Project 14B: Listening to Streaming Media with Rhythmbox

In addition to allowing you to play audio CDs or the music you have stored on your hard disk, Rhythmbox also allows you to play Internet radio streams in either MP3 or Ogg Vorbis format. To add a stream, click the Radio icon in the left pane of the Rhythmbox window—you will come face to face with only about a dozen stations the first time around. In this project, I will try to fatten up your collection a bit by showing you how you can add streams on your own.

14B-1: Adding Radio Streams to Rhythmbox

To get started, let's try adding FIP, a French music station specializing in the eclectic. The process for adding FIP is essentially the same for adding any other stream. Here are the steps:

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