Let's brainstorm..Setting up MinimServer to feed a USB DAC

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Hi Pete,

Thanks very much for the change! I tested it and it works.

I think this stream is actually a Windows Media HTTP Streaming Protocol rather than MMS, which vlc refers to as MMSH (or MMS over HTTP). I had a look at it in wireshark and it is indeed going over HTTP.

Quote:But I cannot see anything that suggests the "MSWMExt=.asf" part means I should replace "http://" with "mmsh://"

I am also not sure how you're supposed to determine that from the link in the asx file (i.e. how do you know if it's an MMS, RTSP or MMSH stream - presumably it's one of those 3 given that ASF is a proprietary Microsoft container used for streaming). According to the wiki, if you prefix the URL with "mms://" in Windows Media Player it tries MMS or RTSP first and if those fail, it then tries MMSH. Perhaps mpd supports a similar fallback mechanism? I don't have a true MMS or RTSP radio station to try to see how it behaves. But at least your fix will ensure MMSH streams are supported in MediaPlayer.

On a related topic, there is another type of ASX playlist (XML based), which MediaPlayer does not seem to support. I don't need it for these radio streams because I can use the URL that gives the playlist that you just added support for, but that's just FYI. Here's the URL:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/live/national.asx

And here's the actual ASX XML file:

Code:

<asx version="3.0">
  <author>Radio New Zealand</author>
  <copyright>(C) Radio New Zealand 2014</copyright>
  <banner href="http://www.radionz.co.nz/x/audio-banner-a3c0191d84cc3c7596a3912aa3912fa1.jpg">
    <MoreInfo href="http://www.radionz.co.nz"/>
    <Abstract>More news and audio on Radio New Zealand</Abstract>
  </banner>
<entry>
  <ref href="http://streaming.radionz.co.nz/national-mbr"/>
</entry>
</asx>

Cheers,
Ciprian