Peter Stavropoulos
Member
Vtuner seems to be down. It has been problematic since Dec 24. Anyone else have had this problem?
vTuner is down
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Yes, but I don't care. I use TuneIn or iHeart for streaming radio stations.
About 5 years ago, the Vtuner services that were included with a Sony Blu-ray player and a Yamaha AVR I had purchased both happened to stop working around the same time. I suspect it was because of licensing agreements expiring with Vtuner. Sony just removed streaming radio capability from the unit, Yamaha switched everyone over to airable.radio via a firmware update.
I am speculating that the Vtuner licensing arrangement with WiiM expired.
If you can't find the streams you are looking for in a different service, you may be able to grab the stream URLs and add them into the WiiM to play them.
About 5 years ago, the Vtuner services that were included with a Sony Blu-ray player and a Yamaha AVR I had purchased both happened to stop working around the same time. I suspect it was because of licensing agreements expiring with Vtuner. Sony just removed streaming radio capability from the unit, Yamaha switched everyone over to airable.radio via a firmware update.
I am speculating that the Vtuner licensing arrangement with WiiM expired.
If you can't find the streams you are looking for in a different service, you may be able to grab the stream URLs and add them into the WiiM to play them.
It's back up for me and others.
forum.wiimhome.com
vTuner no longer works?
it looks like vTuner radio doesn't work anymore? there are no radio stations, search doesn't give any results back, could someone clarify is v Tuner still supported on wiim or not?
forum.wiimhome.com
Peter Stavropoulos
Member
Same thing with my Marantz streamer. Problem was that vTuner license ran out and now it costs $5 per year to renew. I gladly pay it because I think the streaming quality is better.
It was just down.
I have had many issues with Vtuner. No podcasts ever play. I get a message track not found. Interesting I used to listen to them before but nothing now. The server disconnect keeps happening. Some of the Old-Time radio stations I listen to have an automated message; we are aware of the disconnect and our services provider is working on them. It should be back to normal in a week. That was in December. Same issues today.
