Loading/playing song directly from URL

[Honk]

Poweramp seems to ignore launched Android intents with audio mime types, for example launching intent where data is direct web URL and mimetype of "audio/flac" does not show Poweramp as potential app to use and immediately plays the audio in my phone's built in music player.

[maxmp]

@Honk thanks for the request. Poweramp supports playing online streams, which can be in any format, including flac, as for direct intents with urls, how exactly do you get them - what app do you use to initiate such intent? Thanks!

[andrewilley]

It's also worth checking to make sure that the direct web URL is playable at all. Copy the full URL text (in the form "http://domain/path/filename.flac") and paste it into Poweramp's 'Add URL' prompt, which can be found in the three-dots context menu in Library=>Streams. Does your newly added link play directly from the Streams category?

Andre

[Honk]

On 11/12/2023 at 2:28 PM, maxmp said:

@Honk thanks for the request. Poweramp supports playing online streams, which can be in any format, including flac, as for direct intents with urls, how exactly do you get them - what app do you use to initiate such intent? Thanks!

I am calling the intent like this (Flutter Dart):

AndroidIntent intent = AndroidIntent(

    action: "android.intent.action.VIEW",

    data: link, // public direct download link with no Auth

    type: mime, // mimeType

);

 

await intent.launch(); 

 

This automatically opens the device default music player, instead allowing me to select which one I would like to use (as for example Solid Explorer).

 

If I force to open intent using specific package, Poweramp opens and plays the music just fine:

 

AndroidIntent intent = AndroidIntent(

            action: "android.intent.action.VIEW",

            data: link,

            type: mime,

            package: (mime?.startsWith("audio") ?? false)

                ? "com.maxmpz.audioplayer"

                : null, // here forcing to use Poweramp

          );

 

          await intent.

launch();

 

The direct URL looks like this:

https://cloud.seafile.com/files/adee6094/foo.flac

Its not encrypted, no aurh required. Its probably issue on my side (calling the intent wrong). Would you please spare some time and tell me about it please?

[andrewilley]

Does the URL itself work if you have entered it manually into the 'Add URL' option in the Streams category? Can you give an actual online URL for a file that you are using for testing?

Andre

[Honk]

On 11/30/2023 at 1:27 AM, andrewilley said:

Does the URL itself work if you have entered it manually into the 'Add URL' option in the Streams category? Can you give an actual online URL for a file that you are using for testing?

Andre

Here a link: https://seafile.rostislavkaleta.dev/seafhttp/files/2155f950-d09a-4c8e-a80b-1f5d17cb4b45/06. Freya Ridings - Castles.flac

And Yes, if I enter it manually in Poweramp, it works. Should be available to you, let me know, I am not sure if it's a temp link or "perma" link.

[andrewilley]

@Honk Link does not work remotely, needs some sort of access token authorisation. I Googled an openly available online FLAC test file, and found something like this: http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/audiotest/1 Sullivan The Lost Chord, Seated one day at the organ.FLAC . This streams fine using Poweramp's 'Add URL' feature, which as a Library-based player is the normally intended method of handling it. I'm not sure how this ought to be flagged in terms of available apps to play it though, as it's a web link I think I would expect a browser to be offered.

Andre