Shortwave is an internet radio player that provides access to a station database with over 30,000 stations.
If you have any questions regarding the use or development of Shortwave, want to discuss design or simply hang out, please join us on our #shortwave:gnome.org matrix room.
The recommended way of installing Shortwave is using the Flatpak package. If you don't have Flatpak installed yet, you can get it from here. You can install stable builds of Shortwave from Flathub by using this command:
flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave.flatpakref
Or by clicking this button:
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Why is it called 'Shortwave'?
Shortwave signals have a very long range because of their very good reflection properties. Due to their long range, they can be received almost anywhere in the world. The same applies to Internet radio stations, which can also be received almost anywhere in the world. That's why we decided to call the project 'Shortwave', because internet radio stations and shortwave radio stations share many characteristics.
If you want to know more about the naming process, you should read this blog post
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Why I cannot edit stations anymore?
The edit feature is disabled because of vandalism. I cannot change this. More information here and here
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Is Shortwave compatible with the Librem 5 / PinePhone?
Yes! We use the awesome libadwaita library to make the interface adaptive. The easiest way to get it on your phone is using the Flatpak package. Flathub provides aarch64 packages.
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Which database does Shortwave use?
radio-browser.info. It's a community database. Everybody can add information.
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How I can get debug information? Run Shortwave using
RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUST_LOG=shortwave=debug flatpak run de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave(.Devel).
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Shortwave can be built and run with GNOME Builder. Just clone the repo and hit the run button!
You can get Builder from here.
git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Shortwave.gitcd Shortwavemeson --prefix=/usr buildninja -C buildsudo ninja -C build install
To learn more about the required dependencies, please check the Flatpak manifest.
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