SimpleStream

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=== UNMAINTAINED ===

I don't use KDE or this plasmoid anymore. I have reports that it doesn't work with 4.5 anymore. I'm not going to fix these Issues. If the problems persist with the next releases I am probably going to delete this plasmoid. If you like it, feel free to adopt the package. Just contact me via the included address and we will work sth out (I'll delete it, you create a new project under the same name or something like that). It should probably be rewritten in JavaScript to avoid unnecesary dependencies.

It's not a plasmoid, but for anybody looking for an alternative i can recommend radiotray (http://radiotray.sourceforge.net/). This seems to be actively developed.

=== UNMAINTAINED ===


A Simple Plasmoid to play an audio stream from the internet. Enter the Stream Url in the configuration dialog, then click once to play, again to stop. Depends on pyKDE, pyQT and pyQT-phonon.
Last changelog:

11 years ago

0.2
- Implemented Force Stop / Replay and stream change in context menu
- Added Information Tooltip
- Now using Phonon from pyQt. Phonon from pyKde seems to be broken regarding a feature needed for volume control

0.1.1
- Config rework: Moved the configuration backend from KConfigSkeleton to QSettings, old configuration files won't work anymore, the new file is usually located in ~/.config/simplestream/simplestream.conf
- Volume Control: The mousewheel can now control the volume of the stream

0.1
- Initial release

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aray

10 years ago

Thanks for the help.

Now I am getting this when trying to install as :

$ plasmapkg -u SimpleStream.zip

plasmapkg(6248)/libplasma Plasma::PackageStructurePrivate::createPackageMetadata: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: ""
plasmapkg(6248)/libplasma Plasma::PackageStructurePrivate::createPackageMetadata: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: ""
Plugin SimpleStream.zip is not installed.
plasmapkg(6248)/libplasma Plasma::Package::installPackage: Package plugin name not specified

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aray

10 years ago

I am on KDE 4.5.1, Kubuntu 10.10 beta.

I tried to install by downloading the plasmoid but could not install. Similarly I tried to install from normal "add widget > Download ..." method. But for that too it is giving error.

Trying to install from command prompt giving the following error

"plasmapkg(10017)/libplasma Plasma::PackageStructurePrivate::createPackageMetadata: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: ""
plasmapkg(10017)/libplasma Plasma::PackageStructurePrivate::createPackageMetadata: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: ""

Looks like there has been some recent change happened in the plasma engine because many more plasmoid are not getting installed too.

Please help.

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halcyon85

10 years ago

Hi, I can't reproduce your problem exactly, but it doesn't work for me either. My problem was fixed by quoting the string << Plasma/Applet >> in the metadata.desktop file. Might be worth a try for you. Otherwise, like I just added to the description, radiotray now works pretty well for me (I've switched to awesome wm, so no more plasmoids for me... )

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aray

10 years ago

By mistake I replied below.

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aray

10 years ago

I am on KDE 4.5.1, Kubuntu 10.10 beta.

I tried to install by downloading the plasmoid but could not install. Similarly I tried to install from normal "add widget > Download ..." method. But for that too it is giving error.

Trying to install from command prompt giving the following error

"plasmapkg(10017)/libplasma Plasma::PackageStructurePrivate::createPackageMetadata: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: ""
plasmapkg(10017)/libplasma Plasma::PackageStructurePrivate::createPackageMetadata: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: ""

Looks like there has been some recent change happened in the plasma engine because many more plasmoid are not getting installed too.

Please help.

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Camberwell

10 years ago

when i play a stream with this simplestream and look in the pulse audio volume controler there are 2 streams playing. exactly the same thing obviously.

all i did was install new widgets, and used the kde4 interface to install it, so i havn't done anything to mess it up.

i wonder if anyone else experiences this?
is there a fix?

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halcyon85

10 years ago

I don't use pulse, so I can't reproduce that behaviour, sorry. Generally, if there's a playback problem, you could try to see if it persists with a different phonon backend. You could also try to look at the output of the widget with 'plasmoidviewer SimpleStream' and see if there's anything weird in there.

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Camberwell

10 years ago

Hello there,

well i managed to fix it..

what i did was comment out 2 lines in main.py..

def play(self):
source = self.config.getUrl()
if Phonon.MediaSource( source ).type() == -1:
KMessageBox.error(None, "Initial Configuration required.", "Stream Configuration")
self.mediaObject.setCurrentSource( Phonon.MediaSource( source ) )
# self.audioOutput = Phonon.AudioOutput(Phonon.MusicCategory)
# Phonon.createPath(self.mediaObject, self.audioOutput)
self.mediaObject.play() # async


it appears that in order for you to get your mousewheel volume to work you created 2 audio objects Phonon.audioOutput and Phonon.MediaSource
when i comment out these lines i only get 1 stream in the pulseaudio volume control, I found that the mousewheel only controled the volume of 1 of the outputs

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Thule

11 years ago

This plasmoid doesn't work for me. PlasmoidViewer gives me this output:

[email protected]:~/Downloads> plasmoidviewer SimpleStream
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/kde4/apps/plasma_scriptengine_python/pyappletscript.py", line 52, in init
self.module = __import__(self.plugin_name+'.main')
File "/usr/share/kde4/apps/plasma_scriptengine_python/plasma_importer.py", line 107, in load_module
exec code in mod.__dict__
File "/home/admin/.kde4/share/apps/plasma/plasmoids/SimpleStream/contents/code/main.py", line 21, in <module>
from PyQt4.phonon import Phonon # Use QT Phonon, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg15603.html
ImportError: No module named phonon


Any idea how to fix it?

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halcyon85

11 years ago

It seems you don't have QTs Phonon installed. It usually comes in a package called pyqt-phonon or similar, alternatively you could edit the script and import pykde phonon (Comment the PyQT4.phonon line, uncomment the PyKDE4.phonon line), though this could give you problems with volume control( see the link in your post). I will test this stuff again with KDE SC 4.4, but until then this workaround is needed I guess,

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Thule

11 years ago

Thank you, after editing the script the widget installs.

Unfortunally it doesn't play any stream. I tried for example
http://gffstream.ic.llnwd.net/stream/gffstream_stream_wdr_einslive_a
but it appears this error:

[email protected]:~> plasmoidviewer SimpleStream
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/admin/.kde4/share/apps/plasma/plasmoids/SimpleStream/contents/code/main.py", line 119, in playStop
self.play()
File "/home/admin/.kde4/share/apps/plasma/plasmoids/SimpleStream/contents/code/main.py", line 137, in play
Phonon.createPath(self.mediaObject, self.audioOutput)
TypeError: argument 2 of createPath() has an invalid type


Any idea?

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halcyon85

11 years ago

Yes, that was that problem with volume control. I think this happens with the xine backend? If so you could try this modified version with no volume control for xine.

http://rapidshare.com/files/324533547/SimpleStream-0.2-x.zip.html

Not related to this problem I did have some trouble playing your stream with the mplayer-backend I use, gave me an 404 error. It worked fine in vlc though. So maybe there will also be some trouble on that end...

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Thule

11 years ago

That Link works =)

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halcyon85

11 years ago

Here's another link in case that rapidshare one doesn't work... http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3695FNIY

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aRise

11 years ago

not working :(

$ plasmoidviewer SimpleStream
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
phonon-xine does not support splitting of audio or video streams into multiple outputs. The sink node is already connected to AudioOutput(0x24ec1f0)
WARNING: Phonon::createPath: Cannot connect Phonon::MediaObject ( no objectName ) to Phonon::AudioOutput ( no objectName ).

can anybody help?

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halcyon85

11 years ago

The problem you are having seems to be caused by the xine-backend not supporting a feature needed for volume control. You could try using another backend or using the modified version without the volume control I just uploaded. I hope this is of help to you, please let me know if any of this works for you.

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aRise

11 years ago

hmm...
now i cant install new plasmoid...
i was uninstall old SimpleStream and type
[email protected]:~/1/plasmoids/1$ plasmapkg --install SimpleStream.zip
Ошибка установки пакета /home/arise/1/plasmoids/1/SimpleStream.zip
(error packet install).
also im trying install phonon-gstreamer-backend, but plasmoid wants to use xine backend.
when i trying to remove phonon-xine-backend, adept wants to delete all kde-desktop with it.

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halcyon85

11 years ago

That's weird, it installed fine for me. Perhaps i accidentally uploaded the wrong file. I'm at uni right now so i can't look into it any further until tomorrow, but did you try setting the phonon backend preference to gstreamer in the KDE systemsettings module? If you just installed gstreamer it might also be possible that you don't have the necessary codecs to play the stream. I believe there are some packages like gstreamer-plugins-bad or gstreamer-plugins-ugly for playing mp3. But I'd rather fix it to work with xine. I'll install that backend tomorrow and test it out myself, maybe I'll find out what's going on.

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aRise

11 years ago

oops...
i was forget move up gstreamer in systemsettings.

now i get
$ plasmoidviewer SimpleStream
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/kio_http.so
but stream actually does not playing.

PS: main cause of searching new stream player is my last dist-upgrade (was kubuntu 9.04, now 9.10). after upgrade all players i have wont play internet radios... :\ maybe plasmoid actually works fine, but new system libs have any bug?

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somebox

11 years ago

Я вот тут тоже обновил Кубунту с 9.04 до 9.10, и радио перестало работать. То есть, загрузка идет, затем плазмоид пишет, что началось воспроизведение, но звука нет. Тут выше говорилось, что необходимо поставить пакет python-qt4-phonon. Я ставил его в прошлой версии ОС (там все воспроизводилось без проблем) и поставил сейчас (иначе плазмоид вообще не работал), но теперь это не помогает. Ты писал тут про libproxy, а что с ним?

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somebox

11 years ago

Странно, а сейчас все заработало.

mplayer и до этого нормально работал. Через него и слушал. К тому же я запускаю mms-поток. Может с ним конкретно были проблемы. Не знаю. Но сейчас, вроде, все нормально.

Ах, да. В консоли получил следующее:

findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
phonon-xine does not support splitting of audio or video streams into multiple outputs. The sink node is already connected to AudioOutput(0x94403e0)
WARNING: Phonon::createPath: Cannot connect Phonon::MediaObject ( no objectName ) to Phonon::AudioOutput ( no objectName ).

Но все заработало.

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aRise

11 years ago

что пишет вывод
$ plasmoidviewer SimpleStream
и для тестирования того что все пашет пробуй в консоли проиграть. например
$mplayer http://mp3.nashe.ru/nashe-128
если поток идет но ничего не слышно - копай микшер (есть такая проблемка после обновления)
И это.. тут вроде как интернациональный сайт. лучше все же на инглише писать..

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halcyon85

11 years ago

Hm, it seems to be a very definitive worksforme. I installed xine and the modified version doesn't give me any problems. The error message of the unmodified version just gives me

phonon-xine does not support splitting of audio or video streams into multiple outputs. The sink node is already connected to AudioOutput(0x8248bc0)
WARNING: Phonon::createPath: Cannot connect Phonon::MediaObject ( no objectName ) to Phonon::AudioOutput ( no objectName ).

It works fine, just the volume control isn't available. Your error seems to be with the "findServiceByDesktopPath: not found" message. Some quick googling showed that it sometimes was a problem with some missing/broken packeges, so could be that your upgrade messet something up. Maybe the problem is indeed with missing audio filters for your phonon-backend. I havent used kubuntu in a while (Arch Linux ftw!) but i think the packages i mentioned before are thw ones you need for gstreamer, for xine it is something like libxine1-ffmpeg, I believe. You could try to apt-get --purge and then apt-get --install all your phonon stuff. And I don#t think it actually wants to delete kde, kde-desktop is a meta-package used to install all kde stuff i think. But before you remove it you should definitely make sure of that. The people over at the ubuntu forums definitely know more about that than me! Good luck and let me know if you get it to work, ok?

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aRise

11 years ago

yeah!
some tambourine dancing, and plasmoid works fine :)
problem was solved by tune proxy settings.
thanks a lot for your help!

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aRise

11 years ago

for a fun.. i was install SimpleStream to my home notebook with direct internet connection (wich have same kubuntu 9.10).
and found no problem with playing. (only one thing - i was install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good)
it looks like a problem with system proxy libraries (maybe libproxy0).

Thank you for help.
anyway... i will try run plasmoid thru proxy.

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11 years ago

0.2
- Implemented Force Stop / Replay and stream change in context menu
- Added Information Tooltip
- Now using Phonon from pyQt. Phonon from pyKde seems to be broken regarding a feature needed for volume control

0.1.1
- Config rework: Moved the configuration backend from KConfigSkeleton to QSettings, old configuration files won't work anymore, the new file is usually located in ~/.config/simplestream/simplestream.conf
- Volume Control: The mousewheel can now control the volume of the stream

0.1
- Initial release

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