# Audio players

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.

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.

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