webradio 3.0, no external player defined

[ryanmc]

hello martin, very nice job with webradio 3.0 that was fast and kind of what pushed me over the edge to start trying npvr.

ive added the sirius channels that you helped out with in another post but when i go to play one i get a popup that says no external player defined.

i havent installed uburecording service or vlc either, both of which were needed in webradio 2. are these required or where can i define the external player vlc.
Thanks Ryan

[ryanmc]

ok i see the files for ubunetstreamplayerlite so i suppose i dont need to install that but im still not sure where to define the player

[mvallevand]

Sirius (which I can't test) is not mp3 so it needs the external player. If you had had VLC inatalled first it would have been configured for you. Now you have to modify \user\public\npvr\plugins\webradio\webradio.xml

For access non-mp3 files from the NMT/MVP you will still need the ubu recording service add on installed. I hope to eliminate that requirement over time.

Martin

[ryanmc]

i didnt have the webradio.xml file on my system sdo i installed vlc and ran the webradio installer again now i dont get the message but it locks npvr when i try to play a stream. if i use task manager to kill vlc i can use npvr again. i used vlc version 99 so i dont know if that may be part of the issue im going to have to try some things later when i get home.

[mvallevand]

I don't know how you could have even launched Sirius without a WebRadio.xml but glad you got it. Without your logs I can't say for certain, since the vlc command line didn't change from 2 to 3 so it is possible there is a problem with playing Sirius channels. Certainly you should update from vlc .99. If you need that rather old version for other reasons, just point WebRadio to a newer vlc that is installed manually.

Martin

[ryanmc]

i updated to the newest vlc and it works good now. thanks