How to add custom radio stations to boombox

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Step 1: Locate and open file where stations are stored

It sould be in the folder where derail valley is installed. File name is radio.pls



Right click on it, and open this file with notepad or any other text editors. You sould see something like this.

Step 2: Locate stream URL.

Go to website where you can listen for a radio. In this example i will use chrome and https://truckers.fm/


Press F12 and go to "Network tab". Please note, that exact locations of buttons may be different in different browsers.


After that, hit play and wait a few seconds. You will see a continuous data stream shown by the longest line.


This is our audio stream. If there is no continuous data stream, then your best option is to find radio stream URL in google.

We need right click on it, and select copy link address.


To verify that link is working we can just paste it into browser. Is there a blank page with only music strem on it, than this is correct URL.

Step 3: Add URL to radio.pls

To add online radio station to .pls file you need to follow very simple instructions.

• Copy and paste one of the pre-set radiostations.
  
• Change numbers in "File" and "Title"
  
• Replace URL after "File="
  
• And change Title to whatever you want.
  
• Change "NumberOfEntries" in the end to whatever amount of radios you have now.

Here is image example[\b]


And that's it. Enjoy your favourite stations on the rails.

Adding HLS radio station (M3U8 file extension).

Let's say i want to add a BBC radio station. I cannot get URL using network traffic analysis tool. That's what i endded up getting.

You can see that there is a lot of small bits of information, and therefore there is no specific URL

After a quick google search i found this on a GitHub[gist.github.com]


As you can see, we got an URL, but it is a M3U8 file. That means that we will need to do few extra steps to make this work.

Following steps will require to install additional software. Please do not proceed if you don't know what you are doing. I will not take any responsibility for any damage done.

First off, we will need to install RadioHLSConverter[github.com]
To install it follow the instructions listed in README.md on the GitHub page.

Now we will confing that software

Navigate to the folder where software is and loacte appsettings.json. Edit it according to the example below.

Save config and start the application using instrucions provided on GitHub page.

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[WizardXanadu]

Thanks!! worked great!

[AyrA]

For easy playlist and tape editing, you can also use DvMusicEdit https://github.com/AyrA/DVMusicEdit/

You can download the precompiled application in the "releases" section, or replace "github.com" with "gitload.net" in the URL

[CSI48]

Yeah i like my "coustom" radio.
lmao
But i love Custom radio even better.

[Mr. Sandpatch]

For those wondering. Chilltrax is: https://streamssl3.chilltrax.com/currentsong?sid=1

[Mr. Sandpatch]

Radio Paradise has links, but I can't get them to work.
Weird because I got Chilltrax to work
https://radioparadise.com/listen/stream-links

[Kuper [EN/UA/RU]]

@LPIDpruductions for HLS stream you need to keep application running at all times

[LIPDProductions]

So, do I need this running the entire time or just until I connect?

[brain141500]

Nice, thank you!

[Soyota Tupra]

Thankyou so much! this guide is da bomb

[Weißbrot]

Thank you :)