[mythtv] Streaming Audio In MythMusic

[Steven Adeff]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Micah F. Galizia <micahgalizia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09-12-30 02:19 PM, Micah F. Galizia wrote:
>>
>> On 09-12-28 02:26 PM, Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 13:50 -0500, Micah F. Galizia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This version has very simple support for PLS, ASX and M3U playlists. I
>>>> still haven't been able to find any playlist style streams that start
>>>> with an advertisement, so to keep things simple, I have made the
>>>> assumption that the first stream we connect to in the playlist is going
>>>> to be the radio stream, and all of the other entries are no longer
>>>> needed. If anyone can produce a counter-example, I'd be glad to change
>>>> this assumption.
>>>
>>> I don't if they use playlists for it, but the NPR channels in NYC
>>> have two or three ads before they the stream starts.
>>> http://www.wnyc.com
>>> It would be unfortunate if MythMusic only played the ads. :)
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I was never actually able to find an online stream that doesn't have wma
>> files redirecting or used a supported stream format, so I created one I
>> could test with locally (attached). Its plays the KEXP addvertisment and
>> then plays a Chronix radio stream. I added file:///home/you/test.asx
>> support for adding streams.
>>
>> I had to do some monkeying around with the avfdecoder to get it to
>> switch between streams, so I'd love some feedback on that, but as
>> always, general testing or other feedback is always welcome.
>>
>> Stream metadata is my next task :)
>
> Unfortunately, stream metadata (SHOUTcast Icy-MetaData) will require fixes
> in FFMPEG, so version five (radio5.patch) will be the last version for a
> while.  I would say at this point that it should be reviewed if it were
> being considered for inclusion, since the ffmpeg fixes may take a while.
> Also, I know mythmusic is getting a rewrite, so I understand if its put on
> the back burner.
>
> TIA
> --
> Micah F. Galizia

again, Thanks for all this work Micah!

JYA, it would be awesome if you could look into including this in your packages.

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Steve
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