Dedicated Internet radio limitations

[andrevw5084]

I recently purchased an internet radio. This is a dedicated radio that connects to the internet via a local home network then onto the internet and allows for streaming radio stations. The setup is restricted to predefined stations it seems to be. Most European stations are listed and some in South Africa for eg. Jakaranda Radio from Pretoria is also listed and works. At the beginning of last year there were more stations and in particular for eg. Capetalk from Cape Town. This has now disappeared off the list when scanning for stations but is still listed on the radio. When attempting to access it, it times out with a "server not found" message. I'm curious as to how streaming on an Internet radio works as opposed to streaming via a web browser and how to remedy it. I initially thought they're the same but clearly they are not. Has anyone experienced this issue?

 

[DapperDanMan]

At the beginning of last year there were more stations and in particular for eg. Capetalk from Cape Town. This has now disappeared off the list

Somebody forgot to re-register or pay for something somewhere.

Or things have been rerouted.

 

[WAslayer]

The internet, not just internet radio, runs off of URL's, pointing to DNS, pointing to IP addresses which actually host the resources..

If the URL or IP address for any particular internet radio changes, this should ideally be detected and picked up by the internet radio.. if this doesn't happen, then there is an issue with the internet radio or it simply can't do it..

The other side of the coin is, the owner of the internet radio station simply decided to no longer stream..

 

[andrevw5084]

The internet, not just internet radio, runs off of URL's, pointing to DNS, pointing to IP addresses which actually host the resources..

If the URL or IP address for any particular internet radio changes, this should ideally be detected and picked up by the internet radio.. if this doesn't happen, then there is an issue with the internet radio or it simply can't do it..

The other side of the coin is, the owner of the internet radio station simply decided to no longer stream..

I agree. The internet radio has some code running in it which is propriety and not accessible by the user. They can decide what to scan for and if the radio station you're looking for is not part of the scan, you're out of luck. Would be interesting to know what stations that are on the list use and can therefore successfully stream to an internet radio.