Live365 broadcast

[dashford]

II. Sending song title
In the Settings window, click "Log files (Reports)", enable HTTP Get request. In the URL put the following string:

http://tools.live365.com/cgi-bin/add_song.cgi?version=2&pass=MYPASSWORD&handle=MYLOGIN&title=%title&artist=%artist&album=%album

This is great, but I'd like to take it a step further.  There is a coverURL parameter for add_song.cgi that allows you to send the URL of a graphics file for displaying custom album cover art on a particular song (e.g., a station logo if an ID is played).  Ultimately I'd like to use the %comment tag field to provide the URL, but for now I'm just providing the URL directly.

However, I can't get the parameter to work when sent from RadioBOSS.  I know the URL has to be properly escaped, so a value like this:

coverURL=http://www.domain.com/logo.jpg

has to look like this:

coverURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edomain%2Ecom%2Flogo%2Ejpg

...but it still doesn't work in RadioBOSS.   I know the format of the whole http: link is correct because the artwork comes through when I send it directly, but it doesn't work when sent through RadioBOSS.  Any ideas?  Perhaps a truncation issue?  Thanks.

[djsoft]

Can you provide a full string you use for HTTP request?

[dashford]

Can you provide a full string you use for HTTP request?

I will privately email you the actual string, which includes our station's username and password.

Generically, though, it just looks like this:

http://tools.live365.com/cgi-bin/add_song.cgi?version=2&pass=MYPASSWORD&handle=MYLOGIN&title=<title>&artist=<artist>&album=<album>&coverURL=<image URL>

[djsoft]

Sorry for a delay.
RadioBOSS doesn't "know" the cover URL, so I suppose, you have that URL hardcoded in the request string? Maybe, the string is not properly encoded. I used the online service (http://www.albionresearch.com/misc/urlencode.php) to encode it and got the result: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.domain.com%2Flogo.jpg" which is differs from yours a little.
I'll also check if RadioBOSS does some transformations to the URL string.

[dashford]

Sorry for a delay.
RadioBOSS doesn't "know" the cover URL, so I suppose, you have that URL hardcoded in the request string?

Well, originally we were trying to pass the URL from the Comment tag field, like this:

http://tools.live365.com/cgi-bin/add_song.cgi?version=2&pass=MYPASSWORD&handle=MYLOGIN&title=%title&artist=%artist&album=%album&coverURL=%comment

...but that wasn't working.  So now we're trying to hardcode the URL in the request string to at least get *that* part of the process working.  But that's where we're getting stuck.

Maybe, the string is not properly encoded. I used the online service (http://www.albionresearch.com/misc/urlencode.php) to encode it and got the result: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.domain.com%2Flogo.jpg" which is differs from yours a little.

Thanks -- I just tried that format in RadioBOSS and I'm afraid that doesn't work either.

I'll also check if RadioBOSS does some transformations to the URL string.

Yes, thank you -- we're kind of wondering if that is what is going on.

[djsoft]

Hmm... reading from comment should work (good idea BTW). RadioBOSS prepares all the strings before making a request. It should work, and I don't know (yet) why it doesn't.
You may send (privately to support@djsoft.net) an URL which works, so I'll be able to check what could be wrong...

[dashford]

Hmm... reading from comment should work (good idea BTW). RadioBOSS prepares all the strings before making a request. It should work, and I don't know (yet) why it doesn't.
You may send (privately to support@djsoft.net) an URL which works, so I'll be able to check what could be wrong...

Hello Dmitry -

You had indicated to me in an email that RadioBOSS doesn't use the "%comment" field correctly in the URL request to Live365.  Was that issue fixed in the 4.5.4.833 release?

I ask because I tried passing the %comment field to the Live365 URL request and it still doesn't seem to work in the new release.

Thanks.

[djsoft]

I just checked it, and the %comment works fine (tested it on local Apache server).
The URL in RadioBOSS:
http://djs/1.php?cm=%comment

"Comment" in track's tags:
--www.djsanchez.ru--

Record in server access logs:
127.0.0.1 - - [14/Jul/2011:18:25:33 +0400] "GET /1.php?cm=%2D%2Dwww.djsanchez.ru%2D%2D HTTP/1.1"

As you can see, the contents of comment field are sent correctly... I think you should check your URL, maybe something's wrong there (mistype?).

[dashford]

OK, thank you -- our URLs were typed correctly.  We'll look into this further on our end.

[nyankee]

Is anyone having issues with album being transferred to live 365? I set up the http and stream is good, but some album names transfer a lot don't, only artist and song so i get delisted alot. i use mp3, i am about to use mp3pro to see if it fixes something.

[djsoft]

Are you sure you have the "album" filled in the tag info?
MP3 and MP3Pro is not an issue here, it's just a codec, the metadata is sent regardless of this...

[nyankee]

Yes i have all of my songs with full info. Some albums show as *blank* on live 365

[djsoft]

I think you should contack the Live365 support about this, so they'll check the logs. Probably, they're displaying only allowed genres, and when you send genre out of this list - it is not displayed.

[WRCM]

I am having the same problem with some of our albums not being known,which inturn makes Live365 not list our station.  I have contacted Live365 for support and was wondering if there was any update on your end for the problem?

[djsoft]

I am having the same problem with some of our albums not being known,which inturn makes Live365 not list our station.  I have contacted Live365 for support and was wondering if there was any update on your end for the problem?

How are you transferring album info to the Live365 server? And if their support responded, let me know what they said about it.