Example of the issues from the NBC news feed you ref
The XML for one item in the list. When parsing the XML it is assumed to be playlist and the *itunes:duration* and *enclosure* are the main items used items. Note the use of itunes tags and also *length* is zero !! Code: -------------------- <item> <title>Omar cites corruption, ineptitude among reasons to impeach Trump</title><description>9:00 Racist Trump spectacle distracts from other damaging Trump news <br>9:27 Omar cites corruption, ineptitude among reasons to impeach Trump <br>9:41 Clinton warning about Trump 'deportation force' proves prescient <br>9:46 Trump moves to effectively end asylum, family separations ongoing <br>9:56 Trump set to decimate USDA research, fire hundreds of scientists <br>9:59 Maddow: 'It's a dark time with the president leading this way'<br><br>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 02:59:00 -0000</pubDate> <itunes:author>Rachel Maddow, MSNBC</itunes:author> <itunes:title>Omar cites corruption, ineptitude among reasons to impeach Trump</itunes:title> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:subtitle>Plus, what Trump is likely trying to distract Americans from with his racist antics</itunes:subtitle> <itunes:summary>9:00 Racist Trump spectacle distracts from other damaging Trump news <br>9:27 Omar cites corruption, ineptitude among reasons to impeach Trump <br>9:41 Clinton warning about Trump 'deportation force' proves prescient <br>9:46 Trump moves to effectively end asylum, family separations ongoing <br>9:56 Trump set to decimate USDA research, fire hundreds of scientists <br>9:59 Maddow: 'It's a dark time with the president leading this way'<br><br>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></itunes:summary> <ITUNES:DURATION>2783</ITUNES:DURATION> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <guid isPermaLink="false">c6980e12-9c35-11e9-89d5-6377425b6bc0</guid> <ENCLOSURE URL=\"HTTPS://WWW.PODTRAC.COM/PTS/REDIRECT.MP3/TRAFFIC.MEGAPHONE.FM/NBCN2041603079.MP3\" LENGTH=\"0\" TYPE=\"AUDIO/MPEG\"/> </item> -------------------- dump of ID3 metadata for the file is Code: -------------------- Input #0, mp3, from 'NBCN2041603079.mp3': Metadata: title : Omar cites corruption, ineptitude among reasons to impeach Trump comment : Plus, what Trump is likely trying to distract Americans from with his racist antics lyrics-ENG : 9:00 Racist Trump spectacle distracts from other damaging Trump news : <br>9:27 Omar cites corruption, ineptitude among reasons to impeach Trump : <br>9:41 Clinton warning about Trump 'deportation force' proves prescient : <br>9:46 Trump moves to effectively end asylum, family separations ongoing : <br>9:56 Trump set to decimate USDA research, fire hundreds of scientists : <br>9:59 Maddow: 'It's a dark time with the president leading this way' album : The Rachel Maddow Show genre : Podcast date : 2019 * Duration: 00:45:13.86,* start: 0.000000, bitrate: 96 kb/s Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, mono, s16p, 96 kb/s Stream #0:1: Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 500x500 [SAR 72:72 DAR 1:1], 90k tbr, 90k tbn, 90k tbc Metadata: title : image comment : Other -------------------- ID3 tag duration is 45:13.86 which is 2713.86 sec. The XML *itunes:duration* says length is 2783. Both are purely info - the actual number of bytes will determine the length of the file - so which is LMS supposed to choose ? LMS won't have the ID3 tag info until it starts actually playing the remote file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109017 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter