Request for Internet Radio streams...

[simoncn]

(06-08-2013 00:15)magister Wrote:  That's good to know, but finding the URL is difficult. My favorite radio stations now all use Flash player thingies that hide the URL and the stations are not on the lists I have found on the internet.

You may find these sites useful:

http://www.listenlive.eu/
http://www.usliveradio.com/
http://www.canadianwebradio.com/
http://www.australianliveradio.com/
http://www.nzradioguide.co.nz/

Quote:I noticed that the app puts the internet radio station you are listening to into a playlist, which I thought a bit strange but from Simon's comment I now understand why.

This could be because the radio station URL is a URL to a playlist containing HTTP streams rather than a URL directly to a HTTP stream. Many stations do this to provide multiple streams with failover if one stream should stop working. MinimServer doesn't look inside these playlists, but sends them directly to the control point.

For example, the URL for BBC Radio 3 is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r3_aaclca.pls

This URL points to a PLS-style playlist containing:

[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=2
File1=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_p?s=1375776485&e=1375790885&h=8f2e72c19fc2daa8f8077be3f4cb15e6
Title1=No Title
Length1=-1
File2=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_q?s=1375776485&e=1375790885&h=5d93ec6091b3755c1e063d9338665bb7
Title2=No Title
Length2=-1

MinimServer sends the .pls URL to the control point, which should send it to the renderer. It could be that the MOON control point is opening the .pls file and showing you the individual HTTP streams.