Transistor Update

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New in version 1.5:

Transistor is an internet radio player that gives you access to a vast database of over 50,000 radio stations from around the world.

Features

  • Build your own personal library by adding your favorite stations

  • Easily search for and discover new radio stations

  • Automatic track recognition (when available)

  • Responsive interface designed for both small and large screens

The project is built using Kirigami and Qt6, ensuring a modern, flexible, and efficient user experience.

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I used Shortcut, and another new one called Receiver.

Iā€™m very impressed by Transistor.

However, for appearance - Receiver has the ability to find thumbnails far more reliably and I wonder if you can do the sameā€¦

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However, overall itā€™s great in function, works very well, and is very much appreciated.

Thank you.

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Thank you for your feedback, itā€™s very nice!
Now Iā€™ve looked at the source code of the Receiver and I see that it uses its own database (all stations are already in the appā€™s storage). Therefore, the Receiver has a smaller station database, but itā€™s verified by the developer. Transistor has a slightly different approach - it connects to the radio-browser.info database and retrieves information from there. Specifically, for the specified station (Classic Hits Forest Radio), the URL of the stationā€™s image returns a 403 response, so the app replaces it with a logo with initials.

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Wow, thatā€™s interestingā€¦ is it feasible to use both approaches? I guessed that youā€™re using radio-browser, because in the past thatā€™s where I was finding all my data to create playlists in pyradio/strawberryā€¦

I wonder if the the most userā€‘empowering solution would be manual artwork assignment for favorites - I have no idea how feasible an idea that isā€¦ but I do much prefer a real ā€˜radio tunerā€™ rather than the ā€˜preloaded channelsā€™ concept.

It really is the only thing I can think of to criticise, along with not showing live codec/speed information for a live stream.

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It is possible, I will try to do it, thankā€™s for idea!

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Thank you for continuing the vibes of Advanced Radio Player (widget).

Unfortunately, the Flatpak is not registered as ā€œverifiedā€ on Flathub. I wonder what creator has to do nowadays to get that label.

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To be honest, I noticed this week my build of transistor-git failed and I donā€™t even see the flatpak appear hereā€¦

Iā€™m wondering if the developer has been busyā€¦ for now itā€™s removed (both - reciever and transistor failed)

Iā€™m falling back to Shortwave which never failedā€¦ sorry, I just noticed the typo in my previous post (I use Shortcut).

Anyway, Transistor flatpak is okay - I linked it to my installed version preferences, so I can get my creamy ā€˜Libraryā€™ theme: