In iTunes you can save radio streams into a playlist. Command-Shift-
N will let you create a new playlist from your selection. For some
reason the contextual menu does not work for me under the radio
streams songs outline, so I can't just do a VO-keys-Shift-M and
select the "Add to Playlist" option the way I can for podcasts or any
other library, but maybe that's because I'm running Tiger? You can
use either AppleScripts or Automator actions to add selections to a
playlist instead, but here are a few simple ways to get around this bug:
1. Create regular playlists for each one of your radio streams with
Command-Shift-N
2. (Optionally) Combine the individual playlists into a master
playlist of radio streams by creating a smart playlist (Option-Shift-
N) with rules like "Playlist is <name of your playlist>" and keep
pressing (VO-keys+space) the "+" button to add another rule until you
run out of playlists you want to add. Then carriage return when
you're done and name your Master playlist as you like.
Weirdly, the contextual menu works in playlists that you create of
radio streams. So if you open a category folder like "Talk/Spoken
Word" and select all with Command-A, then create your new playlist
from selection you can either delete entries you don't want, or use
the contextual menu (VO-keys+Shift-M) and add those selections to a
specific playlist the way you should have been able to do from the
streams songs outline.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
P.S. This is another case of replies to posts to the MacVisionaries
list showing up in my mailbox well before the original post.
On Aug 3, 2008, at 11:27 AM, Randy Stegall wrote:
It depends upon whether or not you are talking about listening to a
radio stream from within itunes or one you have started from safari.
To save a stream from itunes radio as a bookmarked stream choose
the stream you want to save. When it has been selected press
command+i and while in the summary tab you will find the url of the
stream. Route your mouse pointer to the url by pressing VO+command
+f5. Then control+click. Copy URL should appear. Press return.
Command+u. Command+v. Press return. The stream should start to
play and will be placed in your library. Hope this helps.
Randy
On Aug 3, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
Does some way exist to save a working bookmark to a playing radio
stream once iTunes has it playing? This way for favorite stations
you'd no longer need to hunt down all of the available categories
and radio streams iTunes has to offer each time you wanted to
listen to a favorite station.
