[Update 4/7/2008] FreeRadio 1.8: Portal for the FW 3.80 Internet Radio Player

[FreePlay]

Note: The latest release, Version 1.8, is in this post.

Previous versions:
Version 1.7
Version 1.6
Version 1.5
Version 1.4
Version 1.3
Versions 1.2 and 1.1
Version 1.0 is in this post right here.


original release info:
I've spent the last few days pounding out Javascript code to make my radio player portal work ENTIRELY without a web server. Now, I'm sharing the fruit of my labor!

FreePlay presents FreeRadio - a completely serverless radio player portal for firmware 3.80 (and above?)

Version 1.0, 12/30/2007

Features:

• Shoutcast playback
• Streaming MP3/AAC playback
• Podcast browsing/playback
• Remote playlist streaming
• Web browsing
• Links to both official Sony radio players
• Customizable lists of Shoutcast stations, podcasts, and raw audio streams

To install, just do what the folder name tells you to do The files go into the root of your PSP, a.k.a. MS_ROOT, ms0:/, X:\, etc.

To run, go to the Internet Radio icon and pick FreeRadio from the list.

To customize the list of Shoutcast stations, podcasts, or raw streams, look in the 'radio\personalize' folder. 'MyShoutcast.js', 'MyPodcasts.js', and 'MyStreams.js' contain the lists of Shoutcast stations, podcasts, and raw streams displayed in the portal, as well as instructions for adding your own stuff.

Enjoy!

BTW: There are no graphics here, folks. I'm no graphic designer. BUT: If you want to contribute your own graphics, feel free to toss them by me I'm certainly not averse to making this look pretty.

[NeilR]

Sounds good. I can't wait to give it a go. Thanks FreePlay

[Sullivan]

Looks nice, surprisingly many have not posted in here.
Can't wait to try it out when I get 3.80 M33!

[MaTiAz]

I thought it was goatse!

anyway, good job as always

[FreePlay]

Originally Posted by Sullivan

Can't wait to try it out when I get 3.80 M33!

make pandora and try now :'(

[Torch]

Why dont you declare the PSP object in the 'nav' frame and call it via windows.frames[0]... That way it wont stop playback when you navigate to a different section, until you play another stream.

[Sullivan]

Originally Posted by FreePlay

make pandora and try now :'(

Ehh, I got one, I might give it a quick try soon...

[FreePlay]

Originally Posted by Torch

Why dont you declare the PSP object in the 'nav' frame and call it via windows.frames[0]... That way it wont stop playback when you navigate to a different section, until you play another stream.

I initially didn't think it would work at all, since reading the contents of parent frames seemed to be impossible from the tests I tried. Maybe I just wasn't trying the right things...

Anyways, I'll do that in the next version.

[Torch]

Originally Posted by FreePlay

I initially didn't think it would work at all, since reading the contents of parent frames seemed to be impossible from the tests I tried. Maybe I just wasn't trying the right things...

Anyways, I'll do that in the next version.

window.frames[0].. works on the PSP. Other methods dont.

You can call functions in the parent frame via parent.function()
But if you put the script in the nav frame it would probably have to be parent.frame[0].function(). I dunno if that would work. Maybe you should put the script in the index.html instead and call parent.function(), presuming a script can be executed from a frameset page.

[FreePlay]

I've got it figured out. Thanks for the suggestion... dunno why I couldn't figure it out before.

Version 1.1 is attached.

Changelog from 1.0:

• Per suggestion from Torch, the player no longer stops playing when you switch between sections of the portal.
• (Unmentioned in previous version...) You can toggle radio muting by pressing the Start button.

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Updated yet again! This update makes it the first proper RSS reader on the PSP, complete with support for text-only RSS feeds, HTML in feed entries, enclosure playback and downloading, etc.

Version 1.2, 12/31/2007

Changelog from 1.1:

• Added a few graphics to [try to] make it more attractive
• Fixed support for rendering HTML properly in RSS feeds
• Added a 'clone tab' feature
• Added support for another type of RSS feed thumbnail
• Added a few more default RSS feeds and podcasts
• Added support for separators (e.g. group headers) in the Shoutcast station, RSS feed, and audio stream lists

[Maxy_PSP]

Thanks. Hope dax will release his 3.80 m33 soon, i want test it

[FreePlay]

Well, version 1.3 is out now....

Version 1.3, 12/31/2007

Changelog from 1.2:

• Various podcast player bugfixes and RSS reader compatibility tweaks

[Acinonyx]

Ooh, nice! Now I'm getting anxious for 3.80 m33 :P

[Korlithiel]

Your really just busting out on these, now I'm starting to think I am going to really enjoy it when 3.80 M33 is released.

[qijhhad]

Originally Posted by FreePlay

Well, version 1.3 is out now....

Version 1.3, 12/31/2007

Changelog from 1.2:

• Various podcast player bugfixes and RSS reader compatibility tweaks

Cool, I was looking for something to replace PSPRadio as it stutters within a few minutes of playing any radio streams with PARSER ERROR. Also PSPRadio is severely feature poor: doesn't have LAST.FM compatability, the list of Shoutcast is way to short (if you've ever seen Amarok's list you know what I am talking about), is unable to stream music off the PC or play in-game, you cannot use with IRShell to have in the background as you read with Bookr, watch comics with PSPComic, browse files, intartubes browser, use it while in usbhost, cannot be launched through XMB, etc.

However this is my question, is this compatible with 3.71m33-4?

thanks

[NeilR]

As stated, it is for the FW 3.80 Internet Radio Player. So it's an official 3.80 only program until 3.80 gets a custom firmware.

[qijhhad]

Originally Posted by NeilR

As stated, it is for the FW 3.80 Internet Radio Player. So it's an official 3.80 only program until 3.80 gets a custom firmware.

oops, didn't realized it was the second page. ARRRGGHGHG!!! Whys is taking DAX so long to release cfw 3.80 :'(( Can't wait.


By the way who's the hot chic?

[StoneCut]

Very interesting project, looking forward to trying it out once I get 3.80 CFW. Homebrew back to the roots Thanks !

[Disc10]

This is gonna sound stupid but...

I downloaded Freeradio, and installed the file in the RADIOPLAYER folder, but I have no idea where the other files need to go. So, um, where do they need to go?

[Torch]

Just dump them in the memory stick root.

[Disc10]

ok, thank you very much

This FreeRadio sounds much better than the stuff sony gives you by the way.

EDIT: hmmm, it's still not working. I've put the folders in the root folder (I think), but I still get the "content cannot be displayed" message. this is the folder I put them in:



is it the right folder? or have I not put the files in the right way?

I'm very sorry about having to ask all these questions

[ricosuavez]

at the root of your ms not mp_root

[BigSanFrey]

It shouldn't be "F:\MP_ROOT" it should just be "F:\"

[Disc10]

ahhhh. it seems so obvious now! thank you very much.

[.A.J.]

Originally Posted by Sullivan

Looks nice, surprisingly many have not posted in here.
Can't wait to try it out when I get 3.80 M33!

I too am surprised that not many have posted regarding this. I just noticed it and tried it out. This is a GREAT piece of work. Its like having PSP Radio on OFW, but with a better browser than the links plugin.

Once the 3.8 m33 is released, this will get a lot more attention around here. I guess not many people here have tried it yet because you need Official FW to use it. I know I will definitely be using this on my CFW PSP as soon as I can.

Anyhow, great job and thanks a bunch FreePlay.

[FreePlay]

Just updated this to version 1.4 when I realized you couldn't add non-Shoutcast streams; someone on YouTube made me aware of it. Now you can add any M3U or PLS-style stream from anywhere.

Example: http://www.lowercasesounds.com/ has a streaming PLS channel at http://www.lowercasesounds.com/modul...000&format=PLS and a streaming M3U channel at http://www.lowercasesounds.com/playlist.m3u. They're added by default in the MyStreams.js file so you can see how it works.

Update is attached.

Originally Posted by Changelog

Version 1.4, 1/13/2008

Changelog from 1.3:

• You can now add M3U and PLS playlists to the MP3/AAC Streams page. They're added by editing the 'MyStreams.js' file, following the same convention as adding a stream, but with the M3U and PLS entries in their own lists. (These sections only show up if there are any entries in the list.)

[CoBrA2168]

Forgot to change the topic title to say 1.4.

[FreePlay]

thanks.

[.A.J.]

A certain Wayne Newton song comes to mind.

Nice addition to an already great thing. Keep up the good work.

[Disc10]

This is great, now that I've had a chance to use it properly, but I was wondering (full of questions I am... which might not be such a good thing...) is it possible to get BBC streams on here?