On 21/01/18 14:20, Curt wrote: > On 2018-01-20, Eike Lantzsch <zp6...@gmx.net> wrote: >>> >>> looks like a shit program to me - just wondering how it got it into debian >>> packages. >>> When I read first this post I was thinking there is an app for controlling >>> radio receiver but it turns out it is online radio - WTF! online radio is >>> not a radio like terrestrial broadcast. Each online radio offers nowdays a >>> HTML5 stream, which can be automatically played by any HTML5 compatible >>> browser. >>> >>> correct me if I am wrong >>> >>> regards >> >> No, I think you're right either way. > > Just to be clear this python program is a small utility that sits in > your system tray and allows you to select and listen to online radio > streams, as decoded by the gstreamer librairies--the only dependency > other than some python stuff, it seems. > > Why this is invalid because you can also listen to online radio from an > HTML5 compatible browser, I am uncertain (this app is ostensibly > designed to be minimal, whereas HTML5 compatible browsers generally > have maximal tendencies). > > Of course if the application isn't working that does qualify as a major > point in its disfavor. > > I just read that 'python-xdg' should be a hard dependency, the installation > of which has fixed some folks' mortal bugs. > > >> kind regards and have a nice day >>
Well, let's put this to bed. Thanks to those who responded; Eike at least tried to help, his symptoms precisely match mine, thus confirming it's a bug, despite the developer being unable to replicate it. Ah, well... It's NOT a shit program; it's been happily fulfilling my needs for many years (certainly since Wheezy); it sits unobtrusively in the system tray, without much overhead. I'm not in the habit of running a resource-hungry web browser all the time. However, it no longer works, so must be consigned to the shit-heap. Thanks, anyway
