Get an url music stream to your favorite player using klipper actions.
I normally use different browsers. Some of them don't handle well some types of urls for radio stations, so I had to copy the url and feed it to a player using the command line.
I got tired of doing it, so I configured an action on klipper to allow me to send the copied url directly to the player.
The action is as simple as
"vlc %s"
under the http filter, inside klipper settings > actions
Now I don't depend on the browser to launch the music stream on the player I want.
More info about klipper: http://linux-blog.org/make-klipper-work-for-you