Shoutcast radio stations as a seperate playlist

Is there a way to load up the .pls files into itunes as a seperate playlist rather than keeping it in the library (because if the shuffle goes to the radio station, it'll stay on it 'forever')
update: I've created a playlist called Shoutcasts and dragged/dropped the .pls files into that playlist, but they're not playing

please discard that, as it does work! it was at the network i was at prior but it does work and has great support for it, NICE WORK APPLE! YOU MADE ME SMILE!!!

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How do I manage radio stations in a different playlist other than itunes's main library?

First of all, I don't remember having this problem before. Second, for being apple's flagship software product, it's still really really buggy, but I digress.
In anycase I have some radio stations that I want to put into a play list on itunes. The problem is that they show up in my main music library as well, this is an issue when I just want to listen to my playlist and they pop up. I want my radio stations to be contained differently from my main music stash. As I said earilier, I don't remember this being like this before. Pretty much, ever since apple change the iTunes icon, I've been less and less thrilled about the changes being made to itunes.
Sincerly,
(Someone who is Grumbling about how itunes doesn't handle album art very well, and gets annoyed when itunes inadvertanly delete's it.)

This question is no longer relevant. I now have a wonderful MacBook Pro and am happy using iTunes

N86 Where are radio stations saved? And playlists?

Hello to all. In FP1 devices, we had available the files of the radio stations list and of the playlists we create in music application. So, if we wanted to take backup of them, we could do so.
Where are these files in FP2 devices, and especially N86?

In FP1 devices radio stations are stored in c:drive. Its in .rb format. Also playlist isn't in music application. I dont know its exact location but i think you could just take a backup of memory to save those playlist of yours. Don't know what N86 offers?
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Can I add radio stations to iTunes?

Thanks Ryan, but how in the name of our dear lord in heaven do I add a radio station to a smart playlist.
All I have is the URL:
http://www.garnierstreamingmedia.com/asx/radio538.asp
So no drag+drop.
Ryan M.
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Baltimore, Maryland Yes, you can add radio stations to iTunes. However, you cannot add the radio stations to the Radio source in the source list. You only have the ability to add radio stations into the Library source.
You can always make a Smart Playlist, though, and name it something such as My Radio Stations or a name of your choice. What this will do is organize all of your personal radio stations that are not listed in the "Radio" source and create easy access and some organization to your downloaded internet radio stations in iTunes. To find internet radio stations, here are a few links:
DDance.FM Digital Dance Radio
Macstreams/Rogue Amoeba
Live365.com
UK Radio Stations
Shoutcast
Radio-Locator (not the best for locating online radio feeds)
There are other sites, of course. When you go to these sites, you will see lists of internet radio stations. To get the station of your choice into iTunes, you will need to download either the .pls, .m3u, or .mp3 file from that station. Once the file has downloaded, find it on your computer and double-click it. This should open iTunes. Note: XM Radio Online will not work for this. If it ever does work, I will update this. Sorry! If not, drag the file into iTunes Library and it will import into your library. Now, onto organizing and creating the Smart Playlist of your internet radio stations.
To create a Smart Playlist based on the internet radio stations you have downloaded, go to File > New Smart Playlist. A window will appear asking you for information. Make sure the Match the following condition: box is checked. From the first drop down menu, choose Kind. From the second drop down menu, choose is. To the right of that is a blank field where you can enter in what kind of file you wish to have in this Smart Playlist. You will want to add MPEG audio stream (without quotes) in that field.
Lastly, check the box that says Live Updating which will update your Smart Playlist of radio stations when you add more stations to your library. Then whenever you want to listen to your favorite radio station, you can click on that Smart Playlist in the source list and you will see all the internet radio stations you have added to iTunes.
Enjoy the music!
Note: There is no way of adding an internet radio station to the "Radio" source list in iTunes. Contacting Apple more than likely won't yield a response, but you can list your station on Shoutcast, Live365, RogueAmoeba (links listed above) to be seen and heard by listeners worldwide.
iTunes does not support Windows Media Player format or Real Player One format, so those streams cannot be played through iTunes and must be played through their respective applications.

I read the answer to this question and appreciated the information, but where on the web do you find the sources that were listed - namely:
• DDance.FM Digital Dance Radio
• Macstreams/Rogue Amoeba
• Live365.com
• UK Radio Stations
• Shoutcast
• Radio-Locator (not the best for locating online radio feeds)
I would like to add internet stations, too, but don't know how to find the stations.
----wb

Apple TV Played Radio Stations for awhile

I followed the advice of one of the articles and was able to listen to Radio Stations on Apple TV, but then it suddenly stopped working. In iTunes, I created a playlist called RadioStations and added some Radio stations to it. And on Apple TV, those radio stations appeared in the playlist. It was great, for a while...I could actually listen to radio from Apple TV. But then after a day, the playlist became empty on Apple TV. The playlist is still there in iTunes, but no longer works in Apple TV. What gives?

How full is your AppleTV? The priority of syncing puts movies and tv shows before music (playlists) and photos being last.
If you recently got a new movie or tv show, if they sync over and the AppleTV sees it may need room, it will remove lower priority stuff (music/playlists, photos).
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Why did I lose the path to my Radio Station presets?

I save iTunes radio stations to a playlist so I can have all of the radio stations I enjoy listening to in one playlist. I went to this playlist today and double-clicked on a few radio stations and nothing happened! I went back to the master Radio Station list and was able to double-click on one of the stations that I have in my playlist and it played normally.
My question is, what happened to the paths of the saved stations in my Radio station playlist, and why did these stations not play? I've resigned myself to having to reload all the radio stations back into this playlist, but I haven't been able to find anything online out about this specific issue. Thanks in advance.

I also discovered the same problem. However, I've also found that many of the stations I've listened to for years are suddenly gone, not even in the master Radio Stations list. Why are they gone, and what does it take for stations to be available on iTunes, I could never figure out why the selection is so limited..

In order to stream into a local radio station, I would need to install Silverlight. Is this compatible with MacBook Air?

Is Silverlight compatible with MacBook Air and is it OK to install? I am trying to stream into radio station and cannot, I'm told, w/o installing Silverlight. Please advise. Thank you.

Hey!
Silverlight requirements:
Mac OS X 10.5.7 (Intel-based CPU) or newer and works with browser Firefox 12+ or Safari 4+
Macintosh (Intel-based)
Intel Core Duo 1.83-gigahertz (GHz) or higher processor with 512-MB of RAM
You want to stream into a radio station?
Like broadcasting signals from you mac to a radio station?
Or do you want to lisen to radio on you MacBook Air?
If you want to stream online radio stations on your Macbook Air, it is sevral options.
1) You can download a app from App Store
2) Stream online radio from your web browser ( cud be that some websites tell you that you need Silverlight plugin)
3) You can add an radio station to an iTunes playlist (needs a few steps before you have it in playlist)
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Radio Station Favorites Add/Remove

All,
I am enjoying the internet radio very much, but I have one question. How do you remove a "favorite" radio station once you have chosen it? I get the list always at the top of my internet radio choices and selected a few in-correct options. I dont see anyway to remove a favorite once you have added it

Is it no longer possible to add your own radio stream URLs to the Apple TV? On the first Apple TV, if you had added a custom audio stream in iTunes (using Ctrl+U) and placed it in a playlist, it would be playable on the Apple TV. And in the most recent Apple TV 1st gen software updates, there was an option to select radio stations from your iTunes playlists above the list of pre-loaded radio stations. Is this gone now, or am I just missing it?

Artist radio stations vs regular playlists

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Synching Internet Radio Stations Playlist with ATV - Doesn't always work!

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How to save the radio station you just listened as a playlist?

Make a save radio station button.. to listen them as a playlist later.

Please!! One of, if not the, main reason I got Premium is to be able to use this on my phone in offline mode. I love the Offline feature of spotify, but is limited to playlists. Usually I end up adding a public playlist of the genre I'm interested in, but can be tedious and oftentime will have too few or too many songs for me to sync with my phone to listen while I'm out and about and not use up my phone's data plan.
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Please walk me thru creating a playlist in iTunes for internet radio stations

Please walk me thru creating a playlist in itunes specifically for internet radio. The itunes help page is not detail enough.

Create a new playlist
Open iTunes
Click the + button in the lower left corner of the window.
Name your playlist
Add radio stations:
On the left side of the iTunes window, at the top is the "Library" group. Under "Library" should be an item called "Radio." Click that to open the radio listings. If you do not see "Radio" in iTunes, go to the menu bar at the top of your screen and open iTunes > Preferences. In the preferences window, under the General tab, make sure Show > Radio is checked and click OK.
Find a station in the Radio listing.
Drag that station from the listing on the right side of the window to the new playlist you created on the left side, and drop.
You now have a playlist with a streaming radio station in it.
To add stations not listed in the iTunes radio listings:
Locate the stream URL (if you need further help, post which radio station you want exactly)
Copy the URL to your clipboard (command+C)
open iTunes
In the menu bar at the top of your screen, click on Advnaced > Open Stream...
Paste the URL (command+V)
Click OK
Your new radio stream should now appear in a playlist called "Internet Songs." Open that playlist.
Drag the station from the Internet Songs playlist into your own playlist.

How to keep radio stations out of a smart playlist?

how to keep radio stations out of a smart playlist

A cleaner solution is to create a playlist with your running albums, then update the other smart playlists with "Playlist" not in "Running Albums".
That way, you don't need to update each and every playlist when you add a new running album, you just need to put it in the Running Albums playlist.

Apple TV 2 shows Playlisted Radio Station Genres under Music.

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In order to remember three Internet Radio Stations, I dragged them into a Playlist titled Radio Stations on my PC library. As a result, those 'odd' Genres now show up under Music as described above when using Apple TV to access my library or using Apple Remote on my iPhone to access my library.
I guess the only way to stop seeing those Radio Station Genres is to delete the Radio Station Playlist, but then that sort of defeats the purpose of using that function for when I'm sitting in front of my PC.
Am I missing a simple solution?
Thanks.

Thanks, Gino.
I was thinking that would be the case.
It is odd, however, that when I use Apple Remote to control the Apple TV and use 'Computers' to access my PC library rather than swipe 'Control' (or the Apple TV remote itself), the Music Genres show up correctly; as in without displaying the Radio Station Genres!
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It does seem a bit inconsistent and a not intuitive.
Oh, well. Thought I'd ask!
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ITunes doesnt show radio stations in playlist

I've recently run upgrades on both iTunes (7.6.1) and Quicktime (7.4.1) and now I cannot see any radio stations in the Library. There is nothing at all in the radio window.
Has anyone else experienced this problem. Currently running Tiger 10.4.11.
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I noticed the same thing on my radio playlist containing my favorite stations. Not sure if this happened with the latest iTunes update. Have not found a solution other than recreating the list. I am using iTunes 10.6.3 and Snow Leopard on a Mac Mini

Shoutcast radio stations as a seperate playlist

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