Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-03-28 Thread Paul Webster
bonze wrote: > They also still maintain their RadioDNS info: > It is useful but not for Song Now Playing information. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-03-28 Thread bonze
They also still maintain their RadioDNS info: http://epg.musicradio.com/radiodns/epg/XSI.xml http://epg.musicradio.com/radiodns/spi/3.1/SI.xml LMS Version: 7.9 TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - WHS 2011 2x Touch, 3x SB3 bonze's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-03-25 Thread florca
expectingtofly wrote: > Its a unique to each request, based on the time of the request (and the > user) (it looks something like this > hdauth=userid:epochtime:somethinggenerated) . So, we really would need > to ask them if we could do it, and we would have to assume they wouldn't > allow it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-03-25 Thread psketch
expectingtofly wrote: > I believe there is an MP3 stream that is 128 kbps. It is the AAC stream > that their web site/api points to, that's the one that is 48 kbps (or > 192kbps as a "HD" stream) Yes, you can see 128K stream at https://icecast.thisisdax.com/, but it's not 192k :-) Also,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-03-25 Thread expectingtofly
Paul Webster wrote: > If people are listening to ClassicFM via their Squeezebox today then > they are, presumably, getting the relatively low audio quality streams. > I believe there is an MP3 stream that is 128 kbps. It is the AAC stream that their web site/api points to, that's the one

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-03-25 Thread Paul Webster
If people are listening to ClassicFM via their Squeezebox today then they are, presumably, getting the relatively low audio quality streams. It is a shame that we do not have a way to measure the usage ... my guess is TuneIn knows and maybe there are stats on mysqueezebox.com that could show

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-03-25 Thread expectingtofly
psketch wrote: > I guess to do it properly, we'd be dependent on them providing an API so > we could sign in - they then get the data they want from us as users, > and we get the HD stream without having to use their app. Less > advertising revenue for them though I guess is the problem with

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-03-25 Thread psketch
expectingtofly wrote: > I've just got around to looking at this. > > To write a plugin is quite straight forward (to replicate whats > available on the web site). Although, as @paulwebster mentioned, the > meta data provision uses web sockets, so the meta data would be limited > The problem

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-03-25 Thread Jaca
expectingtofly wrote: > Which, by the looks of it, is probably possible to reverse engineer, > but they obviously do not want anyone to do that as it is all very well > hidden. [emoji848] no, they will never know.. Go for it ;p Well I'm not going to tell them.. I promise [emoji23] 3x

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-03-25 Thread expectingtofly
psketch wrote: > Now that @expectingtofly is spoiling us with lots of great addins, I > wondered if anyone had had a look at the feasibility of a plugin for > GlobalPlayer. For me, this would be for ClassicFM mostly, but there are > loads of stations in their stable now. The main advantage

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-02-22 Thread bpa
ralphy wrote: > I kept the VM I used to build the SSL updates for windows. > If you decide to move forward with the project, I will try building an > AnyEvent 7.x perl package. I'll let you know. Building the library will only be needed if testing with 7.* on Linux goes OK.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-02-22 Thread ralphy
I kept the VM I used to build the SSL updates for windows. If you decide to move forward with the project, I will try building an AnyEvent 7.x perl package. Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*-Booms, *2*-UE Radio 'Squeezebox client builds' (https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-02-21 Thread bpa
psketch wrote: > but you could have an optional installable extension for Linux that > overwrote the 5.x to add WS support. Can't just overwrite some AnyEvent in LMS by 7.* for WS has ANyEvent is the key to LMS scheduled and single threadedness - it is used by LMS for all I/O - DNS, HTTP

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-02-21 Thread psketch
bpa wrote: > I see the approach to be using LMS on Linux to test an update to > AnyEvent 7.*. The AnyEvent 7.* module is easily built for Linux but > changes to some LMS core modules are likely. > > Upgrading AnyEvent to 7.* on Linux should be feasible as I think LMS use > of AnyEvent

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-02-21 Thread bpa
psketch wrote: > Ah yes - I remember some other comments on Windows problems. I'm > always happy to help testing and trying things, but my knowledge on > building things on Linux is limited. Although I run all of my LSM and > players on PCP (apart from a transporter and boom), my technical >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-02-21 Thread psketch
bpa wrote: > Looking at updating AnyEvent is on my (long) todo list as it would be > useful for another idea I have. > > IIRC Beside the "whether it works ", Michael had more basic concerns > because of problems in building any library module for Perl for Windows > (stuck at 5.14 as no longer

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-02-21 Thread bpa
psketch wrote: > Hmm ; that's a shame. Global claim to be the largest radio group in > Europe now with 25 million people listening in the UK each week, so, on > the very large assumption that all of the globalplayer stations use the > same approach, it would be a really nice addition, and now

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-02-21 Thread psketch
Paul Webster wrote: > There is an undocumented API ... but using it is tricky because it would > require the use of WebSockets ... which is not supported by LMS. > So I think it would mean writing some standalone stuff and then plugging > it in somehow. > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-02-21 Thread Paul Webster
There is an undocumented API ... but using it is tricky because it would require the use of WebSockets ... which is not supported by LMS. So I think it would mean writing some standalone stuff and then plugging it in somehow.

[SlimDevices: Plugins] GlobalPlayer (UK) Plugin - ClassicFM etc.?

2021-02-21 Thread psketch
Now that @expectingtofly is spoiling us with lots of great addins, I wondered if anyone had had a look at the feasibility of a plugin for GlobalPlayer. For me, this would be for ClassicFM mostly, but there are loads of stations in their stable now. The main advantage vs. a stream is they now