[Solved] WEB radio stream stops after +/- 1 second

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1

Hi,

I’ve created an .pls file to stream the Dutch radio station 538. This is the content:

[playlist]
numberofentries=1
File1=http://82.201.100.9:8000/radio538
Title1=(#1 - 34/80) Radio 538
Length1=-1
Version=2

It streams fine for about 1 second and then stops. Tried the url through iTunes and Safari. On these platforms it streams fine, without a problem…

Volumio 1.55 PI 2

Anyone got a clue what to change? Greatly appreciated!

  • Remco
2

Found the mpd.log :slight_smile:

This is the section with errors: (still no clue on what to do since other platforms play this stream fine)

Feb 11 13:22 : mad: mp3 file header indicates too many frames: 75329117 Feb 11 13:22 : mad: input/Input does not appear to be a mp3 bit stream Feb 11 13:22 : player: played "http://82.201.100.9:8000/radio538" Feb 11 13:22 : client: [347] closed Feb 11 13:22 : client: [350] opened from 127.0.0.1:53718 Feb 11 13:22 : client: [351] opened from 127.0.0.1:53722 Feb 11 13:22 : client: [351] closed Feb 11 13:22 : mad: mp3 file header indicates too many frames: 75329116 Feb 11 13:22 : mad: input/Input does not appear to be a mp3 bit stream Feb 11 13:22 : ffmpeg/mp3: Header missing Feb 11 13:22 : ffmpeg/mp3: Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate Feb 11 13:22 : ffmpeg/mp3: Header missing Feb 11 13:22 : ffmpeg: decoding failed, frame skipped Feb 11 13:22 : ffmpeg/mp3: incomplete frame Feb 11 13:22 : ffmpeg: decoding failed, frame skipped Feb 11 13:22 : player: played "http://82.201.100.9:8000/radio538" Feb 11 13:22 : client: [350] closed

3

Remco,

I have the same issue: https://volumio.org/forum/radio-streams-t2000.html

For Radio538 I have severall links and the stupid thing is they work with PiMusicBox (or my laptop)!

File15=http://37.48.75.26:80/RADIO538_MP3
Title15=Radio538 I
Length15=-1
File16=http://82.201.100.9:8000/radio538
Title16=Radio538 II
Length16=-1
File17=http://82.201.100.23:80/RADIO538_WEB_AAC
Title17=Radio538 III

MPD causes this probem, it needs an update: https://volumio.org/forum/some-webradios-some-not-t2396.html

There is a tutorial: https://volumio.org/forum/update-compile-mpd-problem-t2460.html

Besides that I saw there is an update of Volumio (1.55) so there is a change this includes an update of MPD!!

Groeten,

Harry

4

Hi Harry,

Thanks for the info you supplied. Strange isn’t it? Even stranger the issue persists even since I already am on Volume 1.55… But will try to find out through the links you supplied if I can still change things…

Grtz,
Remco

5

Hi,
I had the problem with another radio stream: mp3.live.tv-radio.com/fip/all/fiphautdebit.mp3
It did not work with the default installed MPD version in Volumio 1.51 (I cannot recall which one, some 0.18.x I think).
Volumio 1.55 has MPD in version 0.19.1, and the problem with some radio streams still exists. An update of MPD to the 0.19.9 solved the problem for me.

–flokk

6

Remco,

Did you check the version of MPD in Volumio 1.55?

mpd -V

Groeten,

Harry

7

mpd is version 0.19.1

8

@remcokortekaas: Can you try the same?

9

Thanks.

OK. Will do the mpd update to 19.9… (have to find out how to do that first, but will do).

10

Victory. Upgrade mpd 0.19.9 succeeded and streaming the failing Webradio stream is now playing fine!

Thank you all

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can you give me a link or a little guid how to perform the update? (so i can add this to the FAQ or Guide section)

12

Sure, this is the link I used to update mpd (please be reminded to replace all mpd version references with 0.19.9)

tutorial-update-mpd-version-t642.html

regards,
Remco

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13

I have the same issue with volumio 0.55 trying to play ttp://www.fluxfm.de/stream-berlin for example.

This is a major feature of volumio isn’t it? Still not fixed? :confused:

14

I have this same problem, but with a strange twist…

I am using and Edimax AC600 wifi adapter using a driver I installed on top of Volumio. This successfully connects my RPI 2B over 5GHz at 433mbps, allowing me to play DSD64 files from my TimeCapsule NAS without any skipping or dropouts.

Most Webradio streams play fine, including Venice Classic Radio Italia. The AAC stream from Radio Swiss Classic will play all day if the wifi adapter happens to connect over 2.4GHz 802.11g. But if I force it to connect at high speed over 5GHz, it drops out—sometimes in seconds, sometimes in minutes!?!

Here’s my RadioSwissClassic.pls file:

numberofentries=1 File1=http://stream.srg-ssr.ch/m/rsc_de/aacp_96 Title1=Radio Swiss Classic

I have updated to mpd 0.19.9 but that hasn’t helped.

The only other thing I can think of is that a cache file is being written to my SD card, which might be too slow to keep up with the higher speed connection/stream? But I’d like to see something in a log file somewhere that confirmed this.

Anyone have any ideas?

muski

P.S. I can’t find the mpd.log file to see what’s going on.

15

Hello
I have been having similar problems with internet radio stations. I compiled a set of .pls files, and checked that they all work using VLC media player.
When I load them into volumio (1.55) , very few of them work. I have spend several hours today updating mpd to 0.19.9

mpd version.JPG

But I still cannot get these stations to play (in fact one that was playing has now failed!)

I have attached the station list as a zip file.

radio stations.zip (11.2 KB)

Any suggestions?

Boydwill

16

I also have an Edimax AC600 and am having similar problems (although the behavior was no different when I switched to 2Ghz 802.11n). Did you ever determine what the problem was? This seems to be particularly bad with KEXP (drops out after 3 or 4 minutes) and CDNX (which drops out in less than a minute). The logs (both volumio.log and mpd.log (in verbose logging mode) are useless, as they report no problem at all.