the stream stops every time the Listener Supported Commercial Free thingy comes up in the stream. I have to hit the Next button to get it to run again.
Mac 10.14.6 using Firefox 89.0.2
Bug report! Our house is built in the center of a 30 acre black ant colony. The freaking things are invading from every crevice and crack throughout the domain.
Historically we've found that type of flaky behavior can be caused by the battery optimization feature. Been meaning to add a way to check the status of that in settings. If you see that it is optimized then the app needs to be restarted after excluding the RP app from the list.
Also we do have an update for some Andrdoid 11 specific issues, but it is not on the Play Store yet. Currently only available via sideloading. If interested the link for that is here. https://radioparadise.com/list...
Thanks for the feedback.
Unfortunately, I am getting "App Not Installed" error when trying to sideload either APK from that link. I haven't seen this before with sideloading (I do understand how to enable non-play-store installs)
EDIT: Turns out I already had Battery Optimization disabled on the Play Store edition of RP app, so that's not my issue.
EDIT2: Uninstalling the Play Store version allowed me to install 4.5.5.rptest, so I'm trying that out now.
Historically we've found that type of flaky behavior can be caused by the battery optimization feature. Been meaning to add a way to check the status of that in settings. If you see that it is optimized then the app needs to be restarted after excluding the RP app from the list.
Also we do have an update for some Andrdoid 11 specific issues, but it is not on the Play Store yet. Currently only available via sideloading. If interested the link for that is here. https://radioparadise.com/list...
Thanks for the feedback.
I love RP and hope that doing the above will resolve my issues. I will try both suggestions ASAP.
On my Pixel 5 running the latest Android 11, RP won't "play" when connected to Bluetooth unless extra effort is made and the app seems to stop playing after a while for no apparent reason.
Particularly via Android Auto, when I press play, the play icon briefly flashes to pause and then goes right back to the play triangle icon. No amount of futzing with the controls or menus in Android Auto will start playback. If I manually go to my phone and try stuff eventually it'll start playing. So maybe go to the cache page and hit play or if that doesn't work, go to sync and select Main Mix, or go back home and hit play. Usually eventually something will work. Obviously this is not great if I'm actually trying to drive somewhere in a timely manner since I have to sit and mess with the app for an indeterminate period of time before I can start driving.
Similar issues occur when trying to use the new Google Maps or Waze audio integration, the Play button does not work and it is impossible to get it to play from the integration. You have to run the app itself and then do the shenanigans described above.
For literally 5 years I've been able to get in my car and go with either zero or one buttons pushed to get RP playing but now it takes 30 seconds of messing around to get it to play and sometimes nothing works at all
If I'm playing music via Bluetooth, at some point it will just stop playing. Pressing play will not restart playback. I have to do the futzing again by going to cache page or reselecting sync.
There are some other problems with the recent version of the app including poor usability of the offline download, caching, and Chromecast, but probably are different bugs than the serious playback issue I describe above.
Reinstalling the clearing cache / clearing data / reinstalling the app doesn't seem to make any difference.
Thank you for your consideration.
Historically we've found that type of flaky behavior can be caused by the battery optimization feature. Been meaning to add a way to check the status of that in settings. If you see that it is optimized then the app needs to be restarted after excluding the RP app from the list.
Also we do have an update for some Andrdoid 11 specific issues, but it is not on the Play Store yet. Currently only available via sideloading. If interested the link for that is here. https://radioparadise.com/list...
On my Pixel 5 running the latest Android 11, RP won't "play" when connected to Bluetooth unless extra effort is made and the app seems to stop playing after a while for no apparent reason.
Particularly via Android Auto, when I press play, the play icon briefly flashes to pause and then goes right back to the play triangle icon. No amount of futzing with the controls or menus in Android Auto will start playback. If I manually go to my phone and try stuff eventually it'll start playing. So maybe go to the cache page and hit play or if that doesn't work, go to sync and select Main Mix, or go back home and hit play. Usually eventually something will work. Obviously this is not great if I'm actually trying to drive somewhere in a timely manner since I have to sit and mess with the app for an indeterminate period of time before I can start driving.
Similar issues occur when trying to use the new Google Maps or Waze audio integration, the Play button does not work and it is impossible to get it to play from the integration. You have to run the app itself and then do the shenanigans described above.
For literally 5 years I've been able to get in my car and go with either zero or one buttons pushed to get RP playing but now it takes 30 seconds of messing around to get it to play and sometimes nothing works at all
If I'm playing music via Bluetooth, at some point it will just stop playing. Pressing play will not restart playback. I have to do the futzing again by going to cache page or reselecting sync.
There are some other problems with the recent version of the app including poor usability of the offline download, caching, and Chromecast, but probably are different bugs than the serious playback issue I describe above.
Reinstalling the clearing cache / clearing data / reinstalling the app doesn't seem to make any difference.
Sounds like you're using the iOS app with 'fast skip' enabled, or the Android app using cache-ahead â or you're playing from a stored cache on one of the apps. Any of those true?
In those cases, the player will advance to the beginning of the crossfade into the next song, which may leave that much of the previous song playing. Nothing to be done about that without wasting a lot of data.
I am using the web player with Firefox. Turns out the issue was Firefox. Restarted the browser and things are back to the expected behaviour.
The fade delay when fast forwarding to the next song seems to have increased. I count 10 seconds (or so). This is too long to keep listening to the song I've decided I'm done with and to wait to decide if I want to keep listening to the new song. The normal delay between songs is perfect. Perhaps this could be a user settable delay.
Sounds like you're using the iOS app with 'fast skip' enabled, or the Android app using cache-ahead — or you're playing from a stored cache on one of the apps. Any of those true?
In those cases, the player will advance to the beginning of the crossfade into the next song, which may leave that much of the previous song playing. Nothing to be done about that without wasting a lot of data.
The fade delay when fast forwarding to the next song seems to have increased. I count 10 seconds (or so). This is too long to keep listening to the song I've decided I'm done with and to wait to decide if I want to keep listening to the new song. The normal delay between songs is perfect. Perhaps this could be a user settable delay.
Update:
I factory reset the phone (1st time with this phone in a year of use), only updated the factory apps, did not recover anything backed up to Google.
Installed only RP and exactly the same problem.
Two other LG's in my name, on my network are not having a problem.
This problem, I'm pretty sure, traces back to the last Android security update. Roughly since, another app I've used for quite a while that measures battery charge rate, etc, seemed to act up by not recognizing whether it was plugged in and charging. This too seemed to start with the latest update.
I know this might probably be an OS issue, but I wanted to bounce it off someone who knows the RP app better than I.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Just bumping this in case anyone else is seeing it. I now have my 3 favorite apps totally hosed.
It's definitely this phone. I have two other older LGs, V10 and V30,
which don't have this problem, but they also aren't running Android 11.
Just to add, streaming isn't working either. This has worked flawlessly
for over a year and (speaking as a retired IT guy of over 20 years) I'm
pretty sure nothing's changed on the phone recently.
Update:
I factory reset the phone (1st time with this phone in a year of use), only updated the factory apps, did not recover anything backed up to Google.
Installed only RP and exactly the same problem.
Two other LG's in my name, on my network are not having a problem.
This problem, I'm pretty sure, traces back to the last Android security update. Roughly since, another app I've used for quite a while that measures battery charge rate, etc, seemed to act up by not recognizing whether it was plugged in and charging. This too seemed to start with the latest update.
I know this might probably be an OS issue, but I wanted to bounce it off someone who knows the RP app better than I.
I'll answer my my own question, as if that wren't already completely obvious by the fact the no one else responded to this thread.
If I use a different IP address (so damn easy), there is no audio glitch or problem at all. So this would appear to be a blatant case of RP and their idiot MQA cadre deciding it might be best to "discourage" or cripple the stream to a formerly contributing member. Brilliant.
For all of those contributing to RP under the guise this is a member contribution only supported station, think again, MQA and BLUESOUND have bought off your formerly beloved.
So be it. Another case of some thinking they are far more clever then they actually are.
I'm not sure what your problem is, but it is definitely not that. We do not block streaming by anyone, under any circumstances.
If the two ip addresses in question are on the same network, then the problem is on that network, too. If they're geographically separated, then they may be connecting to two separate RP source servers, with the path to one of them having a routing issue.
More info would be helpful. Jumping to conclusions and throwing absurd accusations around is significantly less helpful.
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May 30, 2021 - 10:41pm
HFH21 wrote:
HFH21 wrote:
Is anyone else experiencing nearly all day long drop outs, stutters, and stoppages of the FLAC + metadata streams? I think it's gotta be a server side issue in that I noticed it took a long time for this wen page to even render, and I'm not having this same issue with other internet radio stations. Same problem whether using the Android TV app, or Volumio via Raspberry Pi.
I'll answer my my own question, as if that wren't already completely obvious by the fact the no one else responded to this thread. If I use a different IP address (so damn easy), there is no audio glitch or problem at all. So this would appear to be a blatant case of RP and their idiot MQA cadre deciding it might be best to "discourage" or cripple the stream to a formerly contributing member. Brilliant. For all of those contributing to RP under the guise this is a member contribution only supported station, think again, MQA and BLUESOUND have bought off your formerly beloved. So be it. Another case of some thinking they are far more clever then they actually are.
Is anyone else experiencing nearly all day long drop outs, stutters, and stoppages of the FLAC + metadata streams?
I think it's gotta be a server side issue in that I noticed it took a long time for this wen page to even render, and I'm not having this same issue with other internet radio stations.
Same problem whether using the Android TV app, or Volumio via Raspberry Pi.
I'll answer my my own question, as if that wren't already completely obvious by the fact the no one else responded to this thread.
If I use a different IP address (so damn easy), there is no audio glitch or problem at all. So this would appear to be a blatant case of RP and their idiot MQA cadre deciding it might be best to "discourage" or cripple the stream to a formerly contributing member. Brilliant.
For all of those contributing to RP under the guise this is a member contribution only supported station, think again, MQA and BLUESOUND have bought off your formerly beloved.
So be it. Another case of some thinking they are far more clever then they actually are.
Is anyone else experiencing nearly all day long drop outs, stutters, and stoppages of the FLAC + metadata streams?
I think it's gotta be a server side issue in that I noticed it took a long time for this wen page to even render, and I'm not having this same issue with other internet radio stations.
Same problem whether using the Android TV app, or Volumio via Raspberry Pi.
This can pop up randomly, reboots sometimes help. In addition there's a feature to help maintain some data in the cache so you don't have to do it manually. It will download any time the phone is charging, and is more aggressive about retries.
Can find that in
settings -> cache options -> cache autofill
OK, thanks.
It's definitely this phone. I have two other older LGs, V10 and V30,
which don't have this problem, but they also aren't running Android 11.
Just to add, streaming isn't working either. This has worked flawlessly
for over a year and (speaking as a retired IT guy of over 20 years) I'm
pretty sure nothing's changed on the phone recently.
Is anyone else having trouble downloading offline listening blocks? I tried to download 4 hours of Main Mix and would seem to start than pause after 5 seconds. I am logged into RP on the app. My data comes on WiFi only and I'm here in my house where all devices on my network are working up to full speed, including the phone otherwise. I've done this many times over the years without a problem. There is more than enough storage space on the phone (>17GB).
I've uninstalled the app, restarted the phone and reinstalled and was able to download one 4 hour block of Main Mix, but when I tried for another 4 hour block of the Mellow Mix the same interruption happened and clicking "Resume" would only again stop after a couple seconds.
This can pop up randomly, reboots sometimes help. In addition there's a feature to help maintain some data in the cache so you don't have to do it manually. It will download any time the phone is charging, and is more aggressive about retries.
Can find that in settings -> cache options -> cache autofill
Is anyone else having trouble downloading offline listening blocks?
I tried to download 4 hours of Main Mix and would seem to start than pause after 5 seconds.
I am logged into RP on the app. My data comes on WiFi only and I'm here in my house where all devices on my network are working up to full speed, including the phone otherwise. I've done this many times over the years without a problem.
There is more than enough storage space on the phone (>17GB).
I've uninstalled the app, restarted the phone and reinstalled and was able to download one 4 hour block of Main Mix, but when I tried for another 4 hour block of the Mellow Mix the same interruption happened and clicking "Resume" would only again stop after a couple seconds.
