winamp tv bad request through ML

[cgray24]

I've searched and read numerious post to no avail with any solution or people with exact simular conditions

Im trying to connect to wimamp TV, I have before and it just stopped working. I see the list of servers, updated and fresh, but when I try to connect I get 400 Bad Request. Ive uninstalled and reinstalled. I can listen to radio just fine. Proxy settings are right. Weird thing is I had an old .pls file from a provider of shows on winamp tv and they worked fine if i loaded the .pls into the playlist, but the same stations would not work through the media list. I updated that file today and now it does not work at all. No TV streams do.

- Im using the latest wimamp.
- Im on a XP machine
- Im on a network, and have proxy settings right and the same as how it used to work
- I cant load any TV stations by media library
- Direct links to the stations sometimes work
- This morning I was able to view tv stations via a .pls file, however after updating that file they no longer work.
- internet radio works perfect
- I see the TV list in ML, it connects and works.


Anyone have any suggestions or help to guide me into getting this working again? I would greatly appreciate any help that you could provide. Thanks.

[cgray24]

anyone have the slightest idea what could help?

[cgray24]

this problem still remains. anyone?

[JonnyMac]

Is '400 Bad Request' or 'Icy 400 Server Full'? When you said “have proxy settings right”, are talking about Winamp's 'Internet Connection Settings' (Ctrl+P > General Preferences)? Form what you have mentioned, it looks like you are on a corporate network. Does the firewall allow streaming media? Please provide additional system specs.

[DrO]

if it's a recent issue then it could be due to some of the work being done with the online media that's happening at present (where content may/may not be visible &/or available/not available)

-daz

[cgray24]

Yes, it is a 400 Bad request.

Yes, the internet connection settings is what i was talking about, I am on a corporate network and I had to put the proxy settings in before to get it to work. Winamp radio still works, but TV has stopped and hasnt worked for a month or more through the ML.

I finally through another forum found a way to get streaming channels to work, if I Ctrl+L and put in the streaming URL it will work.

putting in a m3u file url, i get a bad request.

putting in a url like so gets me a bad request
http://bart.ess.tv:11411

however, one like the following does work
http://bart.ess.tv:11411/;stream.nsv

However I do not know the URLs of all the TV stations so doing this to browse around would be a pain.

Thanks for responding!



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Originally posted by JonnyMac
Is '400 Bad Request' or 'Icy 400 Server Full'? When you said “have proxy settings right”, are talking about Winamp's 'Internet Connection Settings' (Ctrl+P > General Preferences)? Form what you have mentioned, it looks like you are on a corporate network. Does the firewall allow streaming media? Please provide additional system specs.

[cgray24]

Originally posted by DrO
if it's a recent issue then it could be due to some of the work being done with the online media that's happening at present (where content may/may not be visible &/or available/not available)

-daz

No unfortunatly this has been going on for a month or so.

It had happened once before, and then somewhere down the line I had corrected it without knowing it, i just cant seem to find out whats the problem is to correct it again.

[DJ Egg]

Yes, you've got to put ;stream.nsv on the end of the url to make Winamp use in_nsv.dll to decode the stream (otherwise in_mp3 will attempt to handle it, and fail).

Note, it's just ;stream.nsv NOT /;stream.nsv

eg.

http://195.27.230.59:80;stream.nsv
http://195.27.230.26:80;stream.nsv
http://213.115.129.124:8000;stream.nsv

Can you actually add streams from the SHOUTcast TV view in the ML, via Enqueue (ie. the problem only occurs when you try to play them), and if so, what does it say for the playlist entry (right click entry in playlist window and select "Playlist Entry")?

Do those port 80 / 8000 streams play ok for you?

[cgray24]

Thanks for the help DJ Egg

Can you actually add streams from the SHOUTcast TV view in the ML, via Enqueue

Yes, I can add them.

what does it say for the playlist entry (right click entry in playlist window and select "Playlist Entry")?

They look like the url's you posted.

Do those port 80 / 8000 streams play ok for you? [/B]

No, they didnt as listed. But heres the kicker. They work when I added the / to them


eg. these all work like so

http://195.27.230.59:80/;stream.nsv
http://195.27.230.26:80/;stream.nsv
http://213.115.129.124:8000/;stream.nsv

They gave Bad Request when leaving out the /
Knowing this, I can do the playlist entry (right click entry in playlist window and select "Playlist Entry") and add the slash and the channel will then work. So now I have a some what solution, I can add the stations I want to a playlist, edit the entry , add the slash, and it will work. While this isnt the fix I was hoping for, it will do.

If anyone has an idea why this is happening I would greatly appreciate it.

[DJ Egg]

Hmm, weird. Actually, both methods work ok for me (with or without the "/")

The only other thing I can suggest is that you delete tv.dat, tv.vmd, tv.idx from the C:\Program Files\Winamp\Plugins\ml dir (make sure Winamp is closed first), or if you're not bothered about losing your whole local ml database (playcounts, ratings, etc), just delete the entire contents of that folder, then reopen Winamp...