I’m not an expert by any means, but these are the steps I use to create a playlist:
- Go to Shoutcast.com
- Search for a station you like (for example, “Smooth Jazz Tampa”)
- Click on the download icon next to the play button, Select, "Any Player (.m3u)
- Once the file is downloaded, open it up with a text editor of your choice
- In the file you will see something like, “Smooth Jazz Tampa http://45.79.92.185:8007/stream”
- You just want the “http://45.79.92.185:8007/stream” part
- Paste that address into the, “default.m3u” file that came with your Pirate radio code (GitHub example below).
To load your playlist, just follow these directions from Pimoroni… Hope this helps.
"Playlist:
A default playlist is supplied with the project, but you can (and probably will want to) tune in your favorite stations, of course.
You can either create a playlist.m3u and drop it in your home folder (in /home/pi/.config/vlc/), or if you don’t feel like logging in via ssh you may also drop the playlist.m3u in the /boot partition of your SD from another computer and the VLC daemon will copy it in place for your convenience.
Reboot (or restart the vlcd service) after editing or creating the file for it to take effect."