Radio Stations in Lumin via MinimStreamer

[Peter@57m]

(17-01-2014 11:02)simoncn Wrote:  

(04-01-2014 17:21)Peter@57m Wrote:  Thought I'd mention this for any MinimServer users who also use Lumin as a control point for the DS/M. It may work with Lumin kit too but as I don't have one I can't try it.

Using the new Routing Network Streams in MinimStreamer 0.8.1 you can get MinimStreamer to play radio station streams from entries in a playlist file. I have set up a playlist file with all the radio stations I usually listen to, note these do not have to be in your Tune-In favourites.
I then add this playlist to the queue using Kinsky, then go into Lumin and save the queue as a Lumin playlist. Then if I want to listen to the radio I can do this by recalling the Lumin radio playlist and selecting the radio station I want.
It takes some initial setup but means you don't have to leave Lumin control point to switch between music file a radio stations.

See this post in the MinimServer forum https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=1178 and of course the MinimStreamer user guide http://minimstreamer.com/userguide.html

(you can also transcode the streams to WAV24 etc if you wish)

For reference, here is a sample radio.m3u file. The urls/stream names for many radio stations can be found here http://www.listenlive.eu/index.html

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,[LCl] Linn Radio Classical
http://radio.linnrecords.com/cast/tunein...aylist.pls
#EXTINF:-1,[LRa] Linn Radio
http://radio.linnrecords.com/cast/tunein...aylist.pls
#EXTINF:-1,[LJR] Linn Radio Jazz
http://radio.linnrecords.com/cast/tunein...aylist.pls
#EXTINF:-1,[BBC1] BBC Radio 1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1_aaclca.pls
#EXTINF:-1,[BBC2] BBC Radio 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r2_aaclca.pls
#EXTINF:-1,[ACR] Absolute Classic Rock
http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/...rvice=acbb
#EXTINF:-1,[ARa] Absolute Radio
http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/...rvice=arbb
#EXTINF:-1,[Cap] Capital Radio
http://ice-the.musicradio.com:80/CapitalMP3
#EXTINF:-1,[CFM] Classic FM
http://ice-the.musicradio.com:80/ClassicFMMP3
#EXTINF:-1,[RMO] RockMax Oldies
http://212.111.2.151:8000/rm_old_256.mp3

have fun

(also posted on Linn forum)

Why have you used the same stream identifier "[Wav]" for all these streams? Each stream should have a unique identifier to allow the stream to be identified and controlled by MinimStreamer.

The above appears to work for playing. Should there be a unique identifier for each stream or each type of stream (mp3, AAC, etc)? Could you explain how MinimServer uses the stream ID - is it to identify recordings which I haven't tried?
I will try updating my file to unique IDs to see if it changes anything.