Setting up Web Radios in MinimStreamer

[simoncn]

You need to create a .m3u8 playlist file containing the radio stream URLs. This is a plain text file with contents like the following:

Code:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,[Linn] Linn Radio Classical
http://radio.linnrecords.com/cast/tunein.php/linnclassical/playlist.pls
#EXTINF:-1,[RPmain] Radio Paradise Main
http://stream.radioparadise.com/aac-128
.... etc.

The names in brackets [ ] are stream IDs. You can choose any names for these. They are needed to tell MinimServer that you want to use MinimStreamer to play the radio stream. Place this file anywhere in your music library.

To add a radio station logo, create a .jpg or .png file whose filename matches the stream name (not the stream ID) and place this file in the same folder as the .m3u8 playlist file. For example, the Linn Radio Classical stream could have a logo image in the file Linn Radio Classical.jpg or Linn Radio Classical.png.

After doing the above, do a MinimServer rescan.

If you are using the JPLAY app to play a MinimStreamer radio stream on your IOS device, it will probably not work because of a JPLAY issue. I reported this problem to the JPLAY developers some months ago but it is still not fixed. You should be able to play the MinimStreamer radio streams on some other renderer.