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notes:xfmlondon [2010-09-16 15:20] – rolandnotes:xfmlondon [2022-09-20 22:16] – roland
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-====== Listen to XFM London using Linux ======+====== Listen to Xfm London using Linux ======
  
-There is one radio station which I could listen to all day and that is XFM London (http://www.xfm.co.uk/). That station and their music must be near the top of the things I miss the most since I don't live in the UK anymore.+<WRAP important>This article is heavily outdated and left here for nostalgic reasons only.</WRAP>
  
-As of yet, I've not been able to listen to their stream as they choose to hide it behind Javascript, player detection, referer checks and other crap instead of just putting the address up. I tried various things, including  [[http://www.xfm.co.uk/messageboard/default.asp?sub=show&action=posts&fid=8&tid=238142|posting in their forums]], but to no avail.+ 
 +There is one radio station which I could listen to all day and that is Xfm London (http://www.xfm.co.uk/). That station and their music must be near the top of the things I miss the most since I don't live in the UK anymore. 
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 +As of yet, I've not been able to listen to their stream as they choose to hide it behind JavaScript, player detection, referer checks and other crap instead of just putting the address up. I tried various things, including  [[http://www.xfm.co.uk/messageboard/default.asp?sub=show&action=posts&fid=8&tid=238142|posting in their forums]], but to no avail.
  
 By sheer coincidence, I've found it, and it's quite simple when you know the right address - By sheer coincidence, I've found it, and it's quite simple when you know the right address -
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-Good Stuff <sup>TM</sup>. Now where is the car stereo which can access that?+Good Stuff <sup>TM</sup>. Now where is the car stereo which can access that?  
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 +**UPDATE** Looks like you could build something for your car using an [[http://www.pcengines.ch/alix1d.htm|ALIX.1d board]] and a wifi adapter and a smartphone which supports tethering. Let me know if that works! 
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 +**UPDATE 2** A smartphone and the Xfm App plus a FM transmitter also works! The future has arrived, seriously :-) 
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 +**UPDATE 3 (2015-09-21)** Xfm has [[wp>Radio_X_(United_Kingdom)|been rebranded to Radio X]]
  
  
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 Let me know if the streams don't work anymore. Let me know if the streams don't work anymore.
  
-~~DISCUSSION|Comments~~+~~DISCUSSION:closed|Comments~~
  
 
notes/xfmlondon.txt · Last modified: 2022-09-20 22:22 by roland
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