Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/09/11 17:36Hi Nigel,
With reference to ticket 164, maybe you want to consider to expand the current search methods "genre" and "country" with a third one, being "broadcasters".
It may sound a bit silly, but for me it isn't. At the moment I use the text file of countries to put in the names of broadcasters. like ".977" or "Virgin Radio". By doing so I get quickly access to all stations of these broadcasters.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/09/11 18:37maybe you want to consider to expand the current search methods "genre" and "country" with a third one, being "broadcasters". It really depends on what each internet radio site allows to search upon.
Live-Radio allows searching by genre, country, and station whereas ShoutCast only genre and station. When we search ShoutCast for a country we are actually searching for a station name that contains the country.
So what you're asking is perfectly possible. There is room for plenty of improvement in the configuration of internet radio so I'll add your request to the ticket.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/09/12 07:58Hi Nigel,
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/09/12 08:28I have many other things I'd like to do, and time is always limited.
It's not really adding any new capability since the same can be achieved by editing the txt files, hence the low priority. It doesn't mean that all media priority tickets will be done first though. I'll probably get to it in a month or so.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/09/12 08:34Hi Nigel,
I fully understand, (just teasing a bit )
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/21 17:18Not as fancy as Nigel is planning to create, I have added within the current methodology the “broadcaster” (like .977, Absolute Radio, Sky.FM, etc.) to the radio menu (“Search for stations”). It looks like this.
If you like to have this (and beware Nigel is developing a real change of this menu), please unzip the files and copy them as follows:
file “iradio.php” into directory “/ext/iradio/” file “broadcasters.txt” into directory “/ext/iradio/” file “music_radio_shoutcast.php” into the main directory.
Make sure you’ve made copies of your original files beforehand.
Some new translations can be made with the translation tool in the config screen.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/21 18:37Hi klaasvaak!
Thanks for your work!
But...
Code:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: search_broadcaster() in C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\Simese\Data\music_radio_shoutcast.php on line 138
Any idea?
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/22 00:07Ah I see ... I assume the error message appears with Live Radio only, not with ShoutCast (I got the same error message as well with Live Radio). Copy the attached file "live-radio.php" into directory "/ext/iradio" and I guess the issue is solved.
If the problem appears with both Live Radio and ShoutCast, could you tell me at which moment you get the error message: at the time you open menu “Search for stations”, “Select the Broadcaster to search for”, or “Select the Station to tune in”. And if it’s happening at the stage of opening menu “Select the Station to tune in”, does it also happens when you select “Browse by genre” or “Browse by country”?
In addition, could you let me know the specifics of your system (OS, server, PHP version, player type etc.). I have tested the menu on my laptop with Windows XP icw Simese V1.45 and PHP V4.4.4. and didn't have any problems. At the moment I’m not sure how it will work out on PHP 5 and Apache, but I wouldn’t expect any troubles, but still …
regards, Klaas
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/22 00:34and here it is
On the "Search for Stations" screen the third menu item is called "[BROWSE_BROADCASTER]"
If I select "[BROWSE_BROADCASTER]", a new screen named "[IRADIO_BROADCASTER_SELECT]" will appear. All broadcasters from broadcasters.txt are listed there.
When I select one of the stations I get the above error (Shoutcast) or a screen saying "No stations could be found that match your search for 'name_of_the_selected_station'" (Live Radio)
Thanks, Uwe
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/22 06:19Hi Uwe,
That's odd. It should work, but it doesn't ...
OK, let's try two things:
[1] try on your PC to open one of the channels and see if you're still getting the error message; [2] try to browse through the country list and see if you can open one of the radio streams.
Would you please post row 122 until and including 153 (122 starts with "elseif" and row 153 with an "}") of file "/music_radio_shoutcast.php". Maybe something went wrong there.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/22 09:43I have the same error...
It's because there is only a search_broadcaster method in the live-radio class and not in the shoutcast class. I intend to submit this feature later today so I'll make the required changes myself.Player : Netgear EVA700 & Popcorn A-100 (081224) Server : Vista SP1 Home Premium (Simese 2.06, SwissCenter current SVN) Spec : Intel C2Q Q6600, 2GB RAM, 2Tb storage.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/22 13:04Hi Nigel,
You're completely right, I completely forgot file "/ext/iradio/shoutcast.php"; now you're telling I know I've adjusted that one as well, but forgot to upload it.
That's why it's works with me and not with Uwe. I've attached the file, maybe it's helpfull and saves some time for you.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/22 14:16Any reason why you made the search_broadcaster method when the existing search_station would do the same?Player : Netgear EVA700 & Popcorn A-100 (081224) Server : Vista SP1 Home Premium (Simese 2.06, SwissCenter current SVN) Spec : Intel C2Q Q6600, 2GB RAM, 2Tb storage.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/22 14:40I make frequently use of the same broadcasters, but various channels (.977, Absolute, Kink and Disney). The current search methods (genre and country) are not efficient as many channels of these broadcasters are many pages down before you reach them and not grouped together
Alternatively, I could include the stations one by one as bookmarks. Again this isn’t very efficient as it’s all manual work, but more important: the links are static and therefore not generic. It happens quite often that broadcasters change there URLs and if so, you’re stuck with broken links and you have to start over again. Especially for those not very handy in doing so, this is no joy.
So, to answer your question in short: sustainable, quick access to favorite broadcasters and their channels.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/22 14:59Think you missed the point of the question. In shoutcast.php and live-radio.php there is already a method search_station which does exactly the same as your new method search_broadcaster.Player : Netgear EVA700 & Popcorn A-100 (081224) Server : Vista SP1 Home Premium (Simese 2.06, SwissCenter current SVN) Spec : Intel C2Q Q6600, 2GB RAM, 2Tb storage.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/22 15:21Capito … I overlooked function search_station() as it wasn’t “activated” in file /music_radio_shoutcast.php (yet).
Indeed the functions are exactly the same, but with a different name. I assume you’ll open function search station() for the public; you may forget about function search_broadcaster() and it will remain a good exercise in PHP.
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Re: Internet radio: extra search method - 2008/10/23 08:41Hi Klaas, hi Nigel
works perfectly with SVN Revision [1107]
Thanks to both of you!
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