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bitcrusher01 · (This post was last modified: 2014-09-23, 09:10 by bitcrusher01.)

The Sky.fm site has changed it's name to RadioTunes.com, so so has this plugin Smile

I "repurposed" the Sky.fm code and created a new icon, but kept the v3.x.x version as the codebase is the same "generation" as the Digitally Imported and Jazz Radio plugins.

Features:

Support for premium streams
Multithreading - using 8 simultaneous threads that downloads coverart (if not already cached) and parses the playlists - a refresh now takes about 5-7 seconds
Cache expiration is now calculated in days and not minutes - default 7 days
When parsing playlists (on cache refresh) it selected a random server playing the stream each time
The option to open a playlist and select the streaming server you want - off by default

RadioTunes.com features a wide variety of free streaming radio channels. Find your favorites among the best of each class - be it New Age, 80s, Smooth Jazz, New Age, Top40, Hip Hop, Oldies, 70s, Reggae, Lounge or many others inside.

Here is the latest changelog entry:

21. September 2014 v3.0.0
* Repurposed deprecated Sky.fm plugin v3.0.7 to Radiotunes.com - close to no changes had to made to suit it Smile

+ Support for Premium streams
+ Support for Premium Favorites playlist

Sourcecode
https://github.com/Bitcrusher/Radiotunes-XBMC-plugin

My website qualisoft.dk - horribly neglected!

misc123 · 2012-10-04, 22:30

Thank you for releasing the new plugin 2.0.0
It's working again.
Smile

rikardo1979 · 2012-10-07, 13:15

Nice1

using this a lot.
I have a question if you would be able to make the Jango too ? Wink

my missis would love to have that
thanks for all

bitcrusher01 · 2012-10-07, 17:43

I'll make a note of Jango for future endeavours, but the sites structure is entirely different and more deep/complex, so making an addon would require a whole new code (based on having a quick look at the site).
At this time, I sadly do not have the time to look into making it, as I have other projects that I've neglected lately.
I got addons for jazzradio.com and rockradio.com on the way though, as they only require minor adjustments to the newly di.fm/sky.fm developed code.

Hope at least Sky.fm will keep your missis dancing till someone makes a Jango plugin reality Wink

Unik · 2012-10-27, 12:12

Plugin not working in Windows when user profile directory name contains Unicode characters.

bitcrusher01 · 2012-11-05, 00:40

Unik: Sorry for the delay with answering - but yes, your right. There definitely is a problem with unicode chars in the Windows username.
I'll look into a solution to this.

Goulet · 2012-11-06, 14:12

(2012-10-07, 17:43)bitcrusher01 Wrote: I'll make a note of Jango for future endeavours, but the sites structure is entirely different and more deep/complex, so making an addon would require a whole new code (based on having a quick look at the site).
At this time, I sadly do not have the time to look into making it, as I have other projects that I've neglected lately.
I got addons for jazzradio.com and rockradio.com on the way though, as they only require minor adjustments to the newly di.fm/sky.fm developed code.

Hope at least Sky.fm will keep your missis dancing till someone makes a Jango plugin reality

Really looking forward to jazzradio.com addon!! Thanks

dallasnights · 2012-11-22, 18:30

Not working today on ATV2 Eden final can you help me fix

08:27:54 T:138981376 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
08:28:32 T:68837376 ERROR: Texture manager unable to load file: /var/mobile/Repo/Sky-FM-XBMC-plugin-master(1).zip/icon.png
08:28:42 T:68837376 WARNING: GetLabel - Unknown nodetype requested 0
08:28:46 T:148242432 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
08:28:49 T:148242432 NOTICE: It has not been 1440 minutes since /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/userdata/addon_data/plugin.audio.sky.fm/cache_lastcheckin.dat was last updated
08:28:49 T:148242432 NOTICE: [PLUGIN] Sky.fm v2.0.0 (30. October 2012)
08:28:49 T:148242432 NOTICE: Going for Public streams
08:28:50 T:148242432 ERROR: Error Type: <type 'exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError'>
08:28:50 T:148242432 ERROR: Error Contents: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 18: ordinal not in range(128)
08:28:50 T:148242432 ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/addons/plugin.audio.sky.fm/default.py", line 396, in <module>
MusicAddonInstance.start()
File "/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/addons/plugin.audio.sky.fm/default.py", line 153, in start
streamList = self.customizeStreamListAddMenuitem(jsonList, "") # sending a blank string as listenkey
File "/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/addons/plugin.audio.sky.fm/default.py", line 207, in customizeStreamListAddMenuitem
print "Channelart for " + channel['name'] + " not found in cache at " + self._addonProfilePath + channelArt
File "<string>", line 6, in write
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 18: ordinal not in range(128)
08:28:50 T:68837376 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.audio.sky.fm
08:28:50 T:68837376 ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://plugin.audio.sky.fm) failed
08:28:50 T:68837376 WARNING: GetLabel - Unknown nodetype requested 0
08:28:53 T:151818240 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
08:28:55 T:151818240 NOTICE: It has not been 1440 minutes since /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/userdata/addon_data/plugin.audio.sky.fm/cache_lastcheckin.dat was last updated
08:28:55 T:151818240 NOTICE: [PLUGIN] Sky.fm v2.0.0 (30. October 2012)
08:28:55 T:151818240 NOTICE: Going for Public streams
08:28:57 T:151818240 ERROR: Error Type: <type 'exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError'>
08:28:57 T:151818240 ERROR: Error Contents: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 18: ordinal not in range(128)
08:28:57 T:151818240 ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/addons/plugin.audio.sky.fm/default.py", line 396, in <module>
MusicAddonInstance.start()
File "/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/addons/plugin.audio.sky.fm/default.py", line 153, in start
streamList = self.customizeStreamListAddMenuitem(jsonList, "") # sending a blank string as listenkey
File "/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/addons/plugin.audio.sky.fm/default.py", line 207, in customizeStreamListAddMenuitem
print "Channelart for " + channel['name'] + " not found in cache at " + self._addonProfilePath + channelArt
File "<string>", line 6, in write
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 18: ordinal not in range(128)
08:28:57 T:68837376 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.audio.sky.fm
08:28:57 T:68837376 ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://plugin.audio.sky.fm) failed
08:28:57 T:68837376 WARNING: GetLabel - Unknown nodetype requested 0

bitcrusher01 · (This post was last modified: 2012-11-24, 21:27 by bitcrusher01.)

The Sky.fm plugin is broken because of the lack of UTF8 support in my plugin.
It's the channel called "Café de Paris" who's the culprit - it's the é character thats causing it.
I'm gonna fix it and hopefully push it out as an update sunday or monday.

For those who has a Premium membership, I'd suggest you switch to using your Favorites playlist and of course making sure "Café de Paris" is not in it.

dallasnights · 2012-11-25, 04:22

thank you appreciate your support

veames · 2012-11-30, 19:04

Thanks bitcrusher, having the same issue. Where can I find the updated plugin? Not showing an upgrade in XBMC. thanks!

veames · 2012-12-05, 22:15

Another issue. Using favourites does allow me to play music, but seems the names don't match the actual channels. hrm.

cicero22 · 2012-12-07, 10:52

Sky.fm plugin does not work for me at all any more. Did something change on their side?

sstavross · 2012-12-07, 12:00

It doesn't work for me too... It doesn't start at all, it says script error.

atmelfreak · (This post was last modified: 2012-12-08, 13:41 by atmelfreak.)

I've made a quick fix for this plugin. Problem was the unicode character in Station "Café de Paris".
Error occurs while loading channel art of this station. I've just added a check for this station name
to avoid loading the art for this channel.
Just add following code to line number 205 in default.py:
if (not "de Paris" in channel['name']) :
and ident the following 5 lines. The code part should be looking now as follows:

Code:
            if (not "de Paris" in channel['name']) :

                if (not os.path.isfile(self._addonProfilePath + channelArt)) : # if channelart is not in cache

                    print "Channelart for " + channel['name'] + " not found in cache at " + self._addonProfilePath + channelArt

                    self.getChannelArt( channel['id'], "art_" + channel['key'] )

                    channel['isNew'] = True

                    self._newChannels = self._newChannels + 1

            streamList.append( channel )

Regards
Atmelfreak