Configuring radio streams with minimwatch

[Santelises]

(19-09-2014 21:10)simoncn Wrote:  

(19-09-2014 20:10)Santelises Wrote:  I also have a OPPO BDP105 and I can transcode some stations using *.L16. As an example BBC3 with the addition of the rate of 32000. However, it is not clear to me what specific information is the OPPO requiring, so I wanted to verify with you since I seem to be having inconsistent results. From the Minimstreamer use guide it says:

NEW] Some control points and renderers are unable to play streams unless additional stream audio information is provided in the playlist entry. If you need to provide this audio information for your control point or renderer, you can use one of the following formats for the stream name:
[id;type] name
[id;type,samplerate] name
[id;type,samplerate,channels]

Does the OPPO fall as a renderer in this category and if so what additional info (as an example type) should be coded?

Yes, the OPPO has a few problems with playing internet streams and it needs this additional information to make it possible to do this.

The type field is aac for the BBC streams and mp3 for most other internet radio streams. You can find a list of stream types on this site (see the key at the bottom of each page that has a list of streams).

If you can say which internet stream you are trying to play and what inconsistent results you are having, I will do my best to help you solve the problem. Please also post the transcoding settings (if any) that you are using.

Simon,
I was transcoding MP3 to Wav24 with my settings. It seems like if you do the OPPO will not play the mp3 stations. For a test I also attempted to transcode aac to wav24 and sure enough my BBC3 station stopped working. Once I removed transcoding for mp3 and aac many stations are now working. It seems like if the radio station url points to an m3u file will not play, but maybe that is because I am not currently specifying type. I am able to get around that by finding the actual url for streaming the station. I am not sure if this is the expected behavior, but for my situation I am willing to give up transcoding to get them to work. I also see errors in the log, as an example (MinimServer: incorrect format for container ID '0$playlists$*p5/[AVRO] AVRO Baroque Around the Clock' I get this for all of my stations, however, they seem to work anyway. Here is my entry for the above station:
#EXTINF:-1,[*AVRO] AVRO Baroque Around the Clock
http://icecast.omroep.nl/radio4-baroque-bb-mp3

I am running on a Synology 710 NAS. Let me know if I can provide additional information. Thanks