Streaming CBC through iTunes

chas_m · Sep 8th, 2009, 12:55 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by rgray
	OK. About that 'generic' iTunes 'album' icon? First thing I did was grab my fave CBC logo and try to add the 'artwork'.... iTunes isn't letting me.... ? ? Any solution???

No. Streams that do not supply their own artwork (and I haven't run across any that do) cannot have artwork added to them. Reason? Their file format has no place to store the artwork ...

	Quote:			Originally Posted by rgray
	... and don't get me started on how come this adds in the 'Music' area and not as a (Duh!!!) 'Radio' - or - how come I can't just move it there - or - how come I can't add artwork to 'Radios' ...

Only Apple-approved stations appear in "Radio." Yeah, maybe they'll change that one day, but in the meantime just create a smart folder of all the streams, and call it "More Radio."

	Quote:			Originally Posted by kfraser
	Many thanks for the tip, it's great to be able to listen to CBC in iTunes. Has anyone figured out a way to make this work for radio 2?

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Manatus
	R2 doesn't seem to work because it's an .ogg stream, and iTunes won't stream those

Under Leopard, I had the Radio 2 Ogg stream working by adding a QuickTime plugin for Ogg (probably this one) but of course this broke in SL. I imagine someone will revamp it and release it again.

I'll never for the life of me figure out why the CBC doesn't broadcast all their stuff in either streaming MP3 or streaming AAC format. Something like 80% of computer users now have iTunes on their machines and those who use the radio functions would love to have options such as CBC.

mac_geek · Sep 8th, 2009, 11:47 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by chas_m
	I'll never for the life of me figure out why the CBC doesn't broadcast all their stuff in either streaming MP3 or streaming AAC format. Something like 80% of computer users now have iTunes on their machines and those who use the radio functions would love to have options such as CBC.

...chas_m - you don't understand why the CBC won't do something that makes obvious sense and might appeal to a wide set of potential users?

C'mon... you're smarter than that!

fjnmusic · Sep 9th, 2009, 04:22 AM

Just another tidbit for AppleTV owners: if you add the CBC stream to a playlist, or any of your radio station favorites to a playlist, for that matter, you can then have that playlist show up on your TV and stream pretty much unlimited musical choices to anywhere your TV can reach. We have ours hooked into the multi-room stereo system in the house. Works like a charm.

Kehn · Sep 18th, 2009, 11:57 PM

Thanks for the tip. I just got a Mac, my only wish is that I didn't do it earlier. Now that I can stream CBC I am in heaven

Ken

doglips · Sep 19th, 2009, 09:26 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Kehn
	Thanks for the tip. I just got a Mac, my only wish is that I didn't do it earlier. Now that I can stream CBC I am in heaven Ken

I think you mean "regret".

Sep 9th, 2009, 04:22 AM	#13
fjnmusic Honourable Citizen Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sherwood Park, AB Posts: 2,915	Just another tidbit for AppleTV owners: if you add the CBC stream to a playlist, or any of your radio station favorites to a playlist, for that matter, you can then have that playlist show up on your TV and stream pretty much unlimited musical choices to anywhere your TV can reach. We have ours hooked into the multi-room stereo system in the house. Works like a charm. __________________ "We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there." - Jerry Reed / "Eastbound and Down" / Smokey and the Bandit His: Intel iMac 20" 2.16 / Macbook 2.1 GHz / 8GB iPod Nano / 2GB iPod Nano / iPod Touch / iPhone 3GS Hers: Macbook 2.1 GHz / 4GB iPod Nano Kid 1: iMac G3 500 MHz / 4GB iPod Nano / iPad 16WiFi Kid 2: Clamshell iBook G3 366 MHz / 4GB iPod Nano/ iPad 16WiFi Family: iPod Touch / Apple Extreme Router 802.11n / Two Apple Express's w/Airtunes /Two Apple TV's 40GB

Sep 18th, 2009, 11:57 PM	#14
Kehn New Neighbour Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Richmond Posts: 1	Streaming CBC through ITunes Thanks for the tip. I just got a Mac, my only wish is that I didn't do it earlier. Now that I can stream CBC I am in heaven Ken

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