Paul Webster wrote: > Many radio stations (I suspect most) do not put cover art (url) in their > streamed metadata. > However, TuneIn (which used to be called RadioTime) has a facility to > provide missing cover art if it is told the track details. > TuneIn has their own API that they make available to broadcasters so > that TuneIn can know what track is playing without them having to "tune > in" to every radio stream. > > So - when you play a radio station via LMS using a TuneIn link then > there is a good chance that the cover art that you are seeing has come > from TuneIn. > > Occasional cover art for a single station implies a fault somewhere ... > the challenge is to find where in the chain it is broken. > > To verify ... go to the TuneIn web site and look at the page on their > site for the radio station and see if the Now Playing information is > updating even when you do not play the station. > > Note - TuneIn provides a downgraded service to UK listeners since a > court case a couple of years ago. Search for more info. > > RadioFeeds does not have such a capability. So if you are playing a > radio station via a URL that you find there and you see cover art then > it is coming from somewhere else - e.g. the radio station is embedding > the URL to the cover art within their stream. > > Radio.net has a similar API to TuneIn but I don't think they make much > use of it - except to show the data on their web site. > > The other way to get cover art is for a plugin within LMS to add it. > Radio X (UK) is part of the Global group. If you have the plugin "Global > Player (UK)" then you can have augmented information but, from my quick > test of a few minutes ago, I don't think it provides cover art. However, > the plugin does provide access to podcasts and replays of shows.I don't even > see track info from Radio X from Tune In on LMS. The only info is the programme title and programme image.
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