add m3u radio station

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I tried to add a new radio station which provides an m3u link. I have downloaded the m3u file and copied it to my WEBRADIO folder. When I try to start stream, volume stops immediately after a second.
I tried to find any log entries, but I am not sure how to activate the logs and where to search.

RadioStation: liferadio.at/streamplaylists/stream1.m3u
Volumio Release 1.55
Hardware: PI1

The mpd provides the following logs

Jan 28 16:50 : client: [44] process command "load "WEBRADIO/MyAustria/LifeRadioM3U.m3u""
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] process command "playlistinfo "3""
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : curl: icy-metaint=16000
Jan 28 16:50 : decoder_thread: probing plugin mad
Jan 28 16:50 : mad: mp3 file header indicates too many frames: 75329117
Jan 28 16:50 : mad: input/Input does not appear to be a mp3 bit stream
Jan 28 16:50 : decoder_thread: probing plugin ffmpeg
Jan 28 16:50 : ffmpeg: detected input format 'mp3' (MPEG audio layer 2/3)
Jan 28 16:50 : ffmpeg/mp3: err{or,}_recognition separate: 1; 1
Jan 28 16:50 : ffmpeg/mp3: err{or,}_recognition combined: 1; 1
Jan 28 16:50 : icy_metadata: unknown icy-tag: 'StreamUrl'
Jan 28 16:50 : ffmpeg/mp3: Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Jan 28 16:50 : ffmpeg/mp3: err{or,}_recognition separate: 1; 1
Jan 28 16:50 : ffmpeg/mp3: err{or,}_recognition combined: 1; 1
Jan 28 16:50 : decoder: audio_format=44100:16:2, seekable=false
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] process command "status"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] process command "currentsong"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] process command "playlistinfo "3""
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : alsa_output: opened hw:0,0 type=HW
Jan 28 16:50 : alsa_output: format=S16_LE (Signed 16 bit Little Endian)
Jan 28 16:50 : alsa_output: buffer: size=256..16384 time=5804..371520
Jan 28 16:50 : alsa_output: period: size=256..16384 time=5804..371520
Jan 28 16:50 : alsa_output: default period_time = buffer_time/4 = 371519/4 = 92879
Jan 28 16:50 : alsa_output: buffer_size=16384 period_size=4096
Jan 28 16:50 : output: opened plugin=alsa name="Output" audio_format=44100:16:2
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [47] process command "status"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [47] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [47] process command "playlistinfo 2"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [47] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [47] process command "close"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [47] command returned 3
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [48] process command "status"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [48] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : ffmpeg/mp3: incomplete frame
Jan 28 16:50 : ffmpeg: decoding failed, frame skipped
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [48] process command "idle"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [48] command returned 1
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [50] opened from 127.0.0.1:59608
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [50] closed
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] process command "status"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] process command "playlistinfo "3""
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] process command "status"
Jan 28 16:50 : player: played "http://stream1.liferadio.at"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : playlist: stop
Jan 28 16:50 : output: closed plugin=alsa name="Output"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] process command "currentsong"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [0] command returned 0
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [48] process command "status"
Jan 28 16:50 : client: [48] command returned 0

It seems to me that the volume mpc client closes the connection.
g

2

I can’t play m3u-files too.
Now I open m3u-File in VLC-Mediaplayer (German Language), go to “Werkzeuge” - “Medieninformation” and copy the link shown in “Ort”.
Then i place this link into a new pls-File and save it.
When done, i can play this File with volumio.

Why Volumio doesn’t play most m3u-Files i’ve downloaded, i don’t know.

3

Volumio is picky with the line ending in m3u files.
The problem is that windows uses an other code for enter than Linux. But even when there made in Linux this problem sometimes shows.

I get my m3u files to work by ssh to volumio change to the correct folder and then nano radio.m3u and just paste the link (url) add additional enter’s and save the file.

4

I wrote a little script to convert .m3u to Volumio syntax and vice versa.

Have a look here: volumio2m3u and m3u2volumio