/bbc_radio_three.pls"
bbc[12]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_berkshire/format/pls.pls"
bbc[13]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_bristol/format/pls.pls"
bbc[14]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_cambridge/format/pls.pls"
bbc[15]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_cornwall/format/pls.pls"
bbc[16]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire/format/pls.pls"
bbc[17]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_cumbria/format/pls.pls"
bbc[18]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_derby/format/pls.pls"
bbc[19]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_devon/format/pls.pls"
bbc[20]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_essex/format/pls.pls"
bbc[21]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_gloucestershire/format/pls.pls"
bbc[22]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_guernsey/format/pls.pls"
bbc[23]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_hereford_worcester/format/pls.pls"
bbc[24]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_humberside/format/pls.pls"
bbc[25]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_jersey/format/pls.pls"
bbc[26]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_kent/format/pls.pls"
bbc[27]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_lancashire/format/pls.pls"
bbc[28]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_leeds/format/pls.pls"
bbc[29]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_leicester/format/pls.pls"
bbc[30]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_lincolnshire/format/pls.pls"
bbc[31]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_london/format/pls.pls"
bbc[32]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_manchester/format/pls.pls"
bbc[33]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_merseyside/format/pls.pls"
bbc[34]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_newcastle/format/pls.pls"
bbc[35]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_norfolk/format/pls.pls"
bbc[36]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_northampton/format/pls.pls"
bbc[37]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_nottingham/format/pls.pls"
bbc[38]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_oxford/format/pls.pls"
bbc[39]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_sheffield/format/pls.pls"
bbc[40]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_shropshire/format/pls.pls"
bbc[41]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_solent/format/pls.pls"
bbc[42]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_somerset_sound/format/pls.pls"
bbc[43]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_stoke/format/pls.pls"
bbc[44]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_suffolk/format/pls.pls"
bbc[45]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_surrey/format/pls.pls"
bbc[46]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_sussex/format/pls.pls"
bbc[47]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_tees/format/pls.pls"
bbc[48]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_three_counties_radio/format/pls.pls"
bbc[49]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_wiltshire/format/pls.pls"
bbc[50]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_wm/format/pls.pls"
bbc[51]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_york/format/pls.pls"
bbc[52]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_cymru/format/pls.pls"
bbc[53]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_ulster/format/pls.pls"
bbc[54]="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_foyle/format/pls.pls"
bbcl[0]=""
bbcl[1]="r1"
bbcl[2]="r1x"
bbcl[3]="r2"
bbcl[4]="r3"
bbcl[5]="r4"
bbcl[6]="r4x"
bbcl[7]="r5l"
bbcl[8]="r5lsp"
bbcl[9]="r6"
bbcl[10]="ran"
bbcl[11]="bbc_radio_three.pls"
bbcl[12]="bbc_radio_berkshire"
bbcl[13]="bbc_radio_bristol"
bbcl[14]="bbc_radio_cambridge"
bbcl[15]="bbc_radio_cornwall"
bbcl[16]="bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire"
bbcl[17]="bbc_radio_cumbria"
bbcl[18]="bbc_radio_derby"
bbcl[19]="bbc_radio_devon"
bbcl[20]="bbc_radio_essex"
bbcl[21]="bbc_radio_gloucestershire"
bbcl[22]="bbc_radio_guernsey"
bbcl[23]="bbc_radio_hereford_worcester"
bbcl[24]="bbc_radio_humberside"
bbcl[25]="bbc_radio_jersey"
bbcl[26]="bbc_radio_kent"
bbcl[27]="bbc_radio_lancashire"
bbcl[28]="bbc_radio_leeds"
bbcl[29]="bbc_radio_leicester"
bbcl[30]="bbc_radio_lincolnshire"
bbcl[31]="bbc_london"
bbcl[32]="bbc_radio_manchester"
bbcl[33]="bbc_radio_merseyside"
bbcl[34]="bbc_radio_newcastle"
bbcl[35]="bbc_radio_norfolk"
bbcl[36]="bbc_radio_northampton"
bbcl[37]="bbc_radio_nottingham"
bbcl[38]="bbc_radio_oxford"
bbcl[39]="bbc_radio_sheffield"
bbcl[40]="bbc_radio_shropshire"
bbcl[41]="bbc_radio_solent"
bbcl[42]="bbc_radio_somerset_sound"
bbcl[43]="bbc_radio_stoke"
bbcl[44]="bbc_radio_suffolk"
bbcl[45]="bbc_radio_surrey"
bbcl[46]="bbc_radio_sussex"
bbcl[47]="bbc_tees"
bbcl[48]="bbc_three_counties_radio"
bbcl[49]="bbc_radio_wiltshire"
bbcl[50]="bbc_wm"
bbcl[51]="bbc_radio_york"
bbcl[52]="bbc_radio_cymru"
bbcl[53]="bbc_radio_ulster"
bbcl[54]="bbc_radio_foyle"
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
echo "usage bbc 1"
for ((i=0; i<${#bbc[@]}; i++))
do
echo $i . ${bbcl[$i]}
done
exit 1
fi
mplayer -quiet -playlist ${bbc[${1}]}