Bugzilla – Bug 4638
Some radio stations fail to play on synced players
Last modified: 2008-12-18 11:12:53 UTC
Further to bug 4168, Live365 plugin appears to work at first, however, there are a few issues: 1. Display of playlist in right pane of browser is unformatted; 2. Unknown stations listed in the "My Presets" menu; 3. Most stations appear to start fine, but certain stations fail to play when accessed via SB4 interface or web browser. One such station is Emjoy. In some cases, these stations buffer, then freeze at "waiting to sync". In other cases, it freezes at "connecting".
Should read SB3 in: [...] > accessed via SB4 interface or web browser. One such station is Emjoy. In some [...]
Slimserver 6.3.1 works perfectly with Live 365. I note that the SB3 reverts to older firmware when reverting to 6.3.1.
1. Display of playlist in right pane of browser is unformatted I was able to reproduce this. When clicking play on a Live 365 station in the browser the right pane becomes unformatted and does not update. A manual refresh of the browser will format the pane. 2. Unknown stations listed in the "My Presets" menu; I was not able to reproduce this. 3. Most stations appear to start fine, but certain stations fail to play when accessed via SB3 interface or web browser. One such station is Emjoy. In some cases, these stations buffer, then freeze at "waiting to sync". In other cases, it freezes at "connecting". I was not able to reproduce this. Mike, I changed the summary of this bug to reflect the first problem you described. Can you provide more information on the two other issues? Perhaps they should have their own bug entries. Andy, do you see this behavior?
Is the formatting problem similar to what is described/pictured in bug 4110?
see also bug 4534
It does look similar. Do we have any leads on these issues? Is it a browser issue?
Marking as a dup of 4534, which I've just fixed. Stations that don't play should be marked as a different bug, although it may be the same as bug 4563. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 4534 ***
Referring to build: SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11178 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt 1. Right pane formatting appears resolved. 2. I do not presently see any unknown presets. 3. This problem persists. You may be unable to duplicate on a single SB3. In this scenario, problem stations seemed to start normally. In a 2-SB3 setup, with the two synced for audio and power, the problem persists. Via Live365, Emjoy froze at "Waiting to Sync" and "Loungemaster London" produced a playlist error.
Mike, are you seeing the same symptoms for your issue #3 as in bug 4563? That is, does playback stop (or never start) and then your SB3 is unable to make any sound until after being power-cycled?
Power cycling does not appear to be an issue. In 6.3.1 all Live365 stations work without issue on individual SB3s and in multiple SB3 setup, synced to audio and power. 6.5.1 seems to work fine for Live365 on all stations that I use as long as I do not have multiple SB3s synced. Upon syncing, certain stations seem to fail. Perhaps there is some difference in the way these specific stations are accessed(?). Perhaps new firmware is an issue(?).
Changed the title of the bug to correctly reflect the remaining problem. Mike, just to verify, your SB3 is running FW 72? Is there anything unusual about your network that might be preventing port 21800 from getting to your SB3? I'm also not having any problems receiving Emjoy.
Each time I install 6.5.x, the player automatically upgrades the FW, so I imagine it is 72 if that is the latest. Each time I revert to 6.3.1, the player reverts the FW as well. I also have full access to all stations, including Emjoy in a single-SB setup using 6.5.1, and in all setups using 6.3.1. It is the combination of (6.5.1) + (new FW) + (synced multiple SB's) that causes the issue.
I can reproduce this on synced players, thanks for bearing with me.
Can we narrow down the 'some radio stations' part? Does it only happen with live365, or other mp3 or wma stations?
As I only listen to Live365, I cannot say. It happens to a subset of Live365 stations, but not all. Other stations start and sync with no problem. Others (e.g., Loungemaster London) display intermittent problems, but generally start fine (separate issue?).
Andy, it happens for me 100% of the time on 'Emjoy' http://www.live365.com/stations/fkorf
Of my presets, the following also fail to play: Utopia Vibes Below Zero Archives
Shoutcast stations have all so far worked on synced players.
I've just checked in a large patch to the SlimServer 7 sync code, thanks to Alan Young. Please retest this issue.
Problem persists. Some Live365 stations work reliably (e.g., Cafe Cody). Most do not. Perhaps determining what these stations do differently is a suitable first step. Next step is determining what changed since v6.3.
You are testing on the latest SqueezeCenter 7 build? Don't bother testing in 6.5.
Yes, test was from Squeezecenter build downloaded and installed October 6 2007.
OK I just fixed a bug in synced Live365 playback, give it another try. The station live365://www.live365.com/play/fkorf works for me now.
This appears to be resolved for me.
Marking fixed, please reopen if you still see this problem.
This bug is being closed since it was resolved for a version which is now released! Please download the new version of SqueezeCenter (formerly SlimServer) at http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html If you are still seeing this bug, please re-open it and we will consider it for a future release.