How do I make a desktop shortcut to a radio station?

[MosheMartian]

Is it possible to make a WMC shortcut that will open a station on my radio tuner? As it is, I have to open WMC, then go to music, then click on the preset station from there. Having a shortcut that would lead directly to my radio station would be awesome.

Thanks.

 

[AngelProcesser]

See this post:

http://www.sevenforums.com/media-ce...without-having-open-wmc-first.html#post382878

 

[MosheMartian]

For the TV portion of WMC to work, then of course WMC has to be loaded first. LOL

Too bad there isn't even a shortcut here for Live Radio. <sigh>

Here is the Radio portion:

 

[MosheMartian]

Ahh, just noticed your previous post said click on it. I did that and saw your answer to this on another post. I will give it a whirl. Thanks.

 

[AngelProcesser]

The text of the link given was profided by the thread starter.

Follow the posted link and create the desired desktop short - once setup, just double click it and WMC will start and go right to Live Radio at the station you last used...not sure if Live Radio will appear in the Jump List for WMC, perhaps if you used it more often as the lists are usage based.

 

[MosheMartian]

Ok, tried to make the shortcut but the radio wouldn't start correctly.

For some reason, it doesn't go to 104.9?

 

[MosheMartian]

Also, the Media Center Gadget doesn't have a way to go to any of the Music features such as Radio.

 

[AngelProcesser]

Which did you try?

%SystemRoot%\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:Radio.BrowsePage.xml /PushStartPage:True - Radio
%SystemRoot%\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:Radio.xml - FM Radio

 

[AngelProcesser]

Also, the Media Center Gadget doesn't have a way to go to any of the Music features such as Radio.

That post was about Recorded TV but inludes the radio shortcut as well...

 

[MosheMartian]

There is NO selection for the Gadget to use Radio. I slid the slider up and down, but all it offers are Video selections.

Also, what I used was:
c:\windows\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:Radio.xml - FM Radio

 

[MosheMartian]

Tried using the first method, %SystemRoot%\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:Radio.BrowsePage.xml /PushStartPage:True - Radio

This method actually brought me to the Radio page with 104.9 showing. I still had to double click on 104.9 in WMC, but it was better than starting from WMC . Thank you so much.

 

[AngelProcesser]

Glad I could help

 

[Newt]

I just made a shortcut that works.I am using FireFox.I opened FF,found a radio station,1920's old time radio.Started it playing using the WMC plugin, copied the URL at the top of the player,closed FF.Clicked on desktop,made new shortcut,gave it name,clicked on it and FF opened up with that radio staion playing.
Now I can minimize FF to keep tunes playing or try other options.
Took me about 3 minutes to do the job.
Don't know if that is what you can live with or not.
Just an option to try.