.pls and weather on Argon, how to setup

[widewings]

Hi, does anybody know how I can find the details on how to reconfigure the weather for New Zealand on Argon?

How can I find the .pls to run internet radio. Because usually what happen is when I go to the website and try to listen to the radio it is always played using mediaplayer. I want to play it using my ps2 that is why I need the .pls. Any idea.

Thanks.

[peterdcrees]

How to setup up the weather for your location:

You need to edit the entries in Argon's configuration file xmb.xml

Here's the "weather" section of the original xmb.xml:

<weather>
	<location>
		<name>Location 1</name>
		<id>RSXX0063</id>
	</location>
	<location>
		<name>Location 2</name>
		<id>RSXX0040</id>
	</location>
	<units>metric</units>
	<looper>europesat_600x405</looper>
</weather>

Go to http://www.weather.com and search for your city.
I did a search for Wellington, NZ, leading me to this page:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/trave...local/NZXX0049
Now replace the location ID in the xmb.xml RSXX0063, with the ID from the url, NZXX0049

If you click on the 'satellite map' tab for your location on the weather.com site, then on "Classic Local Maps" you will see the satellite image.
In firefox you can right-click and get the url: of the image. For NZ it is:
http://i.imwx.com/images/sat/new_zealsat_720x486.jpg

So in the xmb.xml you replace the "looper" with your local image, so europesat_600x405 becomes new_zealsat_600x405

New xmb.xml:

<weather>
	<location>
		<name>Wellington, NZ</name>
		<id>NZXX0049</id>
	</location>
	<location>
		<name>Location 2</name>
		<id>RSXX0040</id>
	</location>
	<units>metric</units>
	<looper>new_zealsat_600x405</looper>
</weather>

[peterdcrees]

Radio

You need to use stations that broadcast in mp3, http://www.shoutcast.com is a good place to start.

Right click on the "TUNE IN" button on a shoutcast mp3 station then click on "Save link/target as..."
Save the .pls file on your computer (desktop?!) then open that file in a text editor, (like notepad).
Here is the file .pls from BBC Radio1

[playlist]
numberofentries=1
File1=http://94.102.49.21:8000
Title1=(#1 - 16/100) BBC Radio1
Length1=-1
Version=2

Now you can just use the station's http:// address directly in the Argon xmb.xml you don't need to point to the .pls file, just add another station to the "favorites" section of the xmb.xml:

<station_record>
	<station>BBC Radio 1</station>
	<station_url_record>
		<url>http://94.102.49.21:8000</url>
		<bandwidth_kbps>128</bandwidth_kbps>
	</station_url_record>
</station_record>

[widewings]

Thank a lot for the info.