Reinstall Ubuntu

Shortwave Radio

1. Install Flatpack

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/flatpak
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install flatpak
    sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
   

2. Install Shortwave

   flatpak install flathub de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave
   

   Terminal command to run shortwave:

   flatpak run de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave  
   

Install OpenShot

1. In terminal:

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa
     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install openshot-qt
   

Install Audacious

1. In terminal:

     sudo apt-get install audacious
   

Install SM Player

1. In terminal:

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer
     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install smplayer smplayer-themes smplayer-skins
   

2. To update the toolbar:

   1. Make sure SmPlayer is closed

   2. edit ~/.config/smplayer/smplayer.ini

        [mini_gui]
        actions\controlwidget=play_or_pause, stop, separator, timeslider_action, separator, fullscreen, mute, volumeslider_action, repeat, set_a_marker, clear_ab_markers, set_b_marker
      

Spotify

snap install spotify

pulseaudio

If pulseaudio does not start, add the following command to Startup Applications

pulseaudio --start

Serviio

1. Download instructions are on the Wiki page. This is a summary.

2. In the Terminal

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt upgrade
    sudo apt install net-tools software-properties-common openjdk-8-jre default-jre ffmpeg dcraw wget
    cd /opt
    sudo wget http://download.serviio.org/releases/serviio-2.0-linux.tar.gz
    sudo tar zxvf serviio-2.0-linux.tar.gz
    sudo ln -s serviio-2.0 serviio
    sudo chown -R root:root /opt
   

3. Start the server

    sudo /opt/serviio/bin/serviio.sh
   

4. Check in the browser at http://192.168.1.138:23423/bash (use ifconfig to get ip address)

5. If it’s working

    sudo rm serviio-2.0-linux.tar.gz
   

6. Create serviio.service

    sudo gedit /lib/systemd/system/serviio.service
   

   Paste in the following:

    [Unit]
    Description=Serviio Media Server
    After=syslog.target local-fs.target network.target
   
    [Service]
    Type=simple
    ExecStart=/opt/serviio/bin/serviio.sh
    ExecStop=/opt/serviio/bin/serviio.sh -stop
    KillMode=none
    Restart=on-abort
   
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

7. Enable the Service

    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
    sudo systemctl enable serviio.service
    sudo systemctl start serviio.service
   

8. Reboot the system

OBS Studio

udo apt install ffmpeg
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
sudo apt update
sudo apt install obs-studio

Add radio stations to RhythmBox

(N.B. Not official BBC urls)

1. http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio3_mf_p

2. http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4fm_mf_p

3. Install extra codecs (f necessary)

      sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras
   

Reinstall Ubuntu