There is a new Windows Media Center app in the Made for Media Center app store. Simple Radio is an open source Media Center addin that enables you to listen to web radio services in Media Center via an XML file. All you need to know is the streaming URL of the station and then you can add it to the Service.xml file. Once you have added the data to the xml file you can browse your list of stations and start playback.

You can download the Windows Media Center addin via the Made for Media Center store either via the web site or Media Center addin. You can also download the source files from Google Code.

 

Simple Radio

About

it is a OpenSource Windows MediaCenter AddIn with that can you hear Web Radio Services that you have defined in the Services.xml

Using

the usage of Simple Radio is very easy it use a XML File (stored in “C:\ProgramData\SimpleRadio”) that holds the Services

Example for One Service

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″ ?>
<Services>
<Service>
<DisplayName>Jam FM</DisplayName>
<MediaPath>http://www.jam.fm/streams/jam-bnd-mp3.m3u</MediaPath>
<LogoPath>file://C:\ProgramData\SimpleRadio\JAMFM.png</LogoPath>
<Country>Deutschland</Country>
<Region>Berlin/Brandenburg</Region>
<Genre>Black/RnB</Genre>
<Genre>RnB/HipHop</Genre>
<IsFavorite>true</IsFavorite>
</Service>
<Service>
<DisplayName>Antenne Brandenburg</DisplayName>
<MediaPath>http://www.antennebrandenburg.de/livemp3</MediaPath>
<LogoPath>file://C:\ProgramData\SimpleRadio\AntenneBRB.png</LogoPath>
<Country>Deutschland</Country>
<Region>Berlin/Brandenburg</Region>
<Genre></Genre>
<IsFavorite>false</IsFavorite>
</Service>
</Services>

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