Scala Radio Stream URL?

[Sb42]

Hi,

Has anyone parsed the stream URL for https://planetradio.co.uk/scala-radio/ yet?

Please share.

thanks.

Got it! https://stream-mz.planetradio.co.uk/scalahigh.aac

[rk19]

Hi,

Has anyone parsed the stream URL for https://planetradio.co.uk/scala-radio/ yet?

Please share.

thanks.

Got it! https://stream-mz.planetradio.co.uk/scalahigh.aac

Many thanks. Couldn't find it.

[Paul Webster]

It is in TuneIn so a search in the Radio section of LMS finds it and it plays.
They currently offer 3 URLS - mp3, aac and lofi aac.

[Sb42]

It is in TuneIn so a search in the Radio section of LMS finds it and it plays.
They currently offer 3 URLS - mp3, aac and lofi aac.

Can you give me a little more detail as to where you found it? It's not in my TuneIn Search Box, just the test stream.

thanks

[Paul Webster]

I just tuned in via Radio/Search and heard the 18:00 news so I assumed it is live.
However, it then played
"Haydn - Symphony #100 , 3rd Mvt - Orchestra Of Italian Switzerland, Howard Shelley"
and their web site shows
"Jeremy Soule - Wind Guide You - Studio Orchestra"

So - you may well be right that they have not updated the URLs to match what they are live with.
Sorry about that.

[whitman]

Sb42's "Got it!" URL in post no.1 seems to be delivering the live stream this Sunday morning, though oddly they aren't giving time checks. Maybe because everything is pre-recorded?

Anyway, the daytime stuff seems rather bland, but I wonder if there's a way to get Scala's Listen Again feeds on LMS? I'd like to try out William Orbit In The Space, which sounds interesting, but never seem to be around for its 9-to-10pm slot.

[Paul Webster]

For William Orbit - In The Space ... try

http://bauerod.sharp-stream.com/scala/Scala-Mon-2100.m4a

for Monday and

http://bauerod.sharp-stream.com/scala/Scala-Sat-2300.m4a

for Saturday

You can guess the others

[whitman]

Thanks very much Paul, I'll give those a go ... and do my best to guess the tortuous system.

[whitman]

Paul, I finally got around to trying those URLs, and neither of them works for me. Nothing plays.

[Raymond Woodward]

You're not missing anything, it is typical UK commercial radio - sad.

As to finding it, all I did was search for 'Scala' in 'Radio' (TuneIn) via my Squeezebox and then scrolled down to the listing ...

[Percival Sweetwater]

You're not missing anything, it is typical UK commercial radio - sad.

I added it to my favourites on the day it launched. I'll be removing it very soon...

[Paul Webster]

Scala Radio Stream URL?

Paul, I finally got around to trying those URLs, and neither of them works for me. Nothing plays.

Double-check that you have the full URL ... and not a reduced size one that the forum can present.
Try the URL in a regular browser - such as Chrome. I just did that (frmo outside UK) and it worked fine.

If that URL works in Chrome then it is LMS that is not liking it.
Perhaps it has no handler available for the MP4 content.
Check the LMS logs to see if there are clues.

[whitman]

(We're talking about the Listen Again URLs in post #7, for some interesting-seeming evening shows. The live URL in post #1 works fine, should you be able to stand daytime Scala.)

Paul, yes, I gor the full URL by (on a Mac) right-clicking and Copy Link. Will not play on my LMS, as reported.

Tried it in a browser, and plays fine, as you suggested.

So can I fiddle with some LMS settings somehow to play .m4a streams?

[Paul Webster]

I suspect that @bpa will have best ideas for this.

I just tried it (from outside UK) and logs show

Slim::Player::Song::open (410) Error: Couldn't create command line for mp4 playback for [http://bauerod.sharp-stream.com/scala/Scala-Mon-2100.m4a]

So I suspect it needs a tweak to associate the data type with ffmpeg or similar.

[bpa]

I suspect that @bpa will have best ideas for this.

I just tried it (from outside UK) and logs show

Slim::Player::Song::open (410) Error: Couldn't create command line for mp4 playback for [http://bauerod.sharp-stream.com/scala/Scala-Mon-2100.m4a]

So I suspect it needs a tweak to associate the data type with ffmpeg or similar.

This is a streamed MPEG4 service. The normal LMS transcoder "faad" can handle MPEG4 files but not MPEG4 streams.
Player like squeezelite (and possibly Touch/Radio) can play the MEG4 stream natively but older player such as SB3, Classic, Receiver, Trasnporter and Boom - need a transcoder other than faad.

A custom-convert.conf file with the following rules should work for Linux system. Windows is a bit different. Not sure about OSX. Below has ffmpeg but if your distro has avconv - change the ffmpeg to avconv

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 -