Internet radio streams

[simoncn]

(08-07-2014 04:52)Soli Wrote:  By virtual folder i mean a folder named "internet radio", just like "composer" or "artist" folder. In a sense all the Minim folders are virtual except for the catalog structure

I find the playlist feature of minim or any other upnp servers too cumbersome to use.
The way that cantata works is that it supports the various internet streams by reading the xml files they provide, then parse the pls or m3u files they may or may not provide, and then send the direct url to the renderer. Think of it like the internet radio feature of iTunes, it works kinda the same way with the expanding/collapsing list of stations by location etc. In that way minimserver could support internet radio for all controller points and renderers. Minimserver would then even improve the native radio support of both the Linn and Minim streamers that only support tunein and require you to register an account and make a list of your favorite stations that their respective controller points lets you choose from.

Thanks for this suggestion.

Because of the constraints of the UPnP protocol and technical limitations of soeme UPnP control points and renderers, it isn't possible to make all internet radio stations work with all UPnP control points and renderers. Cantata is able to do this because it uses a single renderer (MPD) and it doesn't need to support the UPnP protocol.

Some of the support you describe (parsing pls or m3u files to extract the stream URL) is available in MinimStreamer. This uses the same playlist interface as MinimServer for specifying the list of streams.