AlienBBC - WMA Stream problem

[Pletch]

I recently upgraded my Ubuntu box to Hardy Heron 8.04 and my slimserver version to the version of Squeezecenter (Version: 7.0.1) available via the repository. I then successfully installed the newest version of AlienBBC and confirmed that I can play the standard stations available under the Internet Radio --> AlienBBC option via Softsqueeze. However, I am unable to get this WMA radio station (http://audio.wbaa.purdue.edu/asxgen/...wbaa-am-hi.asx in particular) to work via Softsqueeze with the new AlienBBC. This used to work before the Ubuntu, Slimserver, AlienBBC version upgrades.

Some limited investigative work has revealed the following:

The server.log file shows these entries like this when I try to play the station.
[08-06-08 19:52:10.8265] Slim::Networking::Async::HTTP::_http_read (279) Error reading headers: Server closed connection without sending any data back at /usr/share/squeezecenter/CPAN/Net/HTTP/Methods.pm line 306.
...propagated at /usr/share/squeezecenter/CPAN/Net/HTTP/NB.pm line 32.
[08-06-08 19:52:10.8272] Slim::Networking::Async::HTTP::_http_error (264) Error: [Error reading headers: Server closed connection without sending any data back at /usr/share/squeezecenter/CPAN/Net/HTTP/Methods.pm line 306.
...propagated at /usr/share/squeezecenter/CPAN/Net/HTTP/NB.pm line 32.
]
[08-06-08 19:52:10.8276] Slim::Utils::Scanner::scanWMAStreamError (1245) Error: Error reading headers: Server closed connection without sending any data back at /usr/share/squeezecenter/CPAN/Net/HTTP/Methods.pm line 306.
...propagated at /usr/share/squeezecenter/CPAN/Net/HTTP/NB.pm line 32.


If I use mplayer to play the station with the following command, it works fine:
mplayer -vc null -vo null -cache 128 -af volume=0,resample=44100:0:1,channels=2 -playlist http://audio.wbaa.purdue.edu/asxgen/...wbaa-am-hi.asx

I also have the AACPlus plugin installed and it works fine for AAC+ stations so I am a little perplexed on this one.

Anyone have any suggestions on what to try to make WMA streams, Softsqueeze, and Squeezecenter happy again?

[bpa]

It is SC error happening when checking the stream before starting to play the stream. The problem also happens with real SBs so it has nothing to do with AlienBBC or mplayer.

A 404 problem happens when trying the URL that is in the ASX
http://128.210.157.251:80/wmbroadcast/wbaa-am-hi

You should file a bug report.