Radium (software)
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Radium 3.0 running on Mac OS X 10.8 | |
| Developer(s) | CatPig Studios Inc.[1] |
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| Initial release | February 10, 2009 |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Mac OS X v10.9 or later, iOS 7.0 or later |
| Type | Media player |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.catpigstudios.com/radium/ |
Radium is a proprietary Internet radio player application, used for listening to internet radio streams. It emphasizes a minimalist user interface. The application does not have a main window, instead opting to provide the entire user interface through its main menu. Users can either listen to Radium's built-in selection of internet radio networks, or add their own networks provided that their stream URL's are known. The program has been praised for its unobtrusiveness, low system resource usage, and intuitive user interface, but has also been criticized for its lack of recording functionality as of version 2.5.1.[2][3][4][5]
Radium is available as a free 30-day trial for Mac OS X, after which users are required to buy a license for $9.99 USD to continue using the program; minor updates are free for all users.
Features
- Full text search of all radio station information, similar to Mac OS X's Spotlight
- Bookmarks for favorite stations
- Detached album art mini-player view
- AirPlay streaming
- Twitter, Last.fm, and clipboard sharing
- 10-band equalizer
- Wish List with iTunes Store integration
- Configurable global keyboard shortcuts for controlling playback, etc.
- Desktop track change notifications via Notification Center
- Scripting support via AppleScript
- Automatic content updates
- Last.fm Audioscrobbler
- Shoutcast, MMS, OGG, FLV, RTMP, and proprietary streaming support
History
Radium was initially released as an XM Radio Online player, and quickly gained popularity[6] among Mac XM Radio Online listeners, due to the platform's poor support for the Windows Media Audio codec, and the program's simple user interface in comparison with XM's web-based player (which requires Mac users to download a browser plugin before listening).
Starting with version 2.0, the developers added support for bookmarks, and expanded Radium's network coverage. Since version 2.4.1, Radium automatically downloads new radio network descriptions (whenever they become available) from the developer's server, thus making the network update process transparent to the user. The ability to import channels from media URLs was added in version 2.5.[7]
Radium for iOS was released on August 27, 2013.
References
- ↑ App Store product page
- ↑ Tromp, Ian. "Radium: The Simple Menu Bar Radio". Mac Appstorm. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ↑ Homie, Ben. "Radium – No Frills Internet Radio App (+Giveaway!)". SUBERAPPS. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ↑ Hathaway, Jay (2010-05-02). "Radium offers a slick, lightweight Internet radio experience for your Mac". DownloadSquad.
- ↑ Fink, Cody. "Radium, A Fantastic Internet Radio Application. Review and Giveaway!". MacStories. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ↑ Cohen, Peter. "Radium helps Mac users listen to XM Radio Online". MacWorld. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ↑ "Radium Release Notes". Retrieved 2010-05-02.