MinimStreamer connection to Cambridge StreamMagic problems.

[MartinW]

(08-02-2017 16:11)simoncn Wrote:  

(08-02-2017 12:36)MartinW Wrote:  I'm having problems getting MinimStreamer to connect to my Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6 v2 in order to stream BBC Radio from a playlist.

When attempting to stream from MinimStreamer to the Cambridge Connect app. (which is the app. recommended by Cambridge for the Stream Magic) the app. returns an error "Access denied: An error response was received from the server". The MinimServer log returns an error "0$ playlists $* p0$* c0 isn't a valid container". If I enter *:L16 or *:wav in the stream.transcode properties get the same error.

Is the message exactly as you have typed it, including all the spaces in 0$ playlists $* p0$* c0? Or is it 0$playlists$*p0$*c0 without spaces?

This kind of error usually means you need to do a MinimServer rescan and/or refresh any local cache in the control point.

Quote:MinimStreamer will stream BBC Radio to Bubble UpnP where the renderer is the Nexus 7 which hosts Bubble. It will not stream to the Stream Magic. The MinimServer log returns the error "HTTPSource: byte-range request could not be satisfied".

I don't quite understand when you are getting this error and when you are getting the other error about an invalid container. This error means the renderer (the Stream Magic) is unable to handle a real-time radio stream and can only stream files from disk. This is because it is attempting to read a specific range of bytes from the file, which doesn't work with a real-time stream.

Simon, apologies the error message reads "0$playlists$*p0$*c0 isn't a valid container" without the gaps. I have now cleared all data (not just the cache) from the Control Point [Cambridge Connect] and rescanned MinimServer. I then attempted to request a BBC Radio station in the Control Point app. and received the same messages as before in both the app. and in the MinimServer error log.

Re your second question if I open my alternative Control Point app. (Bubble Upnp) I can select the BBC Radio station in the app. and it will play quite happily PROVIDED that it is rendered by the app's. host machine - a Nexus 7 tablet. However if I change the renderer in Bubble Upnp to the Stream Magic and press the play button in the app. (whilst watching the MinimServer error log) the MinimServer error log then shows the "HTTPSource: byte-range request could not be satisfied" error and nothing plays on the StreamMagic. I tried this approach just in case it was a quirk of the Cambridge Connect app. that nothing would play. Although the error message is different the result is the same - no music emanating from the Stream Magic!

Hope this reply clarifies the situation.