Streaming audio and podcasts...

[shmokinponcake]

If that 10gb cap is correct, you might wanna be careful streaming podcasts. I am a big music streamer.

[Afront]

I just did a little write-up on my blog comparing 5 music streaming services. Here's a comparison chart I made to go along with it:



Still no perfect streaming service for Android phones (imo) but it's getting closer every day!

[Pinesal]

Doggcatcher for podcasts and streamfurrious for shoutcasts. Both in the market.

[Afront]

I tried out StreamFurious today but unfortunately I wasn't that impressed. The default stations are mostly low bitrate and not really my style of music. The G1 has Wifi, 3G, EDGE; all of which can easily handle a decent quality stream. Why are there so many 64kb stations and why can't I filter them out? (EDIT: just realized I can long-press a station to delete it)

When I did finally find a station I thought I'd like (ETN.fm Ch1, 256kb stream), I selected it then sat waiting for 1 minute 20 seconds while StreamFurious "prepared" me for the experience (i.e. it didn't play any music).

I tried the Search, but this just took me to the ShoutCast website. This looks terrible on the G1 and is difficult to navigate.

I appreciate StreamFurious is still Alpha software (one of the four menu options is for a Debug Menu) but I'm kinda disappointed with this, especially since it seems to have so many fans on this forum.

[bugmenot1]

Originally Posted by cowmix

I'm looking at all the apps out there and its not clear what specific steaming audio formats (if any) will be supported on Android.

If I want to listen to the streaming of my local NPR affiliate for instance, will Android phones allow me to?

Also, I haven't found a specific Podcast app.. Am I not looking hard enough?

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