How do I get a direct link to any online radio station stream

On the Internet, there are thousands of online stations that broadcast around the clock the most diverse music. You can listen to them directly on their websites or special directories such as Shoutcast or TuneIn, But it is much more convenient to do it in a conventional desktop player. First, it allows you to create lists from different stations by genre or mood, and secondly, some players are able to also record the live broadcast.

Many channels directly on their websites links lead to playback in the player, but not all. This is quite understandable, creators of the site do not want you to let go of your site to show you more ads. You can, of course, peep required link to the source code, but it is sometimes so well hidden that a person without knowledge of HTML can be difficult to understand. Therefore, we want to introduce you to the easiest way to obtain a stream of addresses virtually any station.

For Google Chrome users

1. Open the page in your browser station.

2. Press F12. Offers a toolbar for developers.

3. Reload the page, and then start playback.

4. In an open bar at the bottom go to the Network tab in the Timeline and are looking for the longest column connection.

5. Right click the link and copy it to the clipboard.

Here I must say that there are different options and sometimes the resulting link is necessary to change a little. For example, in the above case, it has the form http://pub5.sky.fm/sky_tophits_aacplus? type = .flv and will not work. But if you remove its tail, after the question mark, inclusive, all sparkle. So you need to experiment.

For Firefox users

If you use this wonderful browser, you have probably installed the extension Adblock Plus. And if not, necessarily set itBecause it is not only perfectly cut advertising, but also help us to look for the right link to the music.

1. Open the station website in Mozilla Firefox.

2. Press the key combination CTRL + SHIFT + V then opens a list of elements of the previewed page.

3. In this table, pay attention to the Type column and find it value An object or Query object.

4. Often these records a few, so empirically find a suitable one. In this case, we see the screenshot already familiar from the description above link, which should be just shortened.

I'm still not playing, what's wrong?

Chances are you got a radio station, which determines how you are connected to its channel - via a browser, or simply from the player and block such a connection.

In this case it is necessary to use a great music player AIMPWho is able to masquerade as your browser. To do this in the program settings (Preferences -> Playback -> Connection Settings -> User-Agent) enter Mozilla / 5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) and it should work.

Enjoy your listening!