3G Totally Owns - mobile-friendly audio, video and text resources

As v0.1 has been around since 2010-09-19, time for an update: this is version 0.2.

Changelog
v0.1: Creation, first content.
v0.2: 2015: Addition of BBC AAC LC links, Absolute radio stream links. XHTML improvements.
v0.3: 2020: updates to various links, addition of new resources.

Welcome to my small collection of useful little stream links. Everything's on one page so you only have to load it once (nothing's more annoying than loading page after page just to get to one link!)
If you have any problems with a stream or want to suggest another one, send Chris an email or tweet him @christopherw.

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BBC

The following links are to Shoutcast MP3 streams of their network radio stations, though DASH and HLS are also available if you have a compatible client. Bit rates are usually 128 kbps on the MP3 streams; AAC bit rates on DASH/HLS can be higher.

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Radio Paradise: https://stream.radioparadise.com/aac-320 (see below for all their 'mixes')
A quintessential destination for all fans of quality music streamed in high fidelity. They offer MP3, AAC and FLAC variants of their four main stations.

Mother Earth Radio: https://motherearthradio.de/ / http://icecast3.streamserver24.com/motherearth.pls
(description borrowed from 24bit96.com)
"The special thing about motherearthradio is that the value is placed on the positive effect of listening to high-resolution music whose selection (jazz, pop, rock, indie and every 12 tracks a classic track) is based on a special chamber tone. The content and the emotional orientation of the music you listen to is also significant. True HD content in 96k/24bit FLAC streaming, mostly from vinyl sources."

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Podcasts

You don't need me to link any podcasts, you can find them everywhere. Though I'm happy to say I was years ahead of the curve in recognising their popularity ;-)

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BBC

2020: This section is very out of date, but I've run out of energy to update these links. The BBC now uses chunked HTTP streaming and has a very complex system for delivering manifests and stream selections; their site is now fully mobile compatible and they have live streams of their main channels available on the web site through HTML5 players as well as through the iPlayer app.

BBC News Live streams
One of these is often used (though not always) to stream the news live as it's broadcast every day, and if there's a special event / important news event they sometimes use two or more of the streams to broadcast footage or reports. Sometimes they link to these streams on the BBC News site, sometimes they don't. When the daily news bulletins are broadcast on BBC One, they're simulcast on (usually) the now4 stream, then made available on-demand later.

These on-demand streams are available to view approximately 30-40 minutes after the end of the programme's live broadcast, as obviously their automated encoding system has to finish encoding and upload the file onto their streaming servers for public access.

I doubt that anybody will be able to get the Real-format links to work on their device, as the last version of Real Player for PPC doesn't seem to support these latest Helix-based streams properly, and TCPMP doesn't support RTSP streaming (grr!) but they're there anyway, because many may prefer the (slightly higher) video quality of the Real stream over the WMP stream when viewing on a PC.

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These video feeds are scraped, remixed and mobile-friendly versions of the pages produced from the BBC's original, mobile-unfriendly pages, thanks to Ben Metcalfe's ongoing project. An OPML feed is also available if you view the directory listing (it's at the top), and more information on the project is available at the root of the site: http://bbcnews.benmetcalfe.com.

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Other video

Old comment from 2005: "These stream DO work, they just take absolutely ages to begin to buffer. I've waited upwards of a minute sometimes, but when they do start they run alright. Sometimes they may time out and give you an error, in which case close WMP and click on the link again. If you don't have a very good connection, it may buffer a lot. Also, like the BBC News feeds, because they're not strictly encoded for low-CPU, mobile handset playback, they may stutter, jump, lose audio/video sync occasionally or slow your device right down when you play them back. The Pipeline feeds are particular culprits and CPU hogs, but the BBC streams aren't much better. Just something we all have to put up with for the time being!"

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Thanks for checking this page out... This list is far from complete. I will be adding more to it as time goes by, and I'll make it look a lot prettier eventually - so bookmark it and check back every so often for new stuff. :)

3G Totally Owns - Christopher's lovely collection of mobile-friendly goodies (unapologetically UK-centric)

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