andyg;168400 Wrote: 
> There are 2 completely different issues here.  The error about no
> playlist items is related to a Shoutcast issue where their server gets
> overloaded and can't return you a playlist.  We don't need to talk
> about this issue here.  To avoid this problem you should find the real
> stream URL for the stream you're trying to play and not go through the
> Shoutcast plugin which gives you URLs that require the Shoutcast server
> to be working.

OK, let's not talk about the fact that Winamp simply tries the next
stream in the list and the next until it finds one it can connect to.
Time elapsed till connect and playing can be as long as 60 seconds, but
once it plays it never drops. I'm currently playing
http://205.188.215.225:8006 but I started by tuning to
http://www.shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.pls?id=3201

andyg;168400 Wrote: 
>  Let's focus on your other issue where the stream does play and then
> stops.  When a stream runs out of data, it should rebuffer if you are
> using firmware 72 and the latest 6.5.1 build.  Enable Show Buffer
> Fullness and watch what happens to the two numbers from when you start
> streaming to when it rebuffers, then see what they say after they
> rebuffer.
> Please also post the stream URL that's giving you problems.

The left hand figure varies from around 6 or 8 or even 9, and plays for
a little while - maybe seconds, maybe minutes, then starts dropping off.
When it reaches 0, the 10.0 to the right of the / starts dropping too,
and the dropouts begin. Once both figures get close to or reach 0.0,
play stops. Sometimes rebuffering starts for a while but typically
stops at around 30-45% and then budges no more. I can't reproduce this
on the same stream as above since I can never connect, but SomaFM
Groove Salad typically behaves as I describe. Well, except for like
now, I can't even start the stream, it just sits at "Now playing 1 of
12" and the buffer sits at 0.0/0.0. I found the URL by doing a search
in the Shoutcast list in SS on SomaFM:
http://www.shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.pls?id=9239&filename=playlist.pls

Winamp tuned in about 15 seconds, and plays without a problem.

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