Moode Player Help

[robtweed]

Hi Tim

yes - this is 2.4 test release.

I'm a bit confused what pls file to use - but whatever I tried, I got the following message from the load command, eg:

OK MPD 0.19.0
load "/var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/BBC Radio 3 HD.pls"
ACK [50@0] {load} No such playlist

and nothing showed up in the playlist.

Rob

[robtweed]

Tim

Perhaps you could go through all the steps before I use the load command...

So the BBC R3 HD link is this:

http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediasele...adio_three.pls

Its contents vary over time, but right now it's this:

[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=2
File1=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_p?s=1446130544&e=1446144944&h= d4793dce4c907846f6d4a6e7f1371b31
Title1=No Title
Length1=-1
File2=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_q?s=1446130544&e=1446144944&h= de591be243a25e9c204aaae5a205146b
Title2=No Title
Length2=-1

If I'm typing load "/var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/BBC Radio 3 HD.pls" that assumes that a file exists in that path - I see the files that are in there already as a result of using the Create Radio Station. Do I first create a new Radio Station using the UI, and if so do I use the .pls URL or one of the ones it contains? Or is there a different step I've missed?

I'm confused :-)

Rob

[TimCurtis]

Tim

Perhaps you could go through all the steps before I use the load command...

So the BBC R3 HD link is this:

http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediasele...adio_three.pls

Its contents vary over time, but right now it's this:

[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=2
File1=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_p?s=1446130544&e=1446144944&h= d4793dce4c907846f6d4a6e7f1371b31
Title1=No Title
Length1=-1
File2=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_q?s=1446130544&e=1446144944&h= de591be243a25e9c204aaae5a205146b
Title2=No Title
Length2=-1

If I'm typing load "/var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/BBC Radio 3 HD.pls" that assumes that a file exists in that path - I see the files that are in there already as a result of using the Create Radio Station. Do I first create a new Radio Station using the UI, and if so do I use the .pls URL or one of the ones it contains? Or is there a different step I've missed?

I'm confused :-)

Rob

Hi Rob,

My bad. Here is what to do:

(1) Make a new pls file called "Rob.pls" containing

[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=2
File1=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_p?s=1446130544&e=1446144944&h= d4793dce4c907846f6d4a6e7f1371b31
Title1=No Title
Length1=-1
File2=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_q?s=1446130544&e=1446144944&h= de591be243a25e9c204aaae5a205146b
Title2=No Title
Length2=-1

(2) copy it to /var/www/mpd/music/WEBRADIO

(3) load /var/www/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/Rob.pls

That should work :-)

Tim

[robtweed]

I assume you meant /var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/
/var/www/mpd doesn't exist.

I'm still getting the same error:

root@moode:~# telnet localhost 6600
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
OK MPD 0.19.0
load "/var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/BBC_R3HD_Test.pls"
ACK [50@0] {load} No such playlist


The file exists in that path and contains:

[playlist]
numberofentries=2
File1=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_p?s=1446130544&e=1446144944&h= d4793dce4c907846f6d4a6e7f1371b31
Title1=No Title
Length1=-1
File2=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_q?s=1446130544&e=1446144944&h= de591be243a25e9c204aaae5a205146b
Title2=No Title
Length2=-1

Rob

[TimCurtis]

I assume you meant /var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/
/var/www/mpd doesn't exist.

I'm still getting the same error:

root@moode:~# telnet localhost 6600
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
OK MPD 0.19.0
load "/var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/BBC_R3HD_Test.pls"
ACK [50@0] {load} No such playlist


The file exists in that path and contains:

[playlist]
numberofentries=2
File1=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_p?s=1446130544&e=1446144944&h= d4793dce4c907846f6d4a6e7f1371b31
Title1=No Title
Length1=-1
File2=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_radio3_q?s=1446130544&e=1446144944&h= de591be243a25e9c204aaae5a205146b
Title2=No Title
Length2=-1

Rob

Hi Rob,

Maybe permissions...

chmod 777 /var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/BBC_R3HD_Test.pls

Regards,
Tim

[TimCurtis]

@Rob,

I tested on my end and there were couple of issues including permissions, malformed URI's in the pls file and that the load command takes relative path i.e., load WEBRADIO/BBC_R3HD_Test.pls :-)

Of course due to BBC silly geo-locking of the streams I can't verify whether the URL's actually work, or whether they are automatically refreshed as a result of being loaded as a playlist file in MPD.

Tim

From ssh session

(1) chmod 777 /var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/BBC_R3HD_Test.pls
(2) nano /var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/BBC_R3HD_Test.pls

in the File1 and File2 lines remove the space in the URI's
Ex: 1446117678&h= 86402c5541e56f44fbfccca69255992c

(3) Ctrl-x y <return> to save the file

From Moode UI

(4) Browse panel, click on menu for WEBRADIO folder and "Update this folder"
(5) Verify that BBC_R3HD_Test is in Radio Station list

From ssh session

(6) telnet localhost 6600
(7) load WEBRADIO/BBC_R3HD_Test.pls

From Moode UI

(8) Verify two new items at bottom of Playlist
(9) Test playback

[robtweed]

Hi Tim

Thinking about this issue, there's actually no problem adding the Radio 3 HD link using the standard means - the problem is that the BBC frequently change the underlying URLs, so the trick is to keep these updated by replacing the URL in the playlist file. I'm going to knock together a Node.js function for this and run it from within a setTimeout loop on the pi - that should do the trick.

Another question - I think you've been asked this before but just wondering whether you've got a Spotify client scheduled for inclusion in Moode? I've used the one in RuneAudio. My interest in this has been renewed by finding this brilliantly cunning module for creating a playlist from Spotify Radio, thereby working around the fact that there's no API for Spotify Radio at present:

https://github.com/callahanrts/spoti...io-to-playlist

I just tested it on my Macbook Air and it works, and I was able to use the playlist I created from it on my Samsung Smart TV, but I'd rather have it available bit-perfect via the Pi (I've no idea what re-sampling occurs between the TV and its Toslink output), and integrated through Moode

[TimCurtis]

Hi Rob,

I can impliment directly in Moode if a fresh playlist file needs to be fetched each time BBC 320K station is played, but I first need to verify that the direct streaming URL inside the .m3u8 playlist file actually works. I can't do that from the States due to BBC geo-locking these 320K streams.

If you wouldn't mind, run the procedure below to verify the direct streaming URL for BBC 3. Note that in (1) we fetch a fresh copy of the playlist file from BBC then in step (7) we use MPD LOAD command instead of ADD.

Questions are:

a) does stream play continuously?
b) when switching to another station and then back to BBC stream does it still play?

Btw, I had to quote all the http urls in this post to prevent them from becoming live links.

Regards,
Tim

SSH SESSION

(1) wget "http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_three.m3u8"
(2) cp ./bbc_radio_three.m3u8 /var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO
(3) chmod 777 /var/lib/mpd/music/WEBRADIO/bbc_radio_three.m3u8

MOODE UI

(4) Browse panel, click on menu for WEBRADIO folder and "Update this folder"
(5) Click WEBRADIO folder and verify that "bbc_radio_three" is in the list

SSH SESSION

(6) telnet localhost 6600
(7) load WEBRADIO/bbc_radio_three.m3u8

MOODE UI

(8) Verify that new "Streaming source" item at bottom of Playlist
(9) Test playback

================================================== ===

BBC HLS STREAM LINKS
"http://steveseear.org/high-quality-bbc-radio-streams/"

BBC Radio 1
"http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_one.m3u8"

BBC Radio 1Xtra
"http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_1xtra.m3u8"

BBC Radio 2
"http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_two.m3u8"

BBC Radio 3
"http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_three.m3u8"

BBC Radio 4
"http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_fourfm.m3u8"

BBC Radio 4LW
"http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_fourlw.m3u8"

BBC Radio 4 Extra
"http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_four_extra.m3u8"

BBC Radio 5 Live
"http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_five_live.m3u8"

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
"http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra.m3u8"

BBC Radio 6 Music
"http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_6music.m3u8"

BBC Asian Network
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_asian_network.m3u8"

================================================== ===

[robtweed]

Hi Tim

All steps up to (8) worked OK

However, when I click on Streaming Source in the Playback panel, nothing happens. Audio Info shows:

Input Processing
Source: http://as-hls-uk-live.edgesuite.net/...ndow_length=24
Decoded to:
Rate: 0 bps

Rob

[robtweed]

BTW, the downloaded file contained the following:

root@moode:~# cat bbc_radio_three.m3u8
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:2
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=339200,CODECS="mp4a.40.2"
http://as-hls-uk-live.edgesuite.net/...ndow_length=24

If I find the bbc_radio_3 station in the Browse panel and click Edit Station, no URL is present in the URL field.

Rob