1 Topic by jjhuff (edited by jjhuff 2008-01-13 15:20:31)

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Topic: Streaming Problems on 2.6.54

I'm trying to stream our local NPR (KUOW).  All I get is their opening commercial repeating.
The stream URL is http://128.208.34.80:8002

It looks like they send the commercial followed by some 'ICY info' that would contain the title or something.  That appears to confuse the cumby:(

The mplayer output follows:
jjhuff@orca ~ $ mplayer http://128.208.34.80:8002
MPlayer SVN-r24130 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ (Family: 15, Model: 75, Stepping: 2)
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2

Playing http://128.208.34.80:8002.
Resolving 128.208.34.80 for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: 128.208.34.80
Connecting to server 128.208.34.80[128.208.34.80]: 8002...
Name   : KUOW High Bandwidth
Genre  : Talk
Website: http://kuow.org
Public : yes
Bitrate: 128kbit/s
Cache size set to 320 KBytes
Cache fill: 17.50% (57344 bytes)
Audio file file format detected.
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A:  11.4 (11.4) of 0.0 (unknown)  1.0% 24%
ICY Info: StreamTitle='';StreamUrl='';
A: 283.4 (04:43.3) of 0.0 (unknown)  1.0% 46%

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Re: Streaming Problems on 2.6.54

Since 2.6.54, Shoutcast just shows the single station that I picked before, and I can't get it to search or start from the top, number 1 Shoutcast station.

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Re: Streaming Problems on 2.6.54

@Kimble: Clear the search field (select it and backspace everything away) - let me know if that works for you.

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Re: Streaming Problems on 2.6.54

@jjhuff: Yeah, the current implementation assumes that all of the entries in the playlist file are alternatives for the same stream.  In the case of SHOUTcast, it also gets current load information, so the chumby picks the least loaded stream.


I'll take a closer look at the station you provided and seem if there's a way to figure out how to work in some sequential mode or otherwise determine which is the proper stream.  We currently do not have the ability to follow custom HTTP headers such as "ICY-info".

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Re: Streaming Problems on 2.6.54

The URL is just to the raw stream.  The playlist only pointed to a single URL -- the one I pasted.

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Re: Streaming Problems on 2.6.54

Ah OK. so there's something in the stream itself.   Hmmm, not sure what to do about that - I guess we'll have to pass it on to the upstream author of btplay.

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Re: Streaming Problems on 2.6.54

OK, there's definitely a broken packet in the stream immediately after the ad that causes btplay to abort.

I've passed the bug upstream.  Thanks.

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Re: Streaming Problems on 2.6.54

Thanks Duane!