Index: Slim/Player/Song.pm
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--- Slim/Player/Song.pm	(revision 25703)
+++ Slim/Player/Song.pm	(working copy)
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
 			
 			# Bug 10451: only use Pipeline when really necessary 
 			# and indicate if local or remote source
-			if ($sock) { 
+			if ($sock || $transcoder->{'streamMode'} eq 'R') { 
 				$pipeline = Slim::Player::Pipeline->new($sock, $command, !$handler->isRemote);
 			} else {
 				# Bug: 4318
@@ -473,7 +473,11 @@
 					$pipeline =  new FileHandle $command;
 				}
 				
-				
+				# Bug 10818 - make sure pipeline is non-blocking
+				if ($pipeline && $pipeline->opened() && !defined(Slim::Utils::Network::blocking($pipeline, 0))) {
+					logError("Can't set remote stream nonblocking for url: [$url]");
+					return (undef, 'PROBLEM_OPENING', $url);
+				}
 			}
 
 			if (!defined($pipeline)) {
@@ -483,7 +487,7 @@
 			}
 	
 			$sock = $pipeline;
-				
+
 			$self->{'transcoded'} = 1;
 				
 			$self->{'streambitrate'} = guessBitrateFromFormat($transcoder->{'streamformat'}, $transcoder->{'rateLimit'});