Trying to add Musikguiden podcast from sr.se

[Jajjan]

Hi, I Try to add this podcast feed:
http://sverigesradio.se/api/rss/broadcast/4067

I can see the entries in the feed in the podcast app but not start them.
Any ideas?

[Soulkeeper]

I just tried to paste some of the URLs into the LMS web interface, "Tune in URL".

First LMS says "ASX Radio", and starts counting for a couple of seconds, then it changes to say "MP4 Radio" and stops. I have no idea why.

Edit to add: The LMS log says:

[12-06-26 09:13:00.4030] Slim::Player::Song::open (409) Error: Couldn't create command line for mp4 playback for [mms://sverigesradio.se/topsy/ljudfil/4005520.m4a]

[bpa]

A strange mish mash of audio standard are being used.

The Podcast references an ASX playlist which contains an mpeg4 file marked "video/mp4"

LMS negotiates allfo the above and gets to the actual file: http://sverigesradio.se/topsy/ljudfil/4005520.m4a

This file will not play on an Sb3 when transcoded by faad and also not natively decoded on a Touch. The file IIRC there is a mpeg4 file format which Touch and faad cannot play when it is streamed as a podcats - I think the "header" is at the end of the file.

If you change the mp4 transcoder to ffmpeg and the file can be played if mpeg4-/aac "native" is disabled.

The custom-convert.conf file using ffmpeg for a Linux system will look like below but you will lose ffw/rew

mp4 mp3 * *
        # FRB:{BITRATE=-B %B}T:{START=-ss %s}
        [ffmpeg] -loglevel quiet  -f mp4 -i $FILE$ -f wav - | [lame] --silent -q $QUALITY$ $BITRATE$ - -

mp4 pcm * *
        # FRB:{BITRATE=-B %B}T:{START=-ss %s}
        [ffmpeg] -loglevel quiet  -f mp4 -i $FILE$ -f u16le -

mp4 flc * *
        # FRB:{BITRATE=-B %B}T:{START=-ss %s}
        [ffmpeg] -loglevel quiet -f mp4 $START$ -i $FILE$ -f flac -

[Jajjan]

Ok, so it could be possible to make it play connected to lms but never on a Touch connected to mysb?

[asplundj]

I don't think there is any podcasts for Musikguiden "http://sverigesradio.se/sida/laddaner.aspx?programid=4067". However, I guess you could add individual programs (from 30 dagarsarkivet) to your favourites at mysqueezebox.com. You won't get a subscription for the shows but you can at least listen to it through your SB

[bpa]

Ok, so it could be possible to make it play connected to lms but never on a Touch connected to mysb?

Yes.

The main problem with many mpeg4 formatted podcast is that the file format is set up for downloading and not for streaming.

[Jajjan]

Ok, I tried to get this running on a Touch connected to LMS running on windows.

I find small bits of confusing information about this then i search around.

Things I maybe must do:
- Get LAME encoder
- Get faad de(?)coder
- Install quicktime
- Not install quicktime
- Get ffmpeg
- Make changes to types.conf
- Make changes to constom.convert
- Make changes in settings->andvanced->filetypes

How much of this is really needed?

[bpa]

1. Get ffmpeg
2. Put the rules above into a custom-convert.conf simple text file (use notepad) in the same directory as the convert.conf file.
3. restart LMS.

edit:

The above rules are for linux - they'll need a few small changes for Windows. I'll need to investigate but only if you are actually going to do it.

[Jajjan]

Thanks for helping,

yes I would really like this to work.
I have added the ffmpeg.exe to the server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread folder and added your lines to custom.convert.conf.

[Jajjan]

It is working well again now, must have been something temporary.

Thanks again.