Streaming audio client - can you name it?

September 13, 2004 3:44 PM

There used to be a pretty good streaming audio client, possibly powered by Real.Com but I'm not sure if that's right or not, that had a large selection of streams, stuff like "Funky Holiday" and "The Piano" -- does this ring a bell with anyone? I'm striking out on Google. I thought it was "RadioOne" but that's not it. Any suggestions?
posted by alumshubby to computers & internet (9 comments total)

My only guess is rhapsody.
posted by philcliff at 4:26 PM on September 13, 2004

Thanks, but Rhapsody wasn't it -- this was a free streamer, not a subscription service. Whatever the heck it was, it came out a few years ago and the streams were still working as of last fall, but since I can't remember the name of client, I'm striking out trying to find it.
posted by alumshubby at 4:30 PM on September 13, 2004

It was called Spinner, but now it's Radio @ Netscape. I loved Spinner but can't vouch for R@N.
posted by turaho at 4:59 PM on September 13, 2004

Spinner/R&N.....aaaaahhhhh, that's it. Thx for the link. African Music and British Invasion and The Piano, here I come....oh, wow, they even have an all-Doors channel now...
posted by alumshubby at 6:22 PM on September 13, 2004

Another good one is Live365. Very wide variety.
posted by Goofyy at 9:38 PM on September 13, 2004

I like Live365 as a source for my WinAmp streams; likewise ShoutCast. I don't know of any way to access the Radio @ Netscape streams other than through their client. If I could access their streams over the Web and listen to 'em on WinAmp, that would be far better than having to use their dedicated client, which put all kinds of AOL sneakware on my 'puter.
posted by alumshubby at 6:28 AM on September 14, 2004

You can use Live365 with WinAmp? I did not know. Now if only people would stop hosting their streams on ports that are blocked by the old corporate firewall.
posted by Songdog at 8:00 AM on September 14, 2004

If I could access their streams over the Web and listen to 'em on WinAmp, that would be far better than having to use their dedicated client, which put all kinds of AOL sneakware on my 'puter.

Try SpinAmp. I don't know if it puts any bloatware on your computer, though.
posted by turaho at 11:40 AM on September 14, 2004

turaho to the rescue -- again! Thx.
posted by alumshubby at 10:23 AM on September 16, 2004