philchillbill wrote: 
> I've modified my code to check for radio.net appearing in the URL of the
> favorite. If it matches, the skill plays that favorite via the
> playlist-menu construct (and apparently the plugin) rather than directly
> by URL. Note that playing favorites this way will be noticeably slower
> than if the URL can be played directly.
> 
> It's a shame that the ID returned when you do  ["favorites", "items", 0,
> 300, 'search:reggae', 'want_url:1'] cannot be used to then -play -the
> favorite. I have to remove the 'search' parameter and loop through the
> hierarchy with ["favorites", "items", 0, 300] until I get a match. The
> results of doing it that way include an ID which actually is playable. 
> I also do not understand why the IDs need to be ephemeral instead of
> just constant. Strange LMS behaviour but it is what it is.
> 
> Anyway, it's live so enjoy!

I'll be changing the plugin to fix this issues and associated cover id -
probably (but need to be verified) using a protocol handler such as 

radionet://www.radio.net/s/1fmreggaetrade

This is method used for Spotify and a few other plugin so I presume it
is OK with MediaServer


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