Radio PRO - MP3 and OGG-streaming solution

What do you mean by "not working"? Have you created the project, made the changes and deployed the APK on a device? What happens then; does it play as long as it's in the foreground but stops in the background?

What is your Android and Unity version?

 

Yes i do export the unity project to android project. Then command the pause in the UnityPlayerActivity.java . build android project using android studio to apk. Redmi note 4. Using Unity 2019.1.13f

 

Ok, but Radio plays when it's in the foreground?
.
What is your Android-version? Have you tried it on other Android devices?
Also important: what is the Radio-version?

 

yes the radio run in foreground, but when screen off the radio is pause. redmi note 4 android version 7.0. oh yeah not yet because I'm don't have any devices. i'm using Radio Version: 06.12.2019.

 

I just did a test with Radio 2020.1.0, Unity 2019.2.11 and Android 9; on my side background playback works.

Unfortunately, I don't know why it doesn't work on your device - please try it with another device and use a similar setup like mine.

 

Hi, We have a problem running your newest version plugin in Unity2018.3.9.f1.
We imported your plugin into a empty new project, then tested with "01-PlayStations" scene in your demo folder.
Every time we hit the play button, After music played for 3~5 seconds, it always got broken with a error like this:

1.FM - Cafe Radio
Could not read audio after 0:04! This is typically a sign of a buffer underun -> Please try to increment the 'ChunkSize' and 'BufferSize':
System.ArgumentException: Offset and length were out of bounds for the array or count is greater than the number of elements from index to the end of the source collection.
at System.Buffer.BlockCopy (System.Array src, System.Int32 srcOffset, System.Array dst, System.Int32 dstOffset, System.Int32 count) [0x00097] in <d7ac571ca2d04b2f981d0d886fa067cf>:0
at Crosstales.Radio.RadioPlayer.readPCMData (System.Single[] data) [0x000c8] in E:\illusion\DHH_AI4\UnityProject\AssetCollection\Assets\Plugins\crosstales\Radio\Scripts\RadioPlayer.cs:801
UnityEngine.Debug:LogError(Object)
Crosstales.Radio.RadioPlayer:logDataError(Exception) (at Assets/Plugins/crosstales/Radio/Scripts/RadioPlayer.cs:1115)
Crosstales.Radio.RadioPlayer:readPCMData(Single[]) (at Assets/Plugins/crosstales/Radio/Scripts/RadioPlayer.cs:813)
UnityEngine.AudioClip:InvokePCMReaderCallback_Internal(Single[])


Then we tried double the ChunkSize and BufferSize, it made the music be able to played longer, like 6~10 seconds, but same error broke it after that.

Please help us, Thanks!

 

Hi

We have to verify this, so please tell me more:

1. What's the exact Radio version?
2. Does it happen with every station?
3. What's your development OS?
4. Is it happening in the builds and Editor?

So long,
Stefan

 

Hi friend, its an amazing asset but I´m having problems running in background with Android.

I followed the steps of the documents, I deleted onPause in Android Studio and when I send the app to background, itworks, but when I back the app from background, the app crashes and I need restart de app.

Please, any help with this??

Thanks in advance

 

Hi

Have you added the "BGController" to your scene?
You should add all objects from the hierarchy except the "RadioPlayer", like in our demo scenes:


Does that help?


So long,
Stefan

 

Hi again friend!

Yes! I have it!

But nothing, In the device, I put the app in bg and the radio station cotinues woking, but going to background apps and I tap again to put the app again in front, the app stops (but not dissapear from the background apps menu) and I need to tap again and the app is restarted automatically.

Its a Huawei device with android 9 without root.

I will try later in a samsung s6 device to make the same test and check.

I don´t know what's happening :-(

Best.

 

Please try it with the Samsung and let me know the result.

Just to clarify: the whole "running in background"-thing is quite hacky; Unity is not designed to run apps in the background on mobile, but we found a way to force the app being kept alive.
This has the disadvantage that it won't run on all devices and operation system versions. There are various parameters responsible for a seamless operation. For example, if there are multiple apps running at the same time, the os could decide to kill any app in the background.
It also depends on your game: are there any other threads running etc.

Therefore, we can't (and never claimed to) guarantee that it will work in the background on all mobiles. If you need an app that integrates with the os (like notification, controls in the lock-screen) and uses less resources (ram, cpu, battery), you will end up using a native solution anyway.

 

Thanks a lot friend!

In the Samsung S6 looks like works correctly, I dont know if the propblem is for the HUAWEI model or the Android 9 eheheh.

Is not a game really, its a radio player directly pointing always to the same radio station and I only want to keep it in backgroudn for the people can continue listening it while doing another stuff or simply put the screen off.

Best and thanks again.

 

Hello again my friend

The issue you're having seems like it's not the fault of our "Radio" asset.
Would you mind updating your review accordingly?

Thank you very much and stay safe!


Cheers
Stefan

 

Sure!

Done!

 

Thanks for the update friend, one question, do you know if there is any way to get the current song cover//image to show ??

Even if is possible to get a list of all the previous songs played before you start the station? I mean, if you start the station in the song X, there is any way to get the 10 previous tracks info that has been played but you didnt listened? (is to fill a list with the last 10 played songs in the station)

Thanks in advance.

Best.

 

And another question:

It´s possible that when you Stop the radio and Play again, the same record info is added to the playedrecords list??

I mean, if I am listening the song X and stop the radio and the play again before the song end, if I check the PlayedRecords this song can appear 2-3-4...n times depending how many times I stopped and played again during the same song?

Thanks again.

Best.

 

Hi

It's currently not possible to get the cover and last songs of a station, BUT we're working on an update for a large online radio service which will provide all you could ever think of ;-)
The update will be released in April!

Meanwhile, some stations deliver the url for the current song etc.; this can be found in the "RadioStation.ServerInfo".

The second point about adding multiple times the same record: that's an issue and will be fixed in the next release.


Cheers
Stefan



Edit:
@L_DravenGames We have fixed the issue from your last post. If you like an update to the latest version, please send us an email.

 

Done!

Thanks friend!

 

We've just updated the demo-versions:

Windows
Mac
Linux
Android

Enjoy

 

when i update to new version in ios or android get freeze . then i debug read like this "No more data to read after 1:09! Please restart this station or choose another one." do any solve this??

thanks.

 

Hi

That should not happen and I just verified it with our latest Android build; it goes on and on
Android

Can you please answer some questions:

1. What's your Unity version?
2. Android version?
3. Radio version?
4. Stream url?

So long,
Stefan

 

Hi, thank for respon

1. What's your Unity version? On iOS using unity v 2019.1.13f, on Android using unity v 2019.3.5f
2. Android version? Android v9, iOS v13.4.1
3. Radio version? 2020.1.4
4. Stream url? see attachment

 

I've just tested it with my Android 9 phone and our demo (scene 03-PlayOwnStation).
As you can see in the screenshot, it works:




But we have other settings for the "RadioPlayer"; would you mind testing those:


Please let me know if it works.

 

tq for reply. its work but when i'm play 1-3 minute Running Radio in the Background, the radio/ apps quit then not playing again. when i check log :

No more data to read after 1:02! Please restart this station or choose another one.

Crosstales.Radio.RadioPlayer:logNoMoreData()

Crosstales.Radio.RadioPlayer:readPCMData(Single[])

UnityEngine.PCMReaderCallback:Invoke(Single[])

.

can i handle this? and this just happen on ios and android.

 

Hello again

If you use the "SimplePlayer", there are settings for that case:


If you encounter those buffer under runs, please consider increasing the "Buffer Size" of the station.

I hope this helps you further.


Cheers
Stefan

 

We've just released version 2020.2.1 of Radio.
Main changes:

• Integration for OnRadio added
• 300 new radio stations added
• "LoadIcon"-class improved
• "IconUrl" added to "RecordInfo" and "RadioStation"
• RadioFilter: "Limit" added
• All demo scenes improved
• Updated to Common 2020.2.0

Some impressions:

 

Awesome work, thanks for the update Stefan.

 

Thank you for the compliment!
If you like our asset, don't forget tor write a review - it's very much appreciated!

 

I have an error when update to 2020.3.0 . i'm using Unity 3D 2019.3.5f1

 

Have you followed chapter 9 of the documentation:
https://www.crosstales.com/media/data/assets/radio/Radio-doc.pdf

 

Hi
I downloaded the latest version for a new project.
(With my older projects the asset worked fine)

Today I got two Errors:
Assets\Plugins\crosstales\Radio\Demos\Scripts\GUIPlayStation.cs(16,78): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'OnRadio' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
and
Assets\Plugins\crosstales\Radio\Demos\Scripts\TestAllStations.cs(14,14): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'OnRadio' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

reinstalled etc.
tx

 

Hi

I apologize for the hassle, but you have to install the "OnRadio"-package from the "3rd party"-folder.
This is fixed in the next release.


Cheers
Stefan

 

thx a lot.
great asset

 

Hi Stefan,

I created a new project in Unity 2020.1.1f1 imported latest Radio Pro (Version 2020.3.0 - July 05, 2020), but it doesn't work I get this errors:

 

Hi

Have you imported "UI.unitypackage" from the "Common"-folder?
You also need to import "OnRadio.unitypackage" from the "3rd party"-folder.
This will be streamlined in the next version to produce less hassle for the demo scenes.


Cheers
Stefan

 

Hi @Stefan-Laubenberger ,
I updated to the latest version today, everything works like a charm, great features really appreciate the new integrations.
P.S: I reviewed the Radio Pro on the asset store!

 

Hi @Stefan-Laubenberger
I'm looking to purchase your asset, but before that, I try to set up our local streaming radio and use it within the demo (on android, if it matters, even though I aim for iOS build).
Basically we try various streaming protocols. Icecast or Shoutcast seem to be the easiest way (even though it didn't work at first, but we really didn't dig into it much), but I want to see if using RTMP or HLS is possible at all (due to server's performance limitations).
RTMP seems to be not supported, okay.
But what about HLS, basically playing from m3u/m3u8 playlist, is that supported? Like, does it support video streams, aka youtube (but I'll use audio only). I know how to extract m3u8 url from youtube page, but it's kinda problematic to see if it works in demo version.

Thanks in advance.

P.S.I can't launch Mac OS demo for some reason, is that broken?

 

Hi Nesit

Thank you for your interest in Radio!

Radio works great with Shoutcast or Icecast servers.
It contains no support for RTMP nor HLS, but you can try it in our demo scene "PlayOwnStation".

About the issue on macOS (see README.md"):

I hope this helps you further.


Cheers
Stefan

 

Hi Stefan,

I have some errors in script GuiRadioPlayer (139,39),(145,39),(157,40),(163,40) and GUIPlayStation (200,40), (206,40).
It says that a property or indexer may not be passed as an out or ref parameter.

How can I make these errors disappear?

Edit: Nevermind, I fixed it by putting Player.Filter.Ratingmin in a new float variable.

 

We've just released version 2020.4.9 of Radio.
Main changes:

• Planned final release for 2020
• New Youtube video added:
• Updated to Common 2020.4.7

 

Hi, I've been looking at Turbo Switch Pro for a long time. Finally pulled the trigger because of the sale. Now I'm looking at your suite of tools and regarding this one. I understand that this plays songs from online (radio channels?). I am wondering what the legality of this asset would be to put into a game.

 

Hi

Thank you for investing into Turbo Switch!

About "Radio": we are convinced that's absolutely legal to use Radio stations in your product - all the revenue from ads goes to them.
It's imho also important to provide the information of the current station to the users of your app. This way, they can "become fans" and maybe listen to it outside of the app

We wrapped this up in chapter 12 of the documentation:
https://www.crosstales.com/media/data/assets/radio/Radio-doc.pdf

I hope this helps you further.

Have a nice weekend!


Cheers
Stefan

 

Stefan, this asset is amazing!

Is there a good way to have the Radio Pro assets survive a scene switch but ensure no duplication? My game involves scene switching including switching back to scenes the player has already been in. I'm using the SurviveSceneSwitch assets but I'm noticing this is causing the Radio Pro assets to duplicate when I scene switch back to scenes I've already been in.

Thanks!
Scott

 

Hi Scott

Thank you for your kind words!

What happens if you add the "RadioPlayer" to the "SurviveSceneSwitch" as child?


So long,
Stefan

 

It looks like it worked, I have to play around with it a little more so I'll comment back if anything comes up but yes it looks good! Thank you so much!

 

You're welcome!
If you like our asset/support and have some spare time left, please write a review - it always makes us happy

 

I played around with the Radio Pro asset and get it persistently working across scene changes, including when I return to scenes I've already been in. Thank you for your help so far!

I'm having an issue with the Radios_user.txt file.
In Unity play mode, when I switch to a different scene and then switch back to the original scene, then exit play mode, Radios_user.txt deletes all the radio stations from it. If I'm in play mode and don't switch scenes or only switch scenes once, the radio stations aren't deleted. Maybe there is a checkbox I'm missing that causes the asset to reset the file? Here's a picture of the setup I have in Unity.

 

Hmm, this is a bit strange, your settings look correct.
However, what happens, if you use the "RadioProviderUserFavorites" from the "Topsongs" (under "OnRadio") and add it as additional provider?


Cheers
Stefan

 

Ok thanks for the suggestion, I gave that a try but it resulted in the Radios_favorites.txt also erasing all of the radio stations each time.

I found a solution by unchecking "Save On Disable" on RadioProviderUser in the hierarchy. The problem was only happening when I scene switch and then try to change stations and scene switch back, it wasn't happening when I scene switch and scene switch back without changing stations. So maybe when I changed songs after scene switch the asset thought there weren't any stations in the playlist anymore and then it overwrote the Radios_user.txt file with 0 entries? Unsure, but at least everything seems to be working now. I'll let you know if I run into other issues, thank you so much for the help!

 

Dear Stefan,

I have upgraded to the latest version, and for some reason, it doesn't work in my project. The radio connects but plays only the first 1,2 second or such.
Importing it to an empty project is all ok, do you have any idea, what can cause it doesn't work in my old project?