B4J Question [B4J] Internet Radio

[mading1309]

I am looking for a solution to use of MP3 or ACC streams with B4J, for example listen to Internet Radio stations
Mediaplayer does not work for some reason. The Internet connection is slowly but good enough to listen to Internet Radio stations on Android devices
Any working proposal to listen to MP3 or ACC streams under slowly Internet condition using B4J?
Thanks in advance

 

[Erel]

The stream is probably not supported by MediaPlayer. This url for example does work:

Dim mp As MediaPlayer
mp.Initialize("mp", "http://icecast.unitedradio.it/Radio105.mp3")
mp.Play

A different option, which I haven't tried it myself, is to download ffplay and play it with jShell: https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases

ffplay Documentation

ffmpeg.org

 

[drgottjr]

i fed a list of .mp3 streaming sources that i use daily with b4a to the b4j mediaplayer. all connected without issue, but almost all disconnected within a second or two. the ones that did not connect streamed fine. so, there seems to be an issue with mediaplayer under b4j. i tried both W7 and W10 and jdk 8.xxx. i should mention that, occasionally, some streams which disconnected were able to stream if i kept starting the app over and over.

i had better luck with a webview. you get a nice little "radio view", and the streams which disconnected via mediaplayer, streamed fine with webview's html5 features (ie, <audio>). note: if you go this way, don't be surprised if you have to manually click on the play icon. google has turned off the autoplay feature. you can add the autoplay attribute, but it may not work. i had no cases of disconnect with the webview.

a final comment, you're not going to write a better streaming app than vlc yourself. you can run vlc through your b4j app via sh. sometimes you have to go with the flow.

 

[moster67]

As Erel said, ffmpeg//ffplay is a good solution but you could try my VLC-wrapper as well...

 

[udg]

@Erel

http://icecast.unitedradio.it/Radio105.mp3

Are you studying Italian?
Are you planning a visit to the country now that you're vacinated? eheh

 

[LucaMs]

@Erel

Are you studying Italian?
Are you planning a visit to the country now that you're vacinated? eheh

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/forum-members-and-covid-19.120211/post-751993

 

[alas]

i tried it

    Dim mp As MediaPlayer
    mp.Initialize("mp", "https://montecarlodoualiya128k.ice.infomaniak.ch/mc-doualiya.mp3")
    mp.Play

 

[Erel]

Are you studying Italian?

I actually found it in a similar question in Stackoverflow and tried it.

 

[udg]

@Erel : listen to this one..you won't learn Italian but some good music will spread throughout the house

Dim mp As MediaPlayer
mp.Initialize("mp", "https://icy.unitedradio.it/um1026.mp3")
mp.Play

Ok, it's more "energy" rather than music but surely anything not properly anchored in your house is gonna rock out

 

[mading1309]

Hello to all
Thanks for the information
It seems it isn't possible for my internet performance here to find a solution
With an average of 8 kBytes/s audio streaming isn't a good idea.
Have to wait until the performance getting better