Streaming a Radio Station
I am new to ROKU Development. I have extensive computer knowledge in HTML Programming and such and am trying to help someone set an Audio Only Stream up. It is an Internet Radio Channel that uses Rad...
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Instant TV Channel only supports extracting metadata from SHOUTcast audio streams at this time. There may be support in the future for extracting metadata from audio streams with embedded ID3 information.
OddScott wrote:Instant TV Channel only supports extracting metadata from SHOUTcast audio streams at this time.
It's not true, the problem must be somewhere else. I used a shoutcast stream (tried both mp3 and AAC) and could not get any metadata displayed, and it's exactly what's happening now with Icecast 2 streaming.
I'll take a look at it for you. What's your channel's 36-character "Channel ID" from the Channels page?
The channel is "Funky Corner Radio" under Music
Ok, found your channel. Looks like the audio stream URL that you are using is pointing directly at the MP3 stream. Instead you'll need to use a URL that points at your SHOUTcast status page, so that the metadata can be scraped off of it. Here's an example SHOUTcast URL that provides metadata: http://185.85.29.161:8000
