Radio Tray Lite
Radio Tray Lite is an online radio streaming player with minimum interface that runs on a Linux system tray.
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Radio Tray Lite is a lightweight clone of the original Radio Tray online radio streaming player rewritten in C++.
Key features
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Radio Tray Lite is an excellent replacement for Radio Tray because Radio Tray uses Python 2 which has reached end of life and removed from Ubuntu 20.04 and future releases. Radio Tray Lite is written in C++ and uses Radio Tray's existing bookmarks.
How to Install Radio Tray Lite: (For Ubuntu 20.04 LTS & newer)
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command to add the PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
3. Type the following command: sudo apt-get update
4. Press Enter or Return and type in your password
5. Type the following command: sudo apt install radiotray-lite
If you don't want to add the PPA, grab the deb from radiotray-lite_0.2.18-1~webupd8~zesty0_amd64.deb or radiotray-lite_0.2.18-1~webupd8~bionic0_amd64.deb.
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command to add the PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
3. Type the following command: sudo apt-get update
4. Press Enter or Return and type in your password
5. Type the following command: sudo apt install radiotray-lite
If you don't want to add the PPA, grab the deb from radiotray-lite_0.2.18-1~webupd8~zesty0_amd64.deb or radiotray-lite_0.2.18-1~webupd8~bionic0_amd64.deb.
How to Remove Radio Tray Lite:
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
3. Type the following command: sudo apt remove radiotray-lite
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
3. Type the following command: sudo apt remove radiotray-lite
To start Radio Tray Lite type radiotray-lite at the command prompt in the Terminal. You can also start Radio Tray Lite by clicking on th Applications menu, then highlight Sound & Video, then click on Radio Tray Lite.
Changing the Channels:
Click on the Radio Tray Lite icon to display a drop-down menu that displays the current channel playing, current song, then a list of popular music genres. Highlight a genre to display a list of channels. Click on a channel and it will start playing.
Click on the Radio Tray Lite icon to display a drop-down menu that displays the current channel playing, current song, then a list of popular music genres. Highlight a genre to display a list of channels. Click on a channel and it will start playing.
You can stop the channel playing without quitting Radio Tray Lite by clicking the Radio Tray Lite icon and click on Turn Off "What Channel You Have Playing." In my example I have 97.7 Classic Rock playing, so I would click on Turn Off "97.7 Classic Rock" to turn the station off. To quit Radio Tray Lite and remove it from the System Tray click the Quit option at the bottom of the menu.
If you do a fresh install of Radio Tray Lite, you will eventually notice that it has a lof of dead links or stations no longer streaming. I have deleted out the dead links and added a few extra streaming stations and saved them to my bookmarks. All of the radio stations are stored in a simple “bookmarks.xml” file. That makes it very easy to copy your bookmarks from computer to computer or save them in case your list becomes corrupt. I have uploaded my station list or bookmarks to an online storage in case I install Radio Tray Lite on multiple computers. I have the ability to download my bookmarks and put them in the Radio Tray Lite folder to prevent setting up my stations. You can download them and use them or edit them to match your music preferences.
Download my bookmarks.html file at:
* My Google Drive
* My Dropbox
Download my bookmarks.html file at:
* My Google Drive
* My Dropbox
Bookmarks
You must start Radio Tray Lite so that it creates radiotray-lite folder in your .config folder. It will generate a config.xml and bookmarks.xml files in the radiotray-lite folder. You can then close Radio Tray Lite and copy your existing bookmarks.xml from Radio Tray (which is usually located at $HOME/.local/share/radiotray/bookmarks.xml) into $HOME/.config/radiotray-lite/ directory. If you've never created a bookmarks.xml file because you've never used Radio Tray then download my bookmarks.xml file from one of the links above and copy it into $HOME/.config/radiotray-lite/ directory.
You must start Radio Tray Lite so that it creates radiotray-lite folder in your .config folder. It will generate a config.xml and bookmarks.xml files in the radiotray-lite folder. You can then close Radio Tray Lite and copy your existing bookmarks.xml from Radio Tray (which is usually located at $HOME/.local/share/radiotray/bookmarks.xml) into $HOME/.config/radiotray-lite/ directory. If you've never created a bookmarks.xml file because you've never used Radio Tray then download my bookmarks.xml file from one of the links above and copy it into $HOME/.config/radiotray-lite/ directory.
If you would like to add more stations, then you can find all types of streaming music at the links below.
* http://www.shoutcast.com/
* https://www.internet-radio.com/
* http://onlineradiobox.com
You can use the same instructions from my Radio Tray instructions at the bottom to edit the bookmark.xml file to add more stations.
I hope this has been helpful and I hope that you enjoy listening to your favorite streaming radio station using Radio Tray Lite.
Feb. 9, 2021
