listening to radio1...

SooTyLaD · 3 Dec 2007 at 12:36

hi guys,

when i used to be on windows i had my media player classic set up to run real media and a quick click on the .rm file on my desktop would play radio one with the greatest of simplicity and ease...

am i right in thinking to get radio one on the mac i have to download the actual real player (i can't stand it) cuz the flip4mac thing to play windows format media doesnt work for the media player option on the site...

is there no neat real format plugin for quicktime or something to go hand in hand with my perian which seems to do a good job of everything else?

AJUK · 3 Dec 2007 at 12:39

Real One for Mac is actually very nice, unlike the Windows version:

Get it here

Until the BBC stop acting like retards, this is your best option. Don't forget to pick up the BBC Radio Player widget while you are at it. http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/radio_podcasts/bbcradiowidget.html

Chewy · 3 Dec 2007 at 12:45

flip4mac/perian + http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/wm_asx/aod/radio1.asx + quicktime = win

JonB · 3 Dec 2007 at 12:47

I took the asx and used VLC. But quicktime is a bit nicer than VLC! (For this kind of thing)

Jet · 3 Dec 2007 at 12:56

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/radio_podcasts/bbcradiowidget.html as said above.

SooTyLaD · 3 Dec 2007 at 13:01

well... real really doesn't seem to be the ******* of a program that it is on windows, quite unobtrusive in fact

installed real player 10 and that widget and its a great solution

thanks peeps

Sic · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:43

not free, but if you listen to the radio a lot, it's definitely worth it:

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/radioshift/

can't wait for the iPhone SDK so companies like this can start releasing software for the iphone/touch

AJUK · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:47

Sic said:
not free, but if you listen to the radio a lot, it's definitely worth it:

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/radioshift/

can't wait for the iPhone SDK so companies like this can start releasing software for the iphone/touch

Nice. I will definately be checking that out.

SooTyLaD · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:28

yeah that looks like a good app, but i only listen to radio 1 (i know i know, how narrow minded of me

) so there aint much point

Sic · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:30

bah, broaden your horizons - there's more to life than the [incredibly talented] Chris Moyles! You're a Mac user now - start looking down at the great unwashed!

SooTyLaD · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:38

Sic said:
bah, broaden your horizons - there's more to life than the [incredibly talented] Chris Moyles! You're a Mac user now - start looking down at the great unwashed!

i only really listen to the radio in the morning, and i just can't imagine anyone making me laugh for 3 and a half hours like the great moyles does