field recordings
the world as microphone. captured, not composed.
.m3u / audio Internet ArchiveAlan Lomax ArchiveFreesound
media
play, discover, import, export. open formats, no lock-in. if you can play it in VLC, we support it.
live now
connecting to the curator...
import
paste a .m3u or .m3u8 URL. or drag a playlist file. we'll play it.
or drop a .m3u file here
export
6 media types
live streams
sister stations and community broadcasts. always on.
.m3u8 / HLS NTSWFMUDublabResonance FMDatafruits
playlists
toe-rag sets. curated sequences with anonymous codes.
.m3u / audio CommunityCurator
images
public domain visual archives. attributed, always.
IIIF / JPEG Internet ArchiveSmithsonianRijksmuseumMet
video
coming. experimental film, nature footage, archive reels.
.m3u8 / HLS Internet ArchivePrelinger Archives
text
coming. research briefs, liner notes, found documents.
HTML / PDF ScienceCommunity
format reference
.m3u M3U Playlist
simple URL list. works in VLC, foobar2000, any media player. our curated tracks and sets export as .m3u.
.m3u8 HLS Manifest
HTTP Live Streaming. adaptive bitrate for live streams. sister stations and broadcasts use this format.
IIIF IIIF Image API
International Image Interoperability Framework. deep zoom, region extraction, format conversion. how museums share images.
RSS RSS/Atom Feed
coming. subscribe to station updates, new sets, lab experiments.
principles
open formats only. if a format requires a license, we don't use it.
attribution always. even when CC0 says we don't have to.
deep links preferred. we point to the source, not a copy.
no DRM. no paywalls. no tracking pixels in media.
interoperable. export anything as .m3u. import anyone's .m3u.