I would like to listen to Radio Swiss Classical (https://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en) on my Homepod but when I try to "Open Stream URL" through the File menu in Music nothing happens.
I can listen to the Radio Swiss stream through Safari with no problems but that plays through my Mac speakers and I would prefer listening through my Homepod.
I'm running MacOS 15.6.
Mac Studio, macOS 15.6
That is the address for the website rather than a specific audio streaming URL. Try this page: https://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en/reception/internet.
I've made a web page that lists the Internet radio stations from iTunes that are not listed in Music and describes how you can access them in the (now not so) new app. See iTunes | Internet Radio. It turns out that the Radio Swiss links there are out of date. I should really make time to update that list, though I've no idea how many people make use of it.
tt2
Thanks for your response. I tried that link but no luck, however the page that it goes to had another link which does work: https://stream.srg-ssr.ch/srgssr/rsc_de/aac/96
I plugged this into Music and it started playing right away.
I can't see any way of saving this link in Music so have copied it into a text document and will copy and paste when I need to.
It's a pity Music doesn't display a warning or error message if the URL is not valid.
Sorry if I wasn't clear. The link was to a page where you had three potential stream links to choose from. It wasn't supposed to play directly. If you had looked at my other link you might have found this information:
... in Music use File > Open Stream URL, paste into the box and click OK. Once the stream is playing you can right-click the notification area at the top of Music and use Add to Playlist to save the stream to a playlist in your library, e.g. Internet Streams. You'll need to edit the name of the station manually once it has been added to your playlist.
And yes, Music/iTunes generally fail silently, which can be less than helpful.
tt2
Is “Open Stream URL”/“Add to Playlist” available on the Music app on iPhone or iPad as well? Or can these stations perhaps be synced from Mac to mobile?
It would be nice to have it in the Music app instead of a third party app, if possible.
Urquhart1244 wrote:
Is “Open Stream URL”/“Add to Playlist” available on the Music app on iPhone or iPad as well? Or can these stations perhaps be synced from Mac to mobile?
Pretty sure the answer is no in both cases.
tt2
Thanks again. I eventually worked out how to save the stream in a playlist. I will look at the other stations you listed under your iTunes link and add the ones that work.
It would be nice if you would share the solution to a problem, for the benefit of others.
The solution is in the replies above. To stream a radio program, find the URL to the specific radio stream and in Music use File > Open Stream URL, paste into the box and click OK.
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