Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-09 Thread StevePalmer
remd wrote: > FYI ickstream supports the basic version of calmradio, there are plans > to support the full version when the devs can focus on some new > development again. > http://wiki.ickstream.com/index.php/Open_Beta_SqueezeboxCheers for this. I > hadn't realised Calm Radio was available

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-07 Thread remd
FYI ickstream supports the basic version of calmradio, there are plans to support the full version when the devs can focus on some new development again. http://wiki.ickstream.com/index.php/Open_Beta_Squeezebox Interested in the future of music streaming ? www.ickStream.com - A world of music

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread StevePalmer
bpa wrote: > I can't comment on vTuner but from past experience any intermediary > rarely help. AFAICT Calm artwork mainly supported by Phones, Tablets, > Roku, AppleTV, Amazon, Windows and browsers. Paid subs gets rid of ads > and access to better quality streams (320k and 192k) and possibly

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread bpa
StevePalmer wrote: > On a non-techy note, I'm just a bit disappointed with Calmradio.com that > (in my simplistic world) I've ended up with 'less' in total for my > package by paying more thru subscribing! There was no explicit > declaration that I'd lose the Art using vTuner when I took out a >

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread StevePalmer
bpa wrote: > So I'll keep it on the backburner - I play Calm every so often so it is > a bti of interest. There are some interesting LMS programming > challenges in handling the channel list. > > > Yes - artwork is not part of the stream (e.g. Radio paradise does this) > - artwork is kept

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread bpa
StevePalmer wrote: > Hi BPA. Thanks again. I'm not a native programmer, this might be a bit > of a stretch. So I'll keep it on the backburner - I play Calm every so often so it is a bti of interest. There are some interesting LMS programming challenges in handling the channel list. > On a

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread StevePalmer
Hi BPA. Thanks again. I'm not a native programmer, this might be a bit of a stretch. On a related note, I just heard back from the Calmradio.com Help Desk. Apparently there's no way to show the Album Art in their paid-for subscription urls on platforms like vTuner (which manages my Yamaha AV

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread bpa
If you're happy enough with coding ands JSON then the Kodi plugin helps a bit (now that some of the apis have been identified). I pretty sure you don't need to use https - I would swap http for http where possible. In the Kodi plugin ( https://github.com/nire0510/plugin.audio.calmradio ) - the

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread StevePalmer
bpa wrote: > I just looked at the some of the traffic on a Calm radio. It may be > possible to hack something minimal - can't guarantee anyhting soon but > for the record. > This URL list all Calm channels with URLs for associated "recent tacks" > and URLs for free and paid at different rates.

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread bpa
StevePalmer wrote: > Thanks for clarifying things bpa. Seems like a less-than-ideal > workaround, but I'm grateful for you pointing me in the right direction. > Had a feeling it would need a plugin of some sort. I'm on the > subscription model with Calm and even using vTuner with my Yamaha AV >

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread StevePalmer
bpa wrote: > Calm stations can be found using LMS Radio "Search" but it is basic > playing - no metadata ( images etc.) > > Calm use a proprietary API and AFAIK so not as simple as add a password. > A full plugin is needed to get full features and metadata. > That said there is a Kodi Calm

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread bpa
Calm stations can be found using LMS Radio "Search" but it is basic playing - no metadata ( images etc.) Calm use a proprietary API and AFAIK so not as simple as add a password. A full plugin is needed to get full features and metadata. That said there is a Kodi Calm plugin which seems to have

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2017-10-02 Thread StevePalmer
I'm a great fan of Calm Radio too. Do you know how to get it to play on squeezebox radios? Sent from my Huawei Mate 9 using Tapatalk Steve Kettering, UK StevePalmer's Profile:

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2015-07-30 Thread freelsjd
Just signed up. After losing MOG, I still have no favorite. Calmradio has a lot of good choices, and plays nicely over the squeezebox. I wish for an album art display. The album art works fine on the ipad. freelsjd's

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2014-01-24 Thread Ikabob
cjfreitag wrote: Does anyone have experience with this service? (www.calmradio.com) I ran across it yesterday in the Radio category in iTunes. The classical streams are quite nice (192K in VIP), so I signed up for a month. It was easy to create favorites in SBS using the stream URLs that

Re: [slim] Calm Radio

2014-01-24 Thread cjfreitag
I was surprised to see this thread come back to life! I still listen to Calm Radio a lot, and their station list has grown a lot. +1 for an app or plug-in. cjfreitag's Profile:

[slim] Calm Radio

2011-02-25 Thread cjfreitag
Does anyone have experience with this service? (www.calmradio.com) I ran across it yesterday in the Radio category in iTunes. The classical streams are quite nice (192K in VIP), so I signed up for a month. It was easy to create favorites in SBS using the stream URLs that Calm provided to me, but