Open Network Stream - Song info issues

[sams99]

I listen to two hi-res radio streams with song info but encounter issues with both.
Anyone with similar issues?
1) SuperStereo 7 - song title and artist will display the first song once you start listening but will never update when new songs are played.
Closing app and reopening won't update details to current song.
Changing station and returning back to SuperStereo 7 works but again it won't update after that.
2) SomaFM Groove Salad - will display song title and album. It will update song title and artist when new song starts (actually before it starts) but the album title stays and displays the title from the first song (though I have seen it update at times but unable to say when/how.
Trying to post a couple of screenshots showing the behaviour.

Showing the album as Places EP but that was playing at 22:03:42. It should show Unyt, as that is the album of the current song Quantum Evo.

@WiiM Support should I raise it as a bug?

Edit: Wiim Pro Plus, latest firmware and latest Android app version.

 

[hgo58]

I see the same. I think it's because the formats of information is different for the different stations and each of them needs special integration.

This is what e.g. TuneIn and vTuner services has done.
The WiiM software has only done this for a few selected stations.

So I don't think it's a bug, just the consequence of a lack of a well defined API.

 

[slartibartfast]

I listen to two hi-res radio streams with song info but encounter issues with both.
Anyone with similar issues?
1) SuperStereo 7 - song title and artist will display the first song once you start listening but will never update when new songs are played.
Closing app and reopening won't update details to current song.
Changing station and returning back to SuperStereo 7 works but again it won't update after that.
2) SomaFM Groove Salad - will display song title and album. It will update song title and artist when new song starts (actually before it starts) but the album title stays and displays the title from the first song (though I have seen it update at times but unable to say when/how.
Trying to post a couple of screenshots showing the behaviour.
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Showing the album as Places EP but that was playing at 22:03:42. It should show Unyt, as that is the album of the current song Quantum Evo.
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@WiiM Support should I raise it as a bug?

Edit: Wiim Pro Plus, latest firmware and latest Android app version.

Superstereo 7 artwork and info seem to work fine when playing from Lyrion.

 

[hgo58]

Superstereo 7 artwork and info seem to work fine when playing from Lyrion.
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The thread is about the WHA "Open Network Stream" implementation.

So, yes, it has been integrated in LMS. What about WHA?

 

[sams99]

I see the same. I think it's because the formats of information is different for the different stations and each of them needs special integration.

This is what e.g. TuneIn and vTuner services has done.
The WiiM software has only done this for a few selected stations.

So I don't think it's a bug, just the consequence of a lack of a well defined API.

Thank you for your reply, sort of makes sense I guess. Rach one would need a custom implementation. Shame

 

[sams99]

Superstereo 7 artwork and info seem to work fine when playing from Lyrion.
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Superstereo 7 artwork and info seem to work fine when playing from Lyrion.
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Nice, I think like @hgo58 mentioned they must have a custom call to their API?!

 

[hgo58]

Nice, I think like @hgo58 mentioned they must have a custom call to their API?!

Some of the SuperStereo channels are on vTuner but it looks like there are problems there also.

As long as there is no full API definitions for the streaming services we have to use whatever the different apps and equipment have implemented.

I created a ticket for @WiiM Support several months ago about integrating SuperStereo but it was just closed. So not much hope for that.

 

[sams99]

Some of the SuperStereo channels are on vTuner but it looks like there are problems there also.

As long as there is no full API definitions for the streaming services we have to use whatever the different apps and equipment have implemented.

I created a ticket for @WiiM Support several months ago about integrating SuperStereo but it was just closed. So not much hope for that.

I have reached out to SuperStereo Network, just to see what they are saying.
Will update here if I hear back from them.

 

[slartibartfast]

Nice, I think like @hgo58 mentioned they must have a custom call to their API?!

Someone wrote a plugin which takes care of it "Radio now Playing"
Superstereo often change the streams. There was a time when they included metadata which caused issues, then they provided another stream without metadata, then discontinued that one and removed metadata from the original stream. The plugin often needs tweaking to keep up.

 

[sams99]

Also contacted SomaFM, Groove Salad station owners.
They mention on their website that the are using Icecast KH servers. But for Icecast on their github site it mentions Ogg and MP3 streaming but Groove Salad is FLAC.
Will update here again if they get back to me.