radio-active 2.9.1

Description:

radioactive 2.9.1

RADIOACTIVE
SEARCH - PLAY - RECORD - REPEAT
Play and record any radio stations around the globe right from your terminal















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Features

Supports more than 40K stations !! :radio:
Record audio from live radio on demand :zap:
Get song information on run-time 🎶
Saves last station information
Favorite stations :heart:
Selection menu for favorite stations
Supports user-added stations :wrench:
Looks minimal and user-friendly
Runs on Raspberry Pi
Finds nearby stations
Discovers stations by genre
Discovers stations by language
VLC, MPV player support
Default config file
I'm feeling lucky! Play Random stations


See my progress ➡️ here

Why radioactive?
While there are various CLI-based radio players like PyRadio and TERA, Radioactive stands out for its simplicity. It's designed to work seamlessly right from the start. You don't need to be a hardcore Linux or Vim expert to enjoy radio stations with Radioactive. The goal of Radioactive is to offer a straightforward user interface that's easy to grasp and comes preconfigured, without unnecessary complexities.
In the Spotlight
The praise from YouTube channels and blogs underscores Radioactive's emergence as a top choice for radio enthusiasts. Its simple yet powerful features, make it a must-try application for radio lovers of all expertise levels. Discover the world of radio with ease – experience Radioactive today.

See DistroTube YouTube channel talks about my app: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7sf1RDFXpU&pp=ygUYcmFkaW9hY3RpdmUgcGxheWVyIHJhZGlv
Ubunlog: https://ubunlog.com/en/radio-activate-an-application-to-listen-to-the-radio-from-the-terminal/
LinuxLinks: https://www.linuxlinks.com/radio-active-listen-radio-terminal/3/
Official entry in the RadioBrowser API: https://www.radio-browser.info/users
ThingsAndStuff: https://wiki.thingsandstuff.org/Streaming#:~:text=com/billniakas/bash_radio_gr-,radio%2Dactive,-https%3A//github.com
Awesome-stars: https://arbal.github.io/awesome-stars/#:~:text=deep5050/radio%2Dactive%20%2D%20Play%20any%20radios%20around%20the%20globe%20right%20from%20the%20terminal%20%3Azap%3A
OpenSourceAgenda: https://www.opensourceagenda.com/projects/my-awesome-stars#:~:text=deep5050/radio%2Dactive%20%2D%20Play%20any%20radios%20around%20the%20globe%20right%20from%20the%20terminal%20%3Azap%3A

Install
Simply run: pip3 install --upgrade radio-active
I recommend installing it using pipx install radio-active
TODO:

Create deb, rpm and exe packages
Add it to various Linux distribution package repositories.
Add to scoop, chocolately

External Dependency
It needs FFmpeg to be installed on your
system in order to record the audio
on Ubuntu-based system >= 20.04 Run
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ffmpeg

For other systems including Windows see the above link
Installing FFmpeg
FFmpeg is required for this program to work correctly. Install FFmpeg by following these steps:-

On Linux - https://www.tecmint.com/install-ffmpeg-in-linux/
On Windows - https://www.wikihow.com/Install-FFmpeg-on-Windows

Run
Search a station with radio --search [STATION_NAME] or simply radio :zap: to select from the favorite menu.
Tips

Use a modern terminal emulator, otherwise the UI might break! (gets too ugly sometimes)
On Windows, instead of the default Command Prompt, use the new Windows Terminal or web-based emulators like Hyper, Cmdr, Terminus, etc. for better UI
Let the app run for at least 5 seconds (not a serious issue though, for better performance)

Demo


Options



Options
Note
Description
Default
Values




(No Option)
Optional
Select a station from menu to play
False



--search, -S
Optional
Station name
None



--play, -P
Optional
A station from fav list or url for direct play
None



--country, -C
Optional
Discover stations by country code
False



--state
Optional
Discover stations by country state
False



--language
optional
Discover stations by
False



--tag
Optional
Discover stations by tags/genre
False



--uuid, -U
Optional
ID of the station
None



--record , -R
Optional
Record a station and save to file
False



--filename, -N
Optional
Filename to used to save the recorded audio
None



--filepath
Optional
Path to save the recordings
<DEFAULT_DIR>



--filetype, -T
Optional
Format of the recording
mp3
mp3,auto


--last
Optional
Play last played station
False



--random
Optional
Play a random station from favorite list
False



--sort
Optional
Sort the result page
votes



--filter
Optional
Filter search results
None



--limit
Optional
Limit the # of results in the Discover table
100



--volume , -V
Optional
Change the volume passed into ffplay
80
[0-100]


--favorite, -F
Optional
Add current station to fav list
False



--add , -A
Optional
Add an entry to fav list
False



--list, -W
Optional
Show fav list
False



--remove
Optional
Remove entries from favorite list
False



--flush
Optional
Remove all the entries from fav list
False



--kill , -K
Optional
Kill background radios.
False



--loglevel
Optional
Log level of the program
Info
info, warning, error, debug


--player
Optional
Media player to use
ffplay
vlc, mpv, ffplay





NOTE: Once you save/play at least one station, invoking radio without any options will show a selection menu


--search, -S: Search for a station online.


--play, -P: You can pass an exact name from your favorite stations or alternatively pass any direct stream URL. This would bypass any user selection menu (useful when running from another script)


--uuid,-U: When station names are too long or confusing (or multiple
results for the same name) use the station's uuid to play. --uuid gets the
greater priority than --search. Example: 96444e20-0601-11e8-ae97-52543be04c81. type u on the runtime command to get the UUID of a station.


--loglevel,: Don't need to specify unless you are developing it. info, warning, error, debug


-F: Add the current station to your favorite list. Example: -F my_fav_1


-A: Add any stations to your list. You can add stations that are not currently available on our API. When adding a new station enter a name and direct URL to the audio stream.


--limit: Specify how many search results should be displayed.


--filetype: Specify the extension of the final recording file. default is mp3. you can provide -T auto to autodetect the codec and set file extension accordingly (in original form).


DEFAULT_DIR: is /home/user/Music/radioactive

Runtime Commands
Input a command during the radio playback to perform an action. Available commands are:
Enter a command to perform an action: ?

t/T/track: Current song name (track info)
r/R/record: Record a station
f/F/fav: Add station to favorite list
rf/RF/recordfile: Specify a filename for the recording.
h/H/help/?: Show this help message
q/Q/quit: Quit radioactive

Sort Parameters
you can sort the result page with these parameters:

name (default)
votes (based on user votes)
codec
bitrate
lastcheckok (active stations)
lastchecktime (recent active)
clickcount (total play count)
clicktrend (currently trending stations)
random

Filter Parameters
Filter search results with --filter. Some possible expressions are

--filter "name=shows"
--filter "name=shows,talks,tv"
--filter "name!=news,shows"
--filter "country=in"
--filter "language=bengali,nepali"
--filter "bitrate>64"
--filter "votes<500"
--filter "codec=mp3"
--filter "tags!=rock,pop"

Allowed operators are:

=
,
!=
>
<
&

Allowed keys are: name, country (countrycode as value), language, bitrate, votes, codec, tags
Provide multiple filters at one go, use &
A complex filter example: --filter "country!=CA&tags!=islamic,classical&votes>500"

NOTE: set --limit to a higher value while filtering results

Default Configs
Default configuration file is added into your home directory as .radio-active-configs.ini
[AppConfig]
loglevel = info
limit = 100
sort = votes
filter = none
volume = 80
filepath = /home/{user}/recordings/radioactive/
filetype = mp3
player = ffplay

Do NOT modify the keys, only change the values. you can give any absolute or relative path as filepath.
Bonus Tips


when using rf: you can force the recording to be in mp3 format by adding an extension to the file name. Example "talk-show.mp3". If you don't specify any extension it should auto-detect. Example "new_show"


You don't have to pass the exact option name, a portion of it will also work. for example --sea for --search, --coun for --country, --lim for --limit


It's better to leave the --filetype as mp3 when you need to record something quickly. The autocodec takes a few milliseconds extra to determine the codec.


Changes
see CHANGELOG
Community
Share you favorite list with our community 🌐 ➡️ Here

Your favorite list .radio-active-alias is under your home directory as a hidden file :)

Support

Visit my contribution page for more payment options.


Acknowledgements
Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com


Happy Listening

Contributors ✨
Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):






Joe Smith⚠️ 💻 🤔
salehjafarli💻
marvoh💻 🐛






This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!