Net Radio Conundrum

[jtokach]

Okay, I can have my cake and eat it, but no milk...

When:

Code:

<UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio>false</UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio>

<UseWindowsMediaPlayerForNetRadio>true</UseWindowsMediaPlayerForNetRadio>

Net Radio Web (shoutcast works), but .ASX files do not show up.


When:

Code:

<UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio>true</UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio>

<UseWindowsMediaPlayerForNetRadio>true</UseWindowsMediaPlayerForNetRadio>

.ASX files work, some .PLS work, most don't. (Try club .977 80's in the top 25 streams)


When:

Code:

<UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio>true</UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio>

<UseWindowsMediaPlayerForNetRadio>false</UseWindowsMediaPlayerForNetRadio>

.ASX files do not display, .PLS and shoutcasts work.


I'd like to stick with whatever method allowed the META (station, artist, song) to display and only use WMP for .ASX as this is the ONLY time I ever user WMP. I suppose some logic would need to be incorporated to handle this.

Otherwise, as it stands, something's not working right when both values are true.

[sub]

UseWindowsMediaPlayerForNetRadio is ignored entirely unless UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio is enabled. There is no way around this.

When you use UseWindowsMediaPlayerForNetRadio for .PLS files, the URLs from the file are passed directly to WMP for playback.

[jtokach]

Good enough, but the fact remains that a lot of the entries under the "Web" folder no longer work when both of these are enabled. Like I said, try "Club .977 80's grooves" under the "Top 25 Streams" section.

[sub]

Yeah, but thats not GB-PVR trying to play them. Instead its asking WMP to play them, and it's having a problem. I dont really have any visibility of what causes errors within WMP.

[jtokach]

Good point. I'll see if I can't fix WMP.

On a related note, when WMP isn't selected, what software plays the [mp3]media?

[sub]

When WMP playback isnt enabled, GB-PVR does the download and parsing of the shoutcast streams itself, and uses Directshow for playback.