Question about the licence model and browsing through music

[simoncn]

I will try this stream myself this evening and post back with the results. You are correct that the license to use MinimStreamer expires after 12 months unless extended.

[simoncn]

You also need a #EXTM3U line at the start of the playlist. Without this, the #EXTINF line will be ignored. I checked the example in the MinimStreamer user guide and the #EXTM3U line is shown there.

I have tried the following and confirmed that it is working with MinimStreamer installed.

Code:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,[Ellabaetsch] Ellabaetsch Radio
http://stream.laut.fm/ellabaetsch-radio.m3u

[Music-Guy]

OK, that's weird.
I have taken over the adjustments 1:1 like this.

However, the error message remains via BubbleUPnP.
The metadata points to the stream http://[MinimServerIP]:9790/minimstreamer/*/Ellabaetsch
The stream can also be played at this address.
Why does this not work in BubbleUPnP?

[simoncn]

The problem appears to be in the BubbleUPnP local renderer (a renderer provided by BubbleUPnP to play music on the Android device running BubbleUPnP).

When I use BubbleUPnP to play the stream with the local renderer selected, I get the error message. When I use BubbleUPnP to play the stream with my usual renderer selected, this stream plays OK.

[Music-Guy]

If I try to add the Playlist via BubbleUPnP to a MoodeAudio-Renderer, BubbleUPnP says: "There was a problem completing the operation: Action failed"

Adding the stream http://[MinimServerIP]:9790/minimstreamer/*/Ellabaetsch manually by "Add Stream URL" in BubbleUPnP does work for both, local Renderer and MoodeAudio-Renderer.

[simoncn]

If you change the playlist as shown below and rescan, this should solve the problem. With this change, I am able to play the stream on the BubbleUPnP local renderer.

Code:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,[Ellabaetsch;mp3] Ellabaetsch Radio
http://stream.laut.fm/ellabaetsch-radio.m3u

[Music-Guy]

Thank you!

Now it works for me in all constellations.

The Internet radio stations are now displayed in BubbleUPnP according to the scheme "[Ellabaetsch] Ellabaetsch Radio".
Can this also be displayed without the square brackets?

As far as I could see from the documentation, only the name of the station is displayed and the metadata for the songs played etc. are not displayed.
I assume there is no way to change this.?

[simoncn]

The square brackets cannot be removed. They indicate that the stream is being routed via MinimStreamer.

MinimStreamer is not able to display metadata for radio streams.

[simoncn]

Although you cannot remove the square brackets, you can remove the duplication in this line by changing the #EXTINF line in the .m3u file to this:

#EXTINF:-1,[Ellabaetsch Radio;mp3]

When you are viewing the playlist in a control point, this stream will display as:

[Ellabaetsch Radio]

[Music-Guy]

Thank you again.
This also worked excellently.


During my tests with various UPnP servers I noticed, especially with AssetUPnP, that a cache of all covers was created during the initial full scan.

Would this also be possible with MinimServer?
Browsing is already really fast with MinimServer, but it could perhaps be speeded up a bit more.