[sphere]

Hi,

I'm happy to announce my newest addon "Radio". It is a music plugin to provide quick access to more than 30000 international radio broadcasts (powered by the websites http://www.rad.io (English), http://www.radio.de (German), http://www.radio.fr (French), www.radio.pt (Portugal) and www.radio.es (Spain)). I hope it is a good replacement/addition for the shoutcast and icecast addons. Please note that there are more then just "only internet radio stations" accessible via this addon.

You can browse the stations via genres, topics, countries, cities and languages.
You can also put any station to the list of "My Stations" (with context menu) for quick access.

Upstream code location: https://github.com/XBMC-Addons/plugin.audio.radio_de

The addon is present in the official kodi addon repository in two flavours: py2 (gotham ~ leia) and py3 (matrix). Development targets the matrix branch while backporting fixes to the gotham branch. Versions is equivalent (although python3 only) to the version in gotham - thus uses a version system consisting of PEP440 local version identifiers (x.x.x+matrix.x).

Changelog:

Code:

v3.0.3+matrix.6 (1/5/2020)
- [fix] Custom stations if the url is not a playlist
- [new] Spanish website radio.es and improved translations
- [new] screenshot support for addon-website

v3.0.2+matrix.1 (1/5/2020)
- [fix] Custom stations if the url is not a playlist

v3.0.1+matrix.1 (13/4/2020)
- [new] Use internal playlist resolver also in custom stations

v3.0.0+matrix.1 (12/4/2020)
- [new] Automated submissions to matrix
- [new] Python3 only version
- [new] New language layout and other matrix fixes
- [fix] Playlist based stations
- [fix] Ratings

v2.4.2 (9/2/2020)
- [add] sort methods for categories
- [add] setting to prefer http connections over https if http streams are available
- [fix] use sys.version_info[0] for compatibility with python2.6

v2.4.1 (31/12/2019)
- [fix] Custom radio tracks

v2.4.0 (29/12/2019)
- [new] Use radio API v2
- [fix] Remove dead code
- [new] Add radio.pt
- [new] Page listings
- [new] Better quality logos
- [new] Hide fanart setting

v2.3.5 (25/12/2019)
- [fix] Artwork not available in player

2.3.2 (07.06.2017)
- fixed playback

2.3.1 (15.02.2015)
- updated translations

2.3.0 (29.11.2013)
- added playback for asx playlists (e.g. BBC)
- added blayback for xml playlists
- improved station search

2.2.1 (11.08.2013)
- updated translations
- added new addon.xml tags

2.2.0 (11.03.2013)
- better station logos
- better add-on icon
- changed to xbmcswift2 v2.4.0
- small code improvements
- use random server on playlists (instead first one)
- update translations

2.1.3 (26.12.2012)
- better station logos
- fix unicode error
- change to xbmcswift 1.3.0

2.0.2 (16.12.2012)
- fix no genre available (resulted in script error)

2.0.1 (03.11.2012)
- added migration code to convert old my_stations to new system
- fixed unicode in custom station title
- Added spanish translation (thx to Patrizia)
- Added french translation (thx to stombi)

2.0.0 (unreleased)
- Code Rewrite
- Possibility to add custom (user defined) Stations
- Thumbnail View (You can disable in the add-on settings)
- Change to the xbmcswift2 framework
- New Icon
- Possibilty to add Stations to the XBMC Favorites

1.1.1 (Unreleased)
- Added spanish translation (thx to Patrizia)

1.1.0 (13.07.2012)
- New My Station logic (listing should be much faster after initial migration)
- Small fixes

1.0.7 (unreleased)
- Fixed: error in language_guessing
- Fixed: routes (fix xbmcswift-xbox usecase)

1.0.6 (05.03.2012)
- Fixed: error if a station was added to the list of mystations but has become unavailable
- Improved error catching
- Improved: Show bitrate in "kbit/s", not "B"

1.0.5 (26.02.2012)
- Fixed .m3u playlists with empty lines (thx to Malte_Schroeder)

1.0.4 (18.02.2012)
- Fixed python <2.5 error
- Added french translation (thx to stombi)

1.0.3 (07.02.2012)
- added workaround for streams with .m3u and .pls files
- changed: show full context menu

1.0.2 (29.01.2012)
- Fix error with UTF-8 characters in search string

1.0.1 (13.01.2012)
- Initial Release

Original author was sphere. The addon is now maintained by enen92.

Thanks,

enen92

Mod edit - the addon has now been forked by @fivebanger, and you can get it from his repo:

Repo - link (if it opens as a GH page, click the "view raw" link to download the zip).
Radio addon - link

[sphere]

I assume "no feedback" is "no issues"

So if there are no feature requests I will request a pull to the official repo in a few days...

regards,
sphere

[phileas50]

Most of the Greek FM Radios missing while present in TuneIn

[sphere]

Most of the Greek FM Radios missing while present in TuneIn

OK.

So there are just 5000 radios available with this addon - and of course, it does not list all worldwide available stations.

But I'm happy for your that the radio stations you want to listen are present in _any_ xbmc addon

If this addon would have identical content like the tunein addon i wouldn't have dont it: No one wants two addons with identical content...

If you want a station to be added you can try to write either the radio station an email with pleasing them to be added to radio.de (or rad.io or radio.fr) or you can write direct to radio.de.

regards,
sphere

[BlaY0]

Hi sphere,

Thanks for this useful plugin but I have a problem with it.

On my HTPC with Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) and XBMC 10.1 I'm getting this exception:

Code:

19:25:15 T:140022481103120 M:1543614464  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
19:25:17 T:140022481103120 M:1543643136  NOTICE: Radio addon: get_stream started with id=8744
19:25:17 T:140022481103120 M:1543643136  NOTICE: Radio.de scraper: get_station_by_station_id started with language=english, station_id=8744
19:25:17 T:140022481103120 M:1543643136  NOTICE: Radio.de scraper: __get_json started with path=broadcast/getbroadcastembedded, gets={'broadcast': '8744'}, language=english
19:25:17 T:140022481103120 M:1543643136  NOTICE: Radio.de scraper: __get_json opening url=http://rad.io/info/broadcast/getbroadcastembedded?broadcast=8744
19:25:17 T:140022481103120 M:1543643136  NOTICE: Radio.de scraper: __get_json ended with 681 bytes result
19:25:17 T:140022481103120 M:1543643136   ERROR: Error Type: exceptions.TypeError
19:25:17 T:140022481103120 M:1543643136   ERROR: Error Contents: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, tuple found
19:25:17 T:140022481103120 M:1543643136   ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
                                              File "/home/xbmc/.xbmc/addons/plugin.audio.radio_de/addon.py", line 286, in ?
                                                plugin.run()
                                              File "/home/xbmc/.xbmc/addons/script.module.xbmcswift/lib/xbmcswift/plugin.py", line 330, in run
                                                self.dispatch(self.path)
                                              File "/home/xbmc/.xbmc/addons/script.module.xbmcswift/lib/xbmcswift/plugin.py", line 129, in dispatch
                                                return view_func(**items)
                                              File "/home/xbmc/.xbmc/addons/plugin.audio.radio_de/addon.py", line 208, in get_stream
                                                station = scraper.get_station_by_station_id(language, id)
                                              File "/home/xbmc/.xbmc/addons/plugin.audio.radio_de/resources/lib/scraper.py", line 112, in get_station_by_station_id
                                                if station['streamURL'].endswith(('m3u', 'pls')):
                                            TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, tuple found
19:25:17 T:140022958069824 M:1543643136   ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 7, path [plugin://plugin.audio.radio_de/station/8744/]

Am I missing something (it's rather stripped down installation of Ubuntu)? Python is 2.6.4.

I also tried your plugin with latest stable OpenELEC (Python 2.6.6) and it works there just fine.

Any idea?

Thanks,

BlaY0

[sphere]

Am I missing something (it's rather stripped down installation of Ubuntu)? Python is 2.6.4.

I also tried your plugin with latest stable OpenELEC (Python 2.6.6) and it works there just fine.

Any idea?

Thanks,

BlaY0

Hi,

thanks for the report. I already found (and solved) that issue. The Pull is also already requested but still not on the repo. You can wait for the update or - if you are able to - you can fix it yourself, see here for the needed change.

Requested for pull is dharma 0.0.4, eden 1.0.4.

Btw. pydoc says: "Changed in version 2.5: Accept tuples as suffix". And so I assume that you have python v2.6.x installed on your ubuntu box but xbmc is using its own python v2.4.x for the execution of the addon code. In openelec xbmc is compiled with the "use external python"-flag and shipped with python v2.6.x.

regards,
sphere

[BlaY0]

Ahh, disregard

I applied commit 4e735e1dc70b15947e... from you git. At first I wasn't sure coz it says "fixed error with python <2.5" and I have 2.6.4. But it worked

Thanks again for your contribution.

EDIT: Ewh... your response was fast! Thanx again for the clarification.

[sphere]

Ahh, disregard

I applied commit 4e735e1dc70b15947e... from you git. At first I wasn't sure coz it says "fixed error with python <2.5" and I have 2.6.4. But it worked

Thanks again for your contribution.

Cool, thanks for the report
And you are right, my commit message was not good chosen

[BlaY0]

Well, regarding that Ubuntu XBMC package uses its own python 2.4 (which I wasn't aware of till now), I guess that message is OK

[emagin]

This is probably a skin question but I'm a bit of a Noob here.
How would I move "My Stations" to someplace high up on my Music area?
I just wish to punch into a couple of radio stations each day and I have to do a lot of clicking down to get to My Stations.
Can one feature these or link them to the home screen somehow?

Thank you.

[sphere]

This is probably a skin question but I'm a bit of a Noob here.
How would I move "My Stations" to someplace high up on my Music area?
I just wish to punch into a couple of radio stations each day and I have to do a lot of clicking down to get to My Stations.
Can one feature these or link them to the home screen somehow?

Thank you.

Hi,

yes, this is primary a skin-question. But I can tell you what is available for the skin:
- You can add folders or entries ("My Stations" is a folder, each station is an entry) to your (xbmc-)favourites. Favourites should be available in the home screen of each skin.

regards,
sphere

[djteaser]

I'm found out today that "my stations" isn't working anymore. I get a script error in addon.py

I have to mention that i'm running xbmc eden RC2 as of yesterday.

any solutions?

[sphere]

I'm found out today that "my stations" isn't working anymore. I get a script error in addon.py

I have to mention that i'm running xbmc eden RC2 as of yesterday.

any solutions?

Hi,

It is working here. Please update your xbmc.log (no debug needed) to pastebin and send me a link via PM or reply here.

regards,
sphere

[MeC!as]

Hi,

and thanks for the plugin.

Is it anyhow possible to report not working radiostations and add stations they are not listed in the plugin?

[sphere]

Hi,

and thanks for the plugin.

Is it anyhow possible to report not working radiostations and add stations they are not listed in the plugin?

Hi,

please report not working stations to me - then I will investigate the reason. If it is related to the addon I will fix it. If not I report it to the station aggregator.

I am working on the possibility for adding new stations - but this will take some time. I can write you a PM if there is something for beta testing if you like.

regards,
sphere