For those of you that listen to Radio 1 over the internet, this might come in handy:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/wm_asx/aod/radio1.asx (low quality)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1.asx (high quality)
It is the direct link to the online stream, so you can paste this into an application like Winamp, VLC or whatever you use instead of having to keep a browser window open.
I am sure BBC don’t mind you using it like this but the url is buried in the html and is quite tricky to find (because of the frames) so hopefully this will save you some digging.
Thanks for all the comments and extra info
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Cool, I’ll give this a go as I do listen to Radio 1 in the evenings over the net.
Excellent, work block all radio sites, even through WMP, but opening this URL seems to have worked! Mint. (Knew our IT was Pants!).
Genius - finally it works at work!
Quality Mate Thanks.
Fantastic. Thanks, been suffering with radio 1 cutting out randomly whilst listening through real player or real alternative for months.
Posting this link in to WMP has stopped me needing to restart it every 10-20 mins!
The url doesn’t work any more. Or is it my computer’s fault? I would like to feed my internet radio with it…
That link should still work - I just tested it.
Cheers, Used at school! The normal radio 1 website doesnt work but this does so sound mate.
Thanks for the link. i use Ubuntu so dont have realplayer or windows media player but this link works great with both VLC and Amarok!
Thanks
How do I play this in Windows Media Player? I’m trying to do it from work.
no u just copy nd paste the link
Thank you so much! The realplayer pop-up on the radio 1 site SUCKS, but this works a treat!
The New link is this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1.asx
Is it possible to find the listen again links like this?
Cheers
I cant get the link to work through WMP or Winamp!! please help what am I doing wrong??
Thanks!
Both links work, the top one is low bandwidth and Penna’s link is the high quality stream ;oP
Copy and Paste It Top Bar Thankyou I Use For Programs Like When Playing Games Thx For Link
Thx so much from a Brit in Switzerland.
Now we just need iPlayer to work!
Thx again
I have to give you more credit. My internet buggered up so I have a slinky (very wireless sensitive) little DELL. I plugged in to the swiss free broadband system. This link has not broken once.
I had found the low bandwith BBC thing but this has been seamless for 6 hours. Amazing. TY TY TY
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