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Howto setup MinimStreamer to act like an url-server
20-02-2016, 02:04
Post: #1
Howto setup MinimStreamer to act like an url-server
Hello,

i'm using MinimServer to serve my music to my 4 Roku Soundbridges, working fine. Now i'm thinking about internet radio stream and as i was searching for a solution, i recognized that MinimStreamer exists! :-)

I also have found the description to configure the urls within MinimStreamer, but my english is so bad that i did not really understand it.

What i want is the following if it is possible:
MinimServer/Streamer should act like a server but only serves the urls to the soundbridges, not to stream via MinimStreamer. As it was described it should be possible, but can someone give me an example how the m3u-file should look like?

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20-02-2016, 08:15
Post: #2
RE: Howto setup MinimStreamer to act like an url-server
What radio station(s) do you want to play?
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20-02-2016, 19:52
Post: #3
RE: Howto setup MinimStreamer to act like an url-server
(20-02-2016 08:15)simoncn Wrote:  What radio station(s) do you want to play?

Hi Simon,

thank you for your quick answer.

If i understand the manual of MinimStreamer it should be possible to configure one or more radio streams within MinimServer (m3u-file) and they should appear on the Soundbridges like a playlist (or something else).

The manual says:
"The first entry is named [Linn] Linn Radio Classical and will route the network stream to your music player via MinimStreamer. The second entry is named Linn Radio Classical and will route the network stream directly to your music player without using MinimStreamer."

If i did understand this the way should be the following:
- Soundbridge contacts MinimServer/MinimStreamer
- MinimServer/MinimStreamer answers with a list of configured radio stations (urls)
- Soundbridge chooses one and played it directly from the url, not using MinimServer/MinimStreamer

Some urls are as an example the following:

FFH - Eurodance
http://streams.ffh.de/ffhchannels/mp3/hqeurodance.m3u

100,5 - das Hitradio
http://dashitradio-mp3.skydisc.net:8000

Radio Erft
http://edge.live.mp3.mdn.newmedia.nacama...stream.mp3

If this is possible how should the m3u-file look like for MinimStreamer!

The main thing is that during the listening to the stream MinimServer/MinimStreamer should do nothing because i think the Synology NAS 212j is to small to run MinimServer/MinimStreamer serving 3 or 4 streams to the soundbridges simultaneously.

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20-02-2016, 21:27
Post: #4
RE: Howto setup MinimStreamer to act like an url-server
You can try the following in your .m3u file:

Code:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,FFH - Eurodance
http://streams.ffh.de/ffhchannels/mp3/hqeurodance.m3u
#EXTINF:-1,100,5 - das Hitradio
http://dashitradio-mp3.skydisc.net:8000
#EXTINF:-1,Radio Erft
http://edge.live.mp3.mdn.newmedia.nacamar.net/ps-radioerft/livestream.mp3

These streams play OK for me with Linn Kinsky as the control point and my Linn DS as the renderer.
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21-02-2016, 01:07
Post: #5
RE: Howto setup MinimStreamer to act like an url-server
Thank you again.

i have tried this but it is not working.

i have saved the code above as "Radio.m3u8" (restart), open the playlist with the Soundbridge, the radio station were shown but when i try to play them i've got an error on the Soundbridge that the format was not supported. When i saved the same urls as presets within the SoundBridge they are working fine.

any idea?

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23-02-2016, 07:50
Post: #6
RE: Howto setup MinimStreamer to act like an url-server
(21-02-2016 01:07)Alhifi Wrote:  Thank you again.

i have tried this but it is not working.

i have saved the code above as "Radio.m3u8" (restart), open the playlist with the Soundbridge, the radio station were shown but when i try to play them i've got an error on the Soundbridge that the format was not supported. When i saved the same urls as presets within the SoundBridge they are working fine.

any idea?

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Alhifi

Radio streams require special processing and it appears that the Soundbridge is only doing this specal processing when the streams are added as radio station presets.

You should be able to make this work if you route the streams via MinimStreamer because MinimStreamer is able to do the special processing that is needed.
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23-02-2016, 08:56
Post: #7
RE: Howto setup MinimStreamer to act like an url-server
Hi again and thank you again,

yesterday i decided to deinstall MinimStreamer because it was not working for me. After that i played a little bit around and actually the following works:

The m3u-file:

Code:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,[100.5-das Hitradio;mp3] 100.5-das Hitradio
http://dashitradio-mp3.skydisc.net:8000

When MinimServer starts i got an error:
Code:
Error: playlist 00Playlists-Radio/00 Internet Radio.m3u8: MinimStreamer is required for stream ID '100.5-das Hitradio'

But when i browse the playlist-section from MinimServer with my Soundbridge the stream was shown as "100.5-das Hitradio" and i could play it! This only works if i use the direct url, not like "FFH-Eurodance" above with a m3u-file for that stream, which then contains the direct url. And it also only works if i use the format above with the "[xxxxx;mp3]".

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23-02-2016, 16:06
Post: #8
RE: Howto setup MinimStreamer to act like an url-server
(23-02-2016 08:56)Alhifi Wrote:  Hi again and thank you again,

yesterday i decided to deinstall MinimStreamer because it was not working for me. After that i played a little bit around and actually the following works:

The m3u-file:

Code:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,[100.5-das Hitradio;mp3] 100.5-das Hitradio
http://dashitradio-mp3.skydisc.net:8000

When MinimServer starts i got an error:
Code:
Error: playlist 00Playlists-Radio/00 Internet Radio.m3u8: MinimStreamer is required for stream ID '100.5-das Hitradio'

But when i browse the playlist-section from MinimServer with my Soundbridge the stream was shown as "100.5-das Hitradio" and i could play it! This only works if i use the direct url, not like "FFH-Eurodance" above with a m3u-file for that stream, which then contains the direct url. And it also only works if i use the format above with the "[xxxxx;mp3]".

Bye
Alhifi

Specifying the stream type helps with some control points and renderers and it sounds like it is a good solution for your setup.

To eliminate the error message, you can specify:

Code:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,[;mp3] 100.5-das Hitradio
http://dashitradio-mp3.skydisc.net:8000

This sets the stream type without routing the stream via MinimStreamer.
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