[Stream URL Title]

On 4/23/2020 at 5:23 AM, andrewilley said:

If a stream does not broadcast its name, then I guess you should be able to add your own text, yes. Both .pls and .m3u specs allow for that functionality, not sure if PA reads that data though:

e.g. a section of a BBC radio streams .pls file:

[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=2
File1=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio1_mf_p?s=1569878499&e=1569892899&h=7f766ba5684c554e92463424aeff6911
Title1=BBC Radio 1
Length1=-1
File2=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio2_mf_p?s=1569791360&e=1569805760&h=c25e7b8fee282efa2494132b72861aef
Title1=BBC Radio 2
Length1=-1

Andre

 

Addition to my post above this one...

I tried the suggestion given in Quotes here. No, Poweramp does not read the "Title1" field. It shows what the Stream provides.

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

EDIT: I think I found a solution. I mention it in the post above this.

[Stream URL Title]

On 4/14/2020 at 1:43 PM, andrewilley said:

The stream title (and any supplied artwork) for a streamed URL should be retrieved from the source and cached in PA the first time you actually play the stream:

Andre

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

Edit:

Hi Andrew

After posting the stuff below, I think I found a solution.

Custom Album-Art!

None of my streams seem to be providing an album art of the currently playing song. And the Album art I select seem to be sticking even after closing the app.

On reopening the app, although the URLs are a mess, the Stream section does in fact show the correct Album Art (which can now be used for Radio Channel Name!)

Thank you.

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

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the response. I simply add Streaming URLs to the "Streams" section.

What I am saying is this...(based on Winamp's "file info" of Streaming URL)

The Streams section should have a listing of each stream as follows....

 

Stream name: This should be user-selectable for each stream. A user can choose "User-edited name" wherein the user provides the name & it stays that way irrespective of what the Stream sends. This will thus act as the Permanent Radio Station Name! If the user chooses "Stream-Sent" then it displays whatever the stream sends or just the URL if it doesnt send anything.

Current title: This will always be as provided by the stream.

 

This minor change would make using streams a hell of a lot easier. Right now several of my streams do not provide Stream Names or provide random song info in it. This results in an absolutely messy looking Stream section.

With several streams added, all I see is a jumbled mess of URLs. More importantly, even with those Streams which do provide Stream-Names (which is essentially the online Radio Station's Name) when I stop them, close app & return back to the app later, it just shows the URL & not the name!! So then I do not know which Stream that was.

Please make this change. For Android, I used to use an app called ServeStream which again has this facility like Winamp on PC to give name to each Stream. However, since Poweramp supports Streams, I would love to use it for all the equalizer functions. Please make it such that the above 2 Fields are clearly displayed as sent by the stream with the 1st option being user-editable (& stuck till changed again or chosen to be what the stream sends)

Thank you!

[Stream URL Title]

Hi,

The addition of "Stream" support is a welcome change! Thus far, I had to use a separate Android app to stream from online radio URLs.

However, I have a suggestion. Please allow us to name a stream. Allowing "Title" in addition to URL would be very helpful.

Example.

Stream URL: http://musicxyzabc.com:4437/stream

Title: Disco Radio

This would make going through the list much easier. Currently only URLs are shown which result in not knowing

which streams they correspond to.

Thank you.

Andy.