@arukashi Just the ability to 'search' and get results from radio-browser to add would be enough, sure.

@ant_codes That sounds like a Mint bug. I had the same issue with a couple of KDE themes I tried, however I can edit the colour schemes.

@totti_777 I just added my Radio to Strawberry... previously, I loaded the contents of the 'Radio' tab and ended up with one or two I liked, but couldn't work out how to 'add radio'.

So then - as with PyRadio which I usually use - I mostly added those by copying the URL from radio-browser.

You can do the same job with an m3u playlist:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,🗫 BBC  - Radio 4 Extra
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_radio_four_extra.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,🎵 101 - Smooth Jazz
http://jking.cdnstream1.com/b22139_128mp3

I save playlists separate from my media players after having lost some in the past - so this works well (and Strawberry is good at getting Lyrics for many stations) so that I removed my alternative GUI radio player.

@MovingSounds said in Getting really fed up of the Patreon aspect.:

A total rip off.

I thought the idea of throwing $5 in the pot was to support the developer; who is not employed to do this.

@arukashi The answer to your question is, indeed, correct in stating that the playlist uses the system font.

To change the playlist font to something legible, you must have a system font which is legible, and this is not something Strawberry has in settings - so perhaps this should be part of a feature request for appearance settings (as we can only set fonts for the 'Context' tab)

I'm curious if anyone else has this issue, but I find that when I load a track and the lyrics don't load, I sometimes need to stop it playing (F7) and restart it - then I can select the lyrics, do Ctrl+E and paste them.

However, when saving - the track often skips and jumps ahead and generally stutters quite a bit.

I did a quick search and didn't see anyone mention it, is this just me?

@rlkeeney said in Continuous Buffering:

I have extensive experience with Linux. If there were an error, I would have found it. I am not your typical user

That solves it, then.

If you have enough space, then try copying a large portion of your collection (if not all) to your system drive and see if that fixes the issue... but remember to exclude that from backups if you already have it stored elsewhere...

You say you saw this issue in Fedora, and are now running Mint - so the issue is not the installation, though obviously $USER data is always suspect... but this doesn't sound like a Strawberry issue to me; not that it has none, just none like this.

I recently had issues with Plex, buffering and messing around... wasted a lot of time troubleshooting, why wouldn't movies play on the TV downstairs? Then it started local playback issues and I started playing files manually; but the final straw came with this:

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdX

I am experienced. I had not found any errors for 2 weeks, and in the next few days the drive failed to the extent that I replaced it after only extracting about 25% of the data (i.e. the important data - the rest is very easily replaced).

Just doing an rsync backup of my collection took about 3-4 hours in total. Actually, 20 minutes for the copy and the rest for getting past bad sectors.

I now have qDiskInfo installed too - a nice front end for smartctl, so I'd recommend you add that to your ToDo list

Now I'm watching this old dog (I think from 2013):

It's been on the 'failing' list now for over a year - let's see. I hate to replace stuff prematurely.

@MovingSounds said in Getting really fed up of the Patreon aspect.:

A total rip off.

I thought the idea of throwing $5 in the pot was to support the developer; who is not employed to do this.

Basically, lyrics tend to work fairly well in Strawberry - except in a few circumstances.

1. Often need to stop a track and start it to trigger lyric search - sadly you can't trigger this another way.
2. Lyrics don't automatically save to the track - meaning they often need to be copied, open the track for editing and paste them in.

I'm curious if anyone else has this issue, but I find that when I load a track and the lyrics don't load, I sometimes need to stop it playing (F7) and restart it - then I can select the lyrics, do Ctrl+E and paste them.

However, when saving - the track often skips and jumps ahead and generally stutters quite a bit.

I did a quick search and didn't see anyone mention it, is this just me?

@linuxdancer

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,BBC HLS AAC -  Radio 4 Extra
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_four_extra/bbc_radio_four_extra.isml/bbc_radio_four_extra-audio=320000.m3u8

This for Radio 4 Extra.

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,BBC HLS AAC -  Radio 4 Extra
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_four_extra/bbc_radio_four_extra.isml/bbc_radio_four_extra-audio=320000.m3u8

#EXTINF:0,UK eAAC+ 48k -  Best 70s
https://c4.auracast.net/radio/8040/radio.mp3

#EXTINF:0,AAC 48k -  Times Radio
http://timesradio.wireless.radio/stream-mobile?ref=rf

#EXTINF:0,BBC AAC 48 -  ClassicFM M Relax
http://media-the.musicradio.com/ClassicFM-M-Relax

#EXTINF:0,Classic Vinyl HD -  WALM Opus
https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/classic_opus
#EXTINF:0,UK MP3 111kbps -  Mellow Magic
http://edge-bauerall-01-gos2.sharp-stream.com/magicmellow.mp3?aw_0_1st.skey=1683583571&aw_0_1st.playerid=BMUK_RPi
#EXTINF:0,Radio Paradise  FLAC -  Mellow Mix
https://stream.radioparadise.com/mellow-flacm

#EXTINF:0,BBC -  Radio 1
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_one/bbc_radio_one.isml/bbc_radio_one-audio=320000.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,BBC AAC 96k -  Radio 2
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_two/bbc_radio_two.isml/bbc_radio_two-audio%3D96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,BBC AAC 96k -  Radio 3
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_three/bbc_radio_three.isml/bbc_radio_three-audio=320000.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,BBC -  Radio 4
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_fourfm/bbc_radio_fourfm.isml/bbc_radio_fourfm-audio=320000.m3u8

#EXTINF:0,192 -  Boom Radio
https://listen-boomradio.sharp-stream.com/65_boom_radio_live_192
#EXTINF:0,UK aac 48k -  Smooth London
http://media-the.musicradio.com/SmoothLondon
#EXTINF:0,UK MP3 128kbps -  Gold UK
https://media-ssl.musicradio.com/GoldMP3
#EXTINF:0,UK -  Virgin Radio
http://radio.virginradio.co.uk/stream

#EXTINF:0,cdn mp3-128k -  Smooth Jazz
http://jking.cdnstream1.com/b22139_128mp3
#EXTINF:0,Jazz AAC 30k -  Abaco Libros y Cafe Jazz Radio
http://195.154.79.204:8638/stream
#EXTINF:0,Opus -  Adroit Jazz Underground
https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/jazz_opus
#EXTINF:0,Brazil -  Gurjao FM
http://02.stmip.net:8394/;
#EXTINF:0, SE UK mp3 128k -  Ritzy Radio
http://46.105.122.141:9676/;
#EXTINF:0,BBC -  BBC World Service
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_world_service.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,UK News -  GB News
http://listen-gbnews.sharp-stream.com/gbnews.aac

This has more stations...
visit radio-browser website to get current URL's and test them in your location... that's important.

That's why Strawberry links built in is not a great idea - because stations change protocols and links.

@athoopen https://www.radio-browser.info/search?page=1&order=votes&reverse=true&hidebroken=true&name=radio 4 extra

Really, from ALL of the radio apps with built in stuff - I'm very happy to escape them. There are just too many issues - so it's better to leave Strawberry for music if you want a GUI Radio player.

With the way that, for example, BBC make it tough to track down URL's - and when you see the streams, it's easier to hunt down the prized OPUS ones and leave out the archaic mp3 or m4a streams... most music players can't keep up.

The website absolutely can, if a station stops playing then I go back to the browser and find the next stream.

I think I had one afternoon searching and finding stuff I liked on there, and it's really very trivial even for a grandmother - or even your wife.

However, the absolute best Radio GUI application IMO - the one I left behind (preferring the playlist) was Shortwave - which is something that Strawberry isn't ever going to come close to emulating...

It's very simple to look at, with BIG icons to click, and easy 'Browse' and 'Search'... though I found it only 95% reliable compared to the above website - which gives you the actual stream, so you can copy and paste it into your list.

Really, once she has a dozen stations - why would she need anything else hard-coded?

https://itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2020/03/shortwave-screenshot-1.png

@athoopen To be honest, I just find it better to use a playlist:
(m3u text)

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,🎵 Jazz AAC 30k - Abaco Libros y Cafe Jazz Radio
http://195.154.79.204:8638/stream
#EXTINF:0,🎵 Jazz MP3 320k - Adroit Jazz Underground
https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/jazz
#EXTINF:0,BBC - BBC World Service
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_world_service.m3u8
#EXTINF:0, - Boom Radio
https://listen-boomradio.sharp-stream.com/65_boom_radio_live_192
#EXTINF:0,🎵 WALM MP3 320k - Classic Vinyl HD
https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/classic
#EXTINF:0,🗨 GB AAC 46k - GB News
http://listen-gbnews.sharp-stream.com/gbnews.aac
#EXTINF:0,🎵 UK MP3 128kbps - Gold
https://media-ssl.musicradio.com/GoldMP3
#EXTINF:0,🎵 UK MP3 111kbps - Mellow Magic
http://edge-bauerall-01-gos2.sharp-stream.com/magicmellow.mp3?aw_0_1st.skey=1683583571&aw_0_1st.playerid=BMUK_RPi
#EXTINF:0,Radio Paradise FLAC - Mellow Mix
https://stream.radioparadise.com/mellow-flacm
#EXTINF:0,BBC - Radio 1
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_radio_one.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,BBC - Radio 1Xtra
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_1xtra.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,BBC - Radio 2
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_radio_two.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,BBC - Radio 3
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_radio_three.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,BBC - Radio 4
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_radio_fourfm.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,BBC - Radio 4 Extra
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_radio_four_extra.m3u8
#EXTINF:0,🎵 cdn mp3-128k - Smooth Jazz
http://jking.cdnstream1.com/b22139_128mp3
#EXTINF:0,🎵 UK AAC 46k - Smooth Radio (London)
http://media-the.musicradio.com/SmoothLondon
#EXTINF:0,🗨 Talk Radio mp3 64k - Talk Radio
http://radio.talkradio.co.uk/stream
#EXTINF:0,🗨 Times Radio mp3 128k - Times Radio
http://timesradio.wireless.radio/stream
#EXTINF:0, - Virgin Radio UK
http://radio.virginradio.co.uk/stream

Once you have the format, can add anything from radiobrowser easily.

@br_shadow Hmmm there'd be a problem when the wrong lyrics are pulled then - so I'd still go with manually writing to the tag.

I had, with Guayadeque, a lot of junk written automatically. The problem is that, if loaded into strawberry, which will pull lyrics when there aren't any, it simply displays the note saying that lyrics weren't found.

I'm sure there are still a few tunes with wrongly embedded lyrics still in my collection... I still come across the odd one or two, then I have to open/edit/delete/save to clear, stop and start to pull lyrics, copy and paste and save to fix them in the file.

WIth Guayadeque, even if lyrics are displayed (good or bad) you can click to 1. Search Lyrics, 2. Search in browser (actually the best hit rate if 1. doesn't work) and then 3. Save to the file.

@jamesisin Maybe - I set my tooltip colours https://i.imgur.com/SyN0Cvp.png and they are applied perfectly, but then I'm running the QT strawberry on Plasma desktop.

I'd check settings - QT should follow a colour scheme, but maybe it's an issue running it on a GTK desktop instead.

@wolfie I'd suggest Musicbrainz Picard as the best way to reorganise - I use it to move/tag/rename all of my music into a separate folder inside the Music folder.