VLC won't play some internet radio stations

[PeterMartinez]

I cannot get VLC2.0.1 to play some internet radio stations which play OK on RealPlayer or WMP. What am I doing wrong? I append the message log for one of these, which is 24kb mono MP3.

Note: to prevent the "Too many urls" error-message, I have prefixed all urls except one with a * character.

Peter

main debug: processing request item: http://surconsult.primcast.com:5676, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on *http://surconsult.primcast.com:5676
main debug: *http://surconsult.primcast.com:5676 is at 15
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for '*http://surconsult.primcast.com:5676'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\DOCUME~1\OWNER~1.LAP\LOCALS~1\Temp'
main debug: `*http://surconsult.primcast.com:5676
' gives access `http' demux `' path `surconsult.primcast.com:5676
'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' location='surconsult.primcast.com:5676
' file='\\surconsult.primcast.com:5676?'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matched "http"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.730 ms - Total 0.730 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.730 ms)
main debug: creating access 'http' location='surconsult.primcast.com:5676
', path='\\surconsult.primcast.com:5676?'
main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
access_http debug: HTTP proxy disabled (MSIE)
access_http debug: http: server='surconsult.primcast.com' port=5676 file=''
main debug: net: connecting to surconsult.primcast.com port 5676
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1232)
access_http debug: protocol 'ICY' answer code 200
access_http debug: Icy-Notice: <BR>This stream requires <a href="*http://www.winamp.com/">Winamp</a><BR>
access_http debug: Icy-Notice: SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server/Linux v1.9.9beta<BR>
access_http debug: Icy-Name: RADIO KOKUEPOTY FM 98.7
access_http debug: Icy-Genre:
access_http debug: Meta-Info: icy-url: *http://www.shoutcast.com
access_http debug: Content-Type: audio/mpeg
access_http debug: Meta-Info: icy-pub: 1
access_http debug: Icy-MetaInt: 32768
access_http warning: ICY metaint=32768
access_http debug: Meta-Info: icy-br: 24
access_http info: Raw-audio server found, mp3 demuxer selected
access_http debug: auto re-connect enabled
main debug: using access module "access_http"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 894.034 ms - Total 894.034 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 894.034 ms)
main debug: Using stream method for AStream*
main debug: starting pre-buffering
...
...
access_http debug: got disconnected, trying to reconnect
main debug: net: connecting to surconsult.primcast.com port 5676
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1920)
access_http debug: protocol 'ICY' answer code 200
access_http debug: Icy-Notice: <BR>This stream requires <a href="*http://www.winamp.com/">Winamp</a><BR>
access_http debug: Icy-Notice: SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server/Linux v1.9.9beta<BR>
access_http debug: Icy-Name: RADIO KOKUEPOTY FM 98.7
access_http debug: Icy-Genre:
access_http debug: Meta-Info: icy-url: *http://www.shoutcast.com
access_http debug: Content-Type: audio/mpeg
access_http debug: Meta-Info: icy-pub: 1
access_http debug: Icy-MetaInt: 32768
access_http warning: ICY metaint=32768
access_http debug: Meta-Info: icy-br: 24
main error: cannot pre fill buffer
main warning: cannot create a stream_t from access
main debug: removing module "access_http"
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 15/16)
main debug: nothing to play
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
main debug: TIMER input launching for '*http://surconsult.primcast.com:5676' : 124893.597 ms - Total 124893.597 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 124893.591 ms)

[Lotesdelere]

access_http debug: protocol 'ICY' answer code 200
access_http debug: Icy-Notice: <BR>This stream requires <a href="*http://www.winamp.com/">Winamp</a><BR>

This server seems not to allow any other player than Winamp, so you need to change the user agent of VLC but I think this feature is not available anymore for some reason.

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=99506&p=334737&hil ... nt#p334737
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=99278&p=333754&hil ... nt#p333754
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=98355&p=329896&hil ... nt#p329896

http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/v ... 03542.html

[PeterMartinez]

Lotesdelere:

Thanks for your reply, but I CAN play that stream with Realplayer or Windows Media Player or FlashPlayer, and the website for that radio station shows options to use any of these (and Winamp). Also, there are other radio stations which I can play with VLC where the same "This stream requires Winamp" message appears. So I guessed that the message "This stream requires winamp" is not the problem.

Peter

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

VLC does receive MP3 data, but for some reason the server disconnects after a while. Why is anyone's guess.

[PeterMartinez]

Thanks Remi: When I tried it (see my log above), at the point in the log where the "main debug: starting pre-buffering" message appears, there is a long pause with no sign of incoming data from the internet then the "got disconnected" message. It looks like both ends of the connection are waiting for the other, until a time-out occurs.

Most 'shoutcast' servers are OK.

Peter

[hrcdan]

Hi, been using VLC for years but have only been recently listening to radio with it, but upgraded to 2.0.1 from 1.1.8 and now can't listen to a station i used minutes before- http://icecast.arn.com.au/1065.aac.m3u which is in a list on http://www.australianliveradio.com/ and have noticed other links on that page are not working either , is there a setting I need to change or something else I can do?, I havn't been able to find any answers in these foums.

Thanks in advance...

[bat999]

... is there a setting I need to change or something else I can do?

Hi
Media > Open Location from clipboard

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

your URL works fine on Linux VLC/2.0.2, Windows/2.0.2 and mac

[hrcdan]

Big thanks , didn't know there was a 2.0.2 and did the trick

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Great.

[PeterMartinez]

Jean-Baptiste:

Can you say if 2.0.2 might fix the problem I originally described in this topic (maybe you can try the station I quoted). Can you tell me how to get 2.0.2? It is not offered as a download (yet?). I see a reference to 'Nightly builds' in which various files with '2.0.2' appear but I cannot figure out which of the files I can see in those directories I will need. I am using Windows XP.

Thanks
Peter M

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Nope

[PeterMartinez]

Jen-Baptiste:

I am sorry, but if "Nope" is your reply to my last post then I would be grateful if you could give me a little more detail - Did 2.0.2 actually fix a bug in audio stream playback, and if so, how do I get 2.0.2.

Thanks
Peter M

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

It does not fix the issue where some radios reject VLC.