Paul Webster wrote: 
> Think of the .pls as a web page that contains some links.
> The contents of it can be changed by the streaming provider for various
> reasons (e.g. perhaps one server is heavily loaded so they want to
> direct the next listener to a different one) - but if you always start
> from there then you get the up-to-date links that are in it.
> LMS (and other players) knows how to parse the returned contents of the
> .pls - but if you ask the player what it is playing it will usually show
> you the discovered stream URL that was inside the .pls

Perfect. Very clear description. Thanks for taking the time. I learned
something today, AND restored a lost station, AND it's bound to be more
reliable! ;)

Jim


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