Installing MinimStreamer

[swdick]

I would like to install and use the streamer and am at a loss. When I open Minimserver and the Streamer tab I see 3 empty textboxes: stream.converter, stream.options, stream.record and stream.transcode. What to fill in in theze boxes?
Your site tells me to first ID the stream in the mp3u file. How do I create such a file for e.g. Linn radio.

[simoncn]

See this post for details of how to create a .m3u file for MinimStreamer.

To play radio streams you don't need to put anything in the boxes.

[swdick]

Now where do I put it? In the same directory as my Klassieke Muziek collection on the NAS and then perform a new scan??
I did that and I can see a new playlist in Kazoo called RadioPlaylistMinimStreamer.
When I press Play it says Failed to add tracks to DS.

[simoncn]

Yes, exactly. It can be in the top-level directory of your music library or in any subdirectory.

[swdick]

(19-01-2025 10:45)simoncn Wrote:  Yes, exactly. It can be in the top-level directory of your music library or in any subdirectory.

DS failed to add tracks, see previous post.

[simoncn]

You should not select Play Now for the playlist. Instead, you should select one radio station from the playlist contents.

This doesn't explain the "failed to add tracks" problem. It sounds like there is some problem with your playlist. Please post the complete exact contents of your playlist.

[swdick]

This is the content of my file RadioPlaylistMinimstreamer.m3u:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,[Linn] Linn Radio Classical
http://radio.linnrecords.com/cast/tunein...aylist.pls
#EXTINF:-1,[RPmain] Radio Paradise Main
http://stream.radioparadise.com/aac-128

The file shows up in Kazoo. When I select it I get a black screen. Dubbelpressing it starts it to collect tracks but then it reports it can not add tracks.
I can get Radioparadise to stream by going to the website (copy/paste link in browser)

[simoncn]

You should not be selecting the playlist file to play. You should touch the playlist file to open it and show the contents (two radio streams Linn Radio Classical and Radio Paradise Main). Select one of these streams for playing and the music should start.

[swdick]

(20-01-2025 13:53)simoncn Wrote:  You should not be selecting the playlist file to play. You should touch the playlist file to open it and show the contents (two radio streams Linn Radio Classical and Radio Paradise Main). Select one of these streams for playing and the music should start.

I can change the .m3u extension to doc, open the file and copy the internetadresses.
The problem then is that the stream opens on my laptop and not in Kazoo to stream my audio system. In Kazoo I cannot do anything with the file.

[simoncn]

You should leave the extension as .m3u and do what I said in post #8. Have you tried this?