Updates to Radio database

[TheOldPresbyope]

Last night I ran through the current predefined radio stations in moOde 4.4.

Here are 7 which were not responsive along with proposed fixes where I could find one. Will probably get fixed in next release, but for now you can manually edit the entries of any stations of interest.

1. Czech Radio Classical 256K
   Error: Connection timed out
   Fix: Found three working streams
   http://radio.cesnet.cz/cgi-bin/cro-d-dur-256-ogg.pls
   https://api.play.cz/radio/croddur-256.mp3.m3u
   https://api.play.cz/radio/croddur128.aac.m3u  <- ok, not 256K, but perhaps comparable
   
   
2. The Finest Amsterdam
   Error: 403 Forbidden
   Fix: ??
   
   
3. KUVO
   Error: None, but can upgrade to 128K stream
   New URL:  http://kuvo-ice.streamguys.org/kuvo-aac-128
   
   
4. KUVO HD2
   Error: 404 Not available
   Fix: can upgrade to new 128K stream
   New URL: http://kuvo-ice.streamguys.org/kuvohd2-aac-128
   
   
5. Radio X Brussels
   Error: Connection timed out
   Fix: ??
   
   
6. Rock Radio1
   Error: Connection refused
   Fix: ??
   
   
7. Somehow Jazz
   Error: Connection timed out
   It turns out this station has converted to paid-subscription
   Fix: Delete
   

I don't doubt there are other radio stations like KUVO which work as-is but have improved streams available. I just don't know how to automate a test for them. I only stumbled on this one by accident.

Regards,
Kent

[Tim Curtis]

Thanks Kent,

I confirmed your findings and will make the following updates for moOde 5. 

1. Czech Radio Classical 256K - https://api.play.cz/radio/croddur-256.mp3.m3u
2. The Finest Amsterdam - DELETE
3. KUVO - http://kuvo-ice.streamguys.org/kuvo-aac-128
4. KUVO HD2 - http://kuvo-ice.streamguys.org/kuvohd2-aac-128
5. Radio X Brussels - DELETE
6. Rock Radio1 - DELETE
7. Somehow Jazz - DELETE

-Tim

[JST1963]

None of the BBC 320K stations work either…

Or could be they are blocked here in Belgium?

[jonners]

None of the BBC 320K stations work either…

Or could be they are blocked here in Belgium?

They play here in the UK, and I think they are UK only.
I have just added Virgin Radio: http://radio.virginradio.co.uk/stream
That may also be UK only.

[TheOldPresbyope]

None of the BBC 320K stations work either…

Or could be they are blocked here in Belgium?

Yeah, I was trying not to be parochial in my work. AFAIK, the BBC 320K stations work great but we colonials haven't been paying our TV License fee  

[JST1963]

None of the BBC 320K stations work either…

Or could be they are blocked here in Belgium?

Yeah, I was trying not to be parochial in my work. AFAIK, the BBC 320K stations work great but we colonials haven't been paying our TV License fee  

Must be the Brexit in our case (without being political…)

Update: And to avoid any misunderstandings, this was meant as a joke... 

[CallMeMike]

None of the BBC 320K stations work either…

Or could be they are blocked here in Belgium?

Yeah, I was trying not to be parochial in my work. AFAIK, the BBC 320K stations work great but we colonials haven't been paying our TV License fee  

  Maybe it's about time we (us Brits) pay something back to the 'colonials'... let's sponsor each of us one of the Moode great-grandchildren of the Boston Tea Party

[CallMeMike]

None of the BBC 320K stations work either…

Or could be they are blocked here in Belgium?

Yeah, I was trying not to be parochial in my work. AFAIK, the BBC 320K stations work great but we colonials haven't been paying our TV License fee  

Must be the Brexit in our case (without being political…)

@TheOldPresbyop
I'm very sorry, the my previous message was addressed to @TheOldPresbyop NOT @JST1963

@JST1963
Believe it or not Brexit would not have anything to do with this state of facts... As much as the BBC (TV and Radio) is a state corporation it is sponsored by the state (via the British people' s taxed income and National Insurance Contribution... sorry to be so pedantic) with an added contribution (actually a tax as it is compulsory for every household owning a Television Set). I'm making an educated guess that some more costly ventures, namely BBC iPlayer and any HiRes streaming would be geo-locked (available to the U.K. only) for this very reason...

[Lizard_King]

I really like somehow jazz.

[CallMeMike]

I really like somehow jazz.

Me too (not the infamous #MeToo )

An idea, get to this site https://www.streamfinder.com/  click on JAZZ button or enter in the broser https://www.streamfinder.com/internet-ra...genre/Jazz ; you'll get lots of links. If you'd rather use Moode for playing the any of the stations query the details of that particular station and make it a permanet fixture in Moode using the tools provided by Tim & The Amazing Crew.

Bear in mind that from time to time the Internet radio stations are dropping from the face of the digital Earth or get clever and ask for money... exactly the current topic.