[mythtv-users] Announcement: Radio stream database has been updated

Paul Harrison mythtv at mythqml.net
Wed Mar 31 18:30:06 UTC 2021


On 31/03/2021 19:01, Jay Foster wrote:

> On 3/31/2021 10:39 AM, Paul Harrison wrote:
>>
>> I've just done a long over due update of the *radio* *stream* 
>> database used by MythMusic.
>>
>> The database update has been semi-automated so will be updated more 
>> frequently from now on (at least 2 or 3 times a week).
>>
>> Vital statistics :-
>>
>> Total Number of Streams: 30419
>>
>> Number of Broadcaster: 706
>>
>> Number of streams with logo: 11132
>>
>> Number of streams without logo: 19287
>>
>> Number of streams confirmed working (in the UK): 25715
>>
>> Number of streams confirmed not working (in the UK): 4704
>>
>> Number of Genres: 117
>>
>> Number of Countries: 178
>>
>> Number of Languages: 73
>>
>> Notes:
>>
>> * Some streams are geo blocked so only work in specific countries or 
>> play a warning audio track saying the stream isn't available in your 
>> country.
>>
>> * The raw data comes from http://www.radiosure.com/stations/ so if 
>> you spot any errors please help everyone by updating the upstream 
>> data at Radio? Sure!
>>
>> * The broadcaster and logo data is specific to the MythTV stream 
>> database. If you see any errors or have and updates to either the 
>> broadcaster or logo data then please email me and I will make sure it 
>> gets updated.
>>
>> * Your local copy of the stream database should update automatically 
>> when the housekeeping task runs every 24 hours but you can force an 
>> update by running 'mythutil --updateradiostreams'
>>
>> * I'm slowly adding logos for streams when time allows but it's a 
>> time consuming task so any help finding suitable logos would be 
>> appreciated.
>>
>> * Currently MythMusic only tries the first playback URL for each 
>> stream even though each stream may have up to 5 backup URL's it could 
>> try (my test app tries all URLs to determine if a stream is working 
>> or not) .
>>
>> Paul H
>>
>>
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> I ran 'mythutil --updateradiostreams' (on 0.28) and it just hung at:
> 2021-03-31 10:50:13.984735 I  MusicMetadata: downloading radio streams 
> list
> 2021-03-31 10:50:15.805622 I  MusicMetadata: processing radio streams list
> I had to kill it after a while.  How long should I expect 'processing 
> radio streams list' to take?
> Jay
>
It can take anything up to 10 minutes or more to process the XML file 
depending on what hardware you are running on.

Paul H.

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