Chapter 12: Live from the Net
Overview
In This Chapter
Using XMMS to listen to Internet audio streams
Listening to live radio and playing DVDs with MPlayer
One of the great innovations of recent times is the use of the Internet to transmit — stream — audio and video programs. Streaming technology provides the ability for anyone to create a radio or TV station unlimited in terms of geography and governmental approval; it also can be done inexpensively. Using streaming technology, computer users can listen to or view those broadcasts from anywhere.This chapter describes how to use your Red Hat Linux machine as both an audio radio receiver and a DVD video player. We use the open source XMMS and MPlayer applications to listen to the Net.