4 ms·

Cool concept, but desperately needs display of the currently playing song/program name!

• AlexDragusin 2y ago
  The current song won't work due to the stations not providing such through the <audio> tag, which is used to play the stream. Would loved that as well and when I designed it, was something I expected to be possible but then not with the current setup. If a solution becomes available to this effect, would definitelly implement it right away.
  • Tijdreiziger 2y ago
    Most radio stations do provide ‘now playing’ info on their website. I acknowledge that it would be a lot of work to collate all these data sources, though.
  • jactoryfoe 2y ago
    [dead]
  • conradfr 2y ago
    Many do broadcast the data (shoutcast protocol). I do parse the data server side but I think you can do it client side by using hls.js [0] Added bonus you can read HLS and MPD streams. [0] https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/issues/5706 https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/issues/5706
    • AlexDragusin 2y ago
      Thanks, went through this also before launch, after implementation I was browsing stations and one started playing video :) Thats when I put HLS aside and will explore more once I can have certainty that video streams will not be part of it. Even if I hide the video, the data transfer would not be acceptable. It's unfortunate as the HLS streams start playing nearly instantly so it would been a better experience.
      • conradfr 2y ago
        Yes adding style="display:none" to your audio or video element works but will consume bandwidth. https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/issues/3480 https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/issues/3480