![]() ![]() You may be required to stop and start your media player to get it to load. Go to the plugins page of your player, click a check box and agree to install it. This varies with each media player but the process is similar and usually fairly simple. How to add a lossless FLAC radio plugin to a media player Squeezebox Classic interface with Paradise Radio plugin The radio station will then appear in the list of available stations in the bottom pane. For example, in foobar, go to the File menu, click on ‘Add Location’ and type in the stream URL. Most media players work in a similar fashion with the option to add a streaming URL and then save it as a playlist and/or favourite. How to add a lossless FLAC URL to a media player How to add a lossless FLAC URL to a media player Most of the players don’t need much in the way of hardware to run and for those with a DIY streak who fancy a ‘lockdown project’ could do worse than turn a Raspberry Pi into a media player for a very modest outlay. The media servers listed below are available on a huge variety of devices and all will play lossless FLAC internet radio streams and most popular music file types. There are a great variety of free media servers available, many of which have dedicated bands of developers and loyal followers who are only too willing to help on community forums. Using a media player will not only allow you to stream these CD Quality stations but you can also add any music libraries you own, play CDs or rip them to disk and some (such as Logitech Media Server/Squeezebox) will even let you integrate music streaming services such as Qobuz and Tidal. Some of these internet radio stations provide web players and can be accessed via their website or a FLAC compatible web browser but all of them provide links to their FLAC streams which can be played by a media player. It is an open source format that is maintained by – ‘a non-profit corporation dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet multimedia from control by private interests.’ We are now beginning to see CD Quality internet radio stations which are broadcasting lossless FLAC streams and at the last count there were some 29 in our directory offering everything from student radio, pop, electronic and classical music.įLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec a lossless audio format that supports both CD Quality and HiRes music whether it is for downloads, streaming or internet radio. In the past few years we have seen a decline in physical CD sales and CD Quality downloads and a move for HiFi enthusiasts to move to CD Quality and HiRes streaming services such as Qobuz, Tidal, Amazon HD, Idagio and Primephonic. Fast forward to today with broadband, 4G on mobile (and 5G starting to be rolled out) and computing power to match, many internet radio stations have upped their game and offer 320kbps MP3 and AAC streams matching Spotify and Apple Music’s streaming services. Early internet radio streams were often low bandwidth which reflected the dial-up nature of the internet in those pre-millennium days. With the advent of internet radio in the mid 1990s broadcasters started to add internet streams in addition to their ‘over the air’ programming. ![]() You can even get podcasts over the air in the Greater London area with Podcast Radio. ![]() Radio is a great source of free music, news and information. How to listen to lossless FLAC internet radio with free media players ![]()
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