Sure. There are two approaches to reproducing the same problem.
I will use the following URL, which points to a remote playlist (a PLS file), as an example:
http://radiost.sc.llnwd.net:12500/listen.plsIf I simply use my browser to click that URL, it loads in MC and plays fine. However, if I do a File > "Open URL..." in MC on the same URL, I get the following error:
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When that error occurs, I have the following field values showing in Playing Now, from when MC tried to open that stream:
Filename:
http://radiost.sc.llnwd.net:12500/listen.plsFilename (path):
http://radiost.sc.llnwd.net:12500/Filename (name):
listen.pls
I see nothing wrong with the above field values. The path is correct when set to "
http://radiost.sc.llnwd.net:12500/", and the remote file name is indeed "listen.pls".
The same thing happens if you have a local playlist in MC, and you want to add the PLS-file URL to that playlist. If you set the "Filename" field to "
http://radiost.sc.llnwd.net:12500/listen.pls" (without quotes, of course), the error dialog shown above occurs.
The stream will work if the "Filename" field is set to "
http://radiost.sc.llnwd.net:12500/~~~stream~~~.mp3", but shouldn't the "Open URL" function be able to load the PLS file directly?
The actual contents of the PLS file are as follows:
[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=1
File1=http://radiost.sc.llnwd.net:12500/
But what would you set the "Filename" field value to in order to add this URL:
http://wazee.org/128.pls...which has this as the content of the PLS file:
[playlist]
File1=http://shoutcast.wazee.org:8000
Title1=[radio.wazee] 128k (SHOUTCAST)
Length1=-1
File2=http://yourlocalscene.wazee.org:8020
Title2=[radio.wazee] 128k (YOURLOCALSCENE)
Length2=-1
File3=http://fast-serv.wazee.org:8206
Title3=[radio.wazee] 128k (FAST-SERV)
Length3=-1
File4=http://fast-serv2.wazee.org:8208
Title4=[radio.wazee] 128k (FAST-SERV2)
Length4=-1
File5=http://linkexp.wazee.org:8000
Title5=[radio.wazee] 128k (LINKEXP)
Length5-1
File6=http://linsam.wazee.org:8080
Title6=[radio.wazee] 128k (LINSAM)
Length6=-1
File7=http://shoutcast.wazee.org:8000
Title7=[radio.wazee] 128k (SHOUTCAST)
Length7=-1
NumberOfEntries=7
Version=2
...?
Using "
http://wazee.org/~~~stream~~~.mp3" doesn't work, of course.
Strangely, doing a "File > Open URL..." on
http://wazee.org/128.pls does work, but setting "Filename" to
http://wazee.org/128.pls does not (the above "Unknown Error" occurs). I'm confused.
I guess what it boils down to is that you can use MC to point to individual remote streams, but you can't use MC to point to remote PLS files. But PLS files can refer to more than one remote stream, and there's no way I want to add each stream to my playlist, as opposed to the one PLS file that represents them all.