Question

I am working with the HTML5 audio api to play sound. This works fine with regular mp3 files but when using a sound stream such as http://95.173.167.24:8009, it fails to play.

Here is the code i’m using:

 if('webkitAudioContext' in window) {
    var myAudioContext = new webkitAudioContext();
    }

    request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    request.open('GET', 'http://95.173.167.24:8009', true);
    request.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
    request.addEventListener('load', bufferSound, false);
    request.send();


    function bufferSound(event) {
      var request = event.target;
      var source = myAudioContext.createBufferSource();
      source.buffer = myAudioContext.createBuffer(request.response, false);
      source.connect(myAudioContext.destination);
      source.noteOn(0);
    }

Can anyone point me in the right direction on this?

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

The problem is likely that SHOUTcast is detecting your User-Agent string as a browser. It looks for any string with Mozilla in it, and says “Oh, that’s a browser! Send them the admin panel.”

You need to force the usage of the audio stream. Fortunately, this is easily done by adding a semicolon at the end of your URL:

http://95.173.167.24:8009/;

Note that the User-Agent string in your logs will be MPEG OVERRIDE.

This will work for most browsers. Some browsers may still not like the HTTP-like resopnses that come from SHOUTcast, but this will at least get you started.