Step 1
If you haven’t installed mpd and mpc start by making sure your Raspberry Pi is up to date.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Step 2:
Install mpc and mpd
sudo apt-get install mpd mpc
Step 2:
Add BBC Radio 1 to your playlist to check everything is working as it should.
mpc add http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_lc_radio1_p?s=1365376033&e=1365390433&h=a0fef58c2149248d6bff1f7b7b438931
Start the radio station playing with
mpc play
Step 3:
Finding new radio stations to add to your playlist
Visit http://www.shoutcast.com and look at their large collection of internet streaming radio stations.
Once you find a station you like right click on the download icon and save the file.
Open the file you have just downloaded with a text editor. It will look something like this.
numberofentries=1
File1=http://67.23.252.145:9986
Title1=(#1 – 0/500) UCBRADIO
Length1=-1
Version=2
Copy the web address from the file (highliged in red below)
numberofentries=1
File1=http://67.23.252.145:9986
Title1=(#1 – 0/500) UCBRADIO
Length1=-1
Version=2
Now add the web address to the mpc playlist with
mpc add http://67.23.252.145:9986