Playing streaming NPR?

[C Hamel]

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On Thursday 13 April 2006 20:19, mrwolff wrote:
> I was just wondering what people used to play streams such as the 24hour
> "NPR Program Stream" that's on the frontpage of npr.org?
>
> I've gotten mplayer to handle it.... barely.... it turns black for at
> least a couple of minutes before it starts playing and even then it is
> jittery and choppy.  (It feels like a Windows 3.1 program honestly :-/ )
>
> Rythmbox, etc don't seem to be able to handle it.
>
>
> What is the preferred application, or most working application for
> dealing with streams like this?

I brought up Firefox --I'm using Flight 6-- and clicked on  their streaming 
link.  I have tried both the Realplayer stream & the mplayer stream, and had 
no problems playing either of them.  I'm on ISDN, not broadband, and had no 
skips or other problems. 

Do you have all the mplayer goodies installed like the plug-in, and such, or 
are you trying to play the stream on the stand-alone player?
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