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Run VLC from the command line on Mac OS X and stream internet radio (such as Radio Paradise).
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -I rc "$@"
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kgriffs commented Aug 30, 2013

Just save this to /usr/local/bin and then make it executable:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/vlc

You can try it out by running vlc inside Terminal:

vlc http://www.radioparadise.com/m3u/aac-128.m3u

If the audio skips, then try the direct stream instead:

vlc http://stream-tx4.radioparadise.com:80/aac-128

The Ogg stream is also pretty good:

vlc http://stream-sd.radioparadise.com/rp_192m.ogg

See also: http://www.radioparadise.com/rp_2.php?#name=Listen

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flooie commented May 24, 2016 •
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Amazing!!!! thank you!

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idkjs commented Nov 24, 2016

Just for for fun. What is the idiots way of understanding and running these commands? I'm not great with shebang and bash scripting
outside of node.js. Thank you.

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pyrog commented Dec 3, 2016

What is the idiots way of understanding and running these commands?

vlc --help 😉

If you don't love bash scripting, type /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC --help

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dglaude commented Feb 17, 2018

This: https://superuser.com/questions/521590/osx-using-cli-version-of-vlc

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mwathi commented Jan 18, 2022

Amazing

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