<info> <desc>Common applications to use as players.</desc> </info>

On BSD/Linux systems there are a plethora of audio players. In streamtuner2 you can configure most of them as target application. Mostly it makes sense to use a single application for all audio formats. But at least the */* media type should be handled by a generic player, like vlc.

Audacious | audacious %m3u | audio
XMMS2 | xmms2 %m3u | audio
Amarok | amarok -l %pls | audio
Exaile | exaile %m3u | audio
Amarok | amarok -l %pls | audio
mplayer | mplayer %srv | console
VLC | vlc %u | video/*
Totem | totem %u | video/*
Media Player | mplayer2.exe %pls | Win32

Some audio players open a second instance when you actually want to switch radios. In this case it's a common workaround to write `pkill vlc ; vlc %u` instead. This ends the previous player and starts it anew.

Some applications, like Rhythmbox or Banshee, are pure GUI applications and cannot be invoked with a play URL by other apps. This makes them unsuitable for use with streamtuner2.

URL placeholders

Any listed application can be invoked with a different kind of URL or filename.be invoked with a play URL by other apps. Which to use often depends on the application.

Placeholder | Alternatives | URL/Filename type
%m3u | %f %g %m | Provides a local .m3u file for the streaming station
%pls | %url %u %r | Either a remote .pls resource, or a local .pls file (if converted)
%srv | %d %s | Direct link to first streaming address, e.g. http://72.5.9.33:7500

You sould preferrably use the long forms. Most audio players like %m3u most, while streamripper needs %srv for recording.