WiiM Ultra - Radio Paradise Cover Art

jeromeof

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Now that the WiiM Ultra with its lovely screen is finally getting into peoples hands, I think its time that we got this simple change to the WiiM handler of RadioParadise. The 'Now playing' screen when playing Radio Paradise should show proper album art :D

So its very simple - the Radio Paradise now playing API looks like this:

JavaScript:
https://api.radioparadise.com/api/now_playing?chan=1

where chan can be 0, 1, 2 or 3 (depending on the radio paradise channel, e.g. 0 = DEFAULT, 1 = MELLOW etc)

This call results in a simple JSON structure like this :


JSON:
{"time": 132,
"artist": "KT Tunstall",
"title": "Other Side of the World",
"album": "Eye to the Telescope",
"year": "2004",
"cover": "https:\/\/img.radioparadise.com\/covers\/l\/B000DN5VJY.jpg",
"cover_med": "https:\/\/img.radioparadise.com\/covers\/m\/B000DN5VJY.jpg",
"cover_small": "https:\/\/img.radioparadise.com\/covers\/s\/B000DN5VJY.jpg"
}

Then the cover is obviously at that URL but maybe some simple decoding is needed

JavaScript:
function decodeURL(url) {
  return url.replace(/\\/g, '');
}

const url = "https:\\/\\/img.radioparadise.com\\/covers\\/l\\/B000DN5VJY.jpg";
const decodedURL = decodeURL(url);
console.log(decodedURL);  // "https://img.radioparadise.com/covers/l/B000DN5VJY.jpg"

Then this cover is that URL: https://img.radioparadise.com/covers/l/B000DN5VJY.jpg
 
Now that the WiiM Ultra with its lovely screen is finally getting into peoples hands, I think its time that we got this simple change to the WiiM handler of RadioParadise. The 'Now playing' screen when playing Radio Paradise should show proper album art :D

So its very simple...

I second the motion to update the Radio Paradise feed for album art. Interestingly, if I stream Radio Paradise via LMS/SqueezeLite, the album art IS displayed!
 
I asked Wiim support about this two days ago and the lack of support for logging in to RP. They say they're working on it.
 
I asked them specifically about support for RP logins. I'm hoping that will provide access to cover art and all other RP metadata.
 
I second the motion to update the Radio Paradise feed for album art. Interestingly, if I stream Radio Paradise via LMS/SqueezeLite, the album art IS displayed!
That’s because LMS is a fully fledged music server and the developer is great at that sort of thing
 
8/24 my Ultra was installed & powered up. I noticed the album art on the display. It's nice. Excuse me for being Debbie Downer but why does that tiny display matter to anyone NOT using the Ultra inches away on a desktop?
I can't see it from my couch. I see the art on my phone app but nobody else in the room can see it.

I hope the next WiiM has HDMI passthru & the ability to see art & settings on the TV.
Please and thank you 👍
 
8/24 my Ultra was installed & powered up. I noticed the album art on the display. It's nice. Excuse me for being Debbie Downer but why does that tiny display matter to anyone NOT using the Ultra inches away on a desktop?
I can't see it from my couch. I see the art on my phone app but nobody else in the room can see it.

I hope the next WiiM has HDMI passthru & the ability to see art & settings on the TV.
Please and thank you 👍
A software cast 'now playing' feature to fire tv & Android tv would make more sense, and wouldn't require another ugly cable connection 📺😉
 
I'll happily take another "ugly cable connection" if it meant I could connect my DVD player to this hub.
 
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