BBC national and local radio HLS streams
These are the BBC’s HLS radio streams. If these do not work for you, then you may wish to try the alternative DASH streams. The conventional wisdom is that HLS is for Apple users and DASH is for Windows and Android. Of course, if you run a modern GNU/Linux operating system, and have installed all the necessary CODECs, then you may use either. In fact, on most devices regardless of their operating systems, you just need to install VLC, if you haven’t done so already. 🙂
BBC World Service | |
BBC 1Xtra | |
BBC Radio 1 | |
BBC Radio 1 Dance | |
BBC Radio 2 | |
BBC Radio 3 | |
BBC Radio 4 FM | |
BBC Radio 4 Extra | |
BBC Radio 5 live | |
BBC Radio 6 Music | |
BBC Radio Asian Network | |
BBC Radio Berkshire | |
BBC Radio Bristol | |
BBC Radio Cambridge | |
BBC Radio Cornwall | |
BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire | |
BBC Radio Cumbria | |
BBC Radio Cymru | |
BBC Radio Cymru 2 | |
BBC Radio Derby | |
BBC Radio Devon | |
BBC Radio Essex | |
BBC Radio Foyle | |
BBC Radio Hereford Worcester | |
BBC Radio Gloucestershire | |
BBC Radio Guernsey | |
BBC Radio Humberside | |
BBC Radio Jersey | |
BBC Radio Kent | |
BBC Radio Lancashire | |
BBC Radio Leeds | |
BBC Radio Leicester | |
BBC Radio Lincolnshire | |
BBC Radio London | |
BBC Radio Manchester | |
BBC Radio Merseyside | |
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal | |
BBC Radio Newcastle | |
BBC Radio Norfolk | |
BBC Radio Northampton | |
BBC Radio Nottingham | |
BBC Radio Orkney | |
BBC Radio Oxford | |
BBC Radio Scotland FM | |
BBC Radio Scotland MW | |
BBC Radio Sheffield | |
BBC Radio Shetland | |
BBC Radio Shropshire | |
BBC Radio Solent | |
BBC Radio Solent West Dorset | |
BBC Radio Somerset Sound | |
BBC Radio Stoke | |
BBC Radio Suffolk | |
BBC Radio Surrey | |
BBC Radio Sussex | |
BBC Radio Tees | |
BBC Radio Ulster | |
BBC Radio Wales | |
BBC Radio West Midlands | |
BBC Radio Wiltshire | |
BBC Radio York | |
BBC Three Counties Radio |
About BBC HLS Streams
The BBC’s http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/ shoutcast type radio streams were discontinued in 2023. Moreover all the old HLS streams have gone too. Seems Aunty Beeb wants folks to use its dreadful website instead. However its HLS streams are still available. These are the BBC’s high quality 320kb/s audio streams, using Apple’s proprietary HLS (hypertext transfer protocol live streaming) format. Basically this chops the stream into tiny files, and stitches them together again once they have got through various firewalls etc. These are particularly appropriate for mobile devices.
- More about HLS streaming:-
https://www.dacast.com/blog/hls-streaming-protocol/
BBC radio streams as a VLC/SMPlayer compatible “*.m3u playlist
BBC radio streams as a simple plain text list
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