Error: Unable to parse asf audio stream

[jp14]

All,

Recently (I can't remember when it started), I've been receiving the following error when trying to play the KCRW live and music audio streams. Other streams (KEXP, KQED, The Current) all work fine.
Error: Unable to parse asf audio stream

The URLs I'm trying to hit are:
http://media.kcrw.com/live/kcrwlive.pls
http://media.kcrw.com/live/kcrwmusic.pls

I'm running Logitech Media Server Version: 7.7.1 - r33735 - I know that it worked for a while with this code revision, so I don't think it's the upgrade that did anything. I am having the same problem on Squeezebox3, Squeezebox Touch, and Squeezebox radio.

Any suggestions on things to look at to figure out what's going on?

Thanks!

JP

[jp14]

Just to add more detail, I'm running the Logitech server on a Synology NAS, running DSM 3.2. I've tried rebooting the Logitech server, as well as the entire NAS, with no luck.

[jp14]

Bumping this one up - any assistance on things to look at to try to get to root cause would be greatly appreciated.

[bwaldron]

Bumping this one up - any assistance on things to look at to try to get to root cause would be greatly appreciated.

Can't help with the root cause...but (a) I've started seeing the same issue as you, and (b) the actual streams pointed to in the PLS files are working:
http://64.12.61.1:80/stream/1046
http://205.188.234.2:80/stream/1045

[jp14]

Bwaldron - what rev of Logitech Media Server are you running? On a laptop/desktop or on a NAS? What's the OS?

[bwaldron]

Bwaldron - what rev of Logitech Media Server are you running? On a laptop/desktop or on a NAS? What's the OS?

I'm running 7.7.2 on a low-powered Atom machine under Windows 7.

[bpa]

The problem is part of the network response from the station is being cut off or delayed and so LMS only gets part of the stream header. This can be caused by router, firewall or security s/w "checking" the network streams or trying to prioritise traffic. Other possibility is some sort of network blockage or timeout in LMS.

In LMS I suggest you try to increase radio station timeout in WebUI Setting/Advanced/Network to say 30 secs and see if it makes a difference - if not look at your network setup.

[manoj]

I had this problem too, and finally got around to debugging:

the types.conf has this line:

wma wma audio/x-ms-wma,application/vnd.ms.wms-hdr.asfv1,application/octet-stream,application/x-mms-framed,audio/asf audio

note the "application/octet-stream,". The KCRW playlists are returned as application/octet-stream so it gets interpreted as a Windows Media stream.

Deleting that string from types.conf and restarting the server fixed it for me.

[jp14]

Manoj - Thanks - that solved the problem for me as well.