I was playing around with adding multiple radio stations into the queue, then saving as a playlist. Sort of using the queue as a set of presets. I noticed some odd behavior with the Now Playing (Art, artist, song) info. In the process of testing this/that, I did something to my system which prevents me from adding more than one radio station to the queue, and strangely not for all the players, some add fine. This was reported and discussed here: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...t-reinstalling
So, I decided to run a series of tests and document my observations, and I would like to share in this thread. Radio Stations do not behave like music files in the queue (when there is more than one), and station types (plugin or standard) don't (miss) behave The same way.
So, I build an identical LMS server to my main server, pCP 7, LMS 8.3, and tested them side by side at the same time to eliminate the actual stream as a variable
In the interest of avoiding a monster post. I created a pfd of my test and results, images from both systems side by side, and attached for those interested. All of the tests to date (I will continue) are with the first item only in the queue being selected to play. I have seen other odd behaviour playing other than the first item, I'll look into that next
Radio in Queue.pdf
What I observed:
Radio Paradise FLAC - Regular Stream (not Interactive) - Adding additional RP stations in the queue "freezes" the now playing info for the station being played (queue posn 1). It does not change when the song changes.
Non Plugin Stations - Similar to above
Paul's Radio Now Playing - seemed to work as expected (again queue posn 1)
Radio Paradise FLAC Interactive - Different from RP above, when additional stations were added to the queue, those stations (Mellow, Rock) both adopted the Now Playing info from the playing stream (Main). But, the now playing info does change with the song.
Having said all of that, being an engineer, I don't discount the possibility that I might be the only one that can see this, and I am missing something fundamental. Maybe it's age, karma, growing up near the love canal, my love of beer, wine (no alcohol was involved in this test), whatever. If this is the case I apologize for wasting anyone's time. I want to be a good member of this community, not a pita. Also, multiple radio stations in the queue isn't a deal breaker, if it's just "the way it is" so be it. I just wanted to point this out.
Jim
So, I decided to run a series of tests and document my observations, and I would like to share in this thread. Radio Stations do not behave like music files in the queue (when there is more than one), and station types (plugin or standard) don't (miss) behave The same way.
So, I build an identical LMS server to my main server, pCP 7, LMS 8.3, and tested them side by side at the same time to eliminate the actual stream as a variable
In the interest of avoiding a monster post. I created a pfd of my test and results, images from both systems side by side, and attached for those interested. All of the tests to date (I will continue) are with the first item only in the queue being selected to play. I have seen other odd behaviour playing other than the first item, I'll look into that next
Radio in Queue.pdf
What I observed:
Radio Paradise FLAC - Regular Stream (not Interactive) - Adding additional RP stations in the queue "freezes" the now playing info for the station being played (queue posn 1). It does not change when the song changes.
Non Plugin Stations - Similar to above
Paul's Radio Now Playing - seemed to work as expected (again queue posn 1)
Radio Paradise FLAC Interactive - Different from RP above, when additional stations were added to the queue, those stations (Mellow, Rock) both adopted the Now Playing info from the playing stream (Main). But, the now playing info does change with the song.
Having said all of that, being an engineer, I don't discount the possibility that I might be the only one that can see this, and I am missing something fundamental. Maybe it's age, karma, growing up near the love canal, my love of beer, wine (no alcohol was involved in this test), whatever. If this is the case I apologize for wasting anyone's time. I want to be a good member of this community, not a pita. Also, multiple radio stations in the queue isn't a deal breaker, if it's just "the way it is" so be it. I just wanted to point this out.
Jim