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Whip Radio

Whip Radio is a little shell script that streams internet radio stations I like.

Requirements

This requires a Unix-like system.

bash (version 4)
git (to get the code)
mpv (to play the stream)
whiptail (to do the dialog box)

On Ubuntu, this will install what you need (whiptail is built in):

sudo apt install git mpv

On Mac OS X, run this to get whiptail (requires the Homebrew package manager):

brew install newt

It will even work on Android, with Termux. Open a shell, then run:

pkg install git whiptail mpv

Installation

This command will download all the files without requiring a GitHub account:

git clone https://github.com/wdenton/whipradio.git

Usage

Run the script on its own, for example:

./whipradio # If you are in the directory
~/whipradio/whipradio # Or a full path can be specified

Use the arrow keys to go up or down to the station you want to hear, then hit Enter.

To quit, hit Tab to move to OK, then Tab (or right-arrow) to Cancel, then hit Enter.

Adding a station

Edit stations.txt and add a line with three parts separated by pipes:

name|url|description

Sources of radio stream information:

Community Radio Station Board (listings for thousands of online stations)
Radia (small international network of experimental art radio stations)

Similar projects:

Shortwave (GNOME internet radio player)

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Newt for Mac OS X

$ brew install newt is a replacement for whiptail, works great.

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syntax error in expression

hey @wdenton!

I'm getting this error with every station I select:

➜  whipradio git:(master) ./whipradio
./whipradio: line 3: declare: -A: invalid option
declare: usage: declare [-afFirtx] [-p] [name[=value] ...]
./whipradio: line 5: BBC Radio Three: syntax error in expression (error token is "Radio Three")
./whipradio: line 6: BBC Radio Four: syntax error in expression (error token is "Radio Four")
./whipradio: line 7: BBC Radio Four Extra: syntax error in expression (error token is "Radio Four Extra")
./whipradio: line 8: BBC World Service: syntax error in expression (error token is "World Service")
./whipradio: line 9: Boom 97.3: syntax error in expression (error token is "97.3")
./whipradio: line 10: CBC Radio One (Toronto): syntax error in expression (error token is "Radio One (Toronto)")
./whipradio: line 11: Radio Aporee: syntax error in expression (error token is "Aporee")
./whipradio: line 12: Resonance FM: syntax error in expression (error token is "FM")
./whipradio: line 13: Resonance Extra: syntax error in expression (error token is "Extra")
./whipradio: line 14: Soundart Radio: syntax error in expression (error token is "Radio")
./whipradio: line 16: TSF Jazz: syntax error in expression (error token is "Jazz")
./whipradio: line 19: WQXR New Sounds: syntax error in expression (error token is "New Sounds")
 ... BBC Radio Three ...

./whipradio: line 55: BBC Radio Three: syntax error in expression (error token is "Radio Three")