12.04's music players won't stream radio stations

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Published on 2012-05-31T16:30:33Z Indexed on 2012/05/31 16:50 UTC
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I cannot get any music player in 12.04 to stream radio stations. My previous OS (ubuntu 10.04) had no problems with this.

I have tried Rhythmbox and Exaile. neither works in 12.04 (but both work fine in 10.04.

I inputted this stream: http://ummedia12.rs.itd.umich.edu:8004

I see that an internet connection is established by "Python" and I hear the "Advertisement" that plays right before the stream begins. But then just silence.

The stream works fine in VLC, but I like to use the music players because they "store" the URL and have a tab that says Radio. I can find no way to "store" the URL in VLC.

Anyone know what's wrong and why it's not working in the music players? I have fluendo plugins installed. I have python installed. I have ffmpeg installed.

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