So we’ve fixed many issues in CastCatcher and version 1.1 will be hitting the AppStore soon. It is a free upgrade for current CastCatcher users!
Version 1.1 fixes:
- Removed .pls suffix requirement (make compatible with new shoutcast.com URLs)
- Auto add http:// prefix if missing from url
- Turn off URL text field auto-correction
- Degrade more gracefully in the case of invalid stations
- Streamlined code
Is this or will this be available in the US iTunes store at some point in time. I am seeing a listing in the iTunes Store as a September 10, 2008 release. I would have purchased it if it were available for the US.
v1.0 (functional but as you can see it’s been upgraded) will be available again within a day or two (we had to redo our developer contract with Apple and while they’re processing it, CastCatcher cannot be purchased). V1.1 will be available as soon as Apple approves it (we estimate 5-7 days). So yes, it will be available on the US App Store very soon.
Could you add support for KSPC radio? The audio stream is rtsp://134.173.70.95/vbrickvideo1
I can get it to work on my PC and it seems to work through Quicktime. The web address to KSPC radio is http://www.kspc.org
Hi Steve,
It appears
that KSPC radio does not offer a shoutcast stream that CastCatcher can pick up. You can find other stations at shoutcast.com. You might suggest it to them via some sort of feedback form on their site.
Thanks,
amro
I am having trouble adding a station. I want to at KGO-AM. I went to shoutcast.com and copied the “tune in” link into castcatcher, but I got a message saying the url had to end in pls. The link was:
http://yp.shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.pls?id=30849
Also, it would be great to be able to search for stations by type — I’m particularly looking for news, talk and sports links.
Please help! Thanks.
Hi Rich,
This is a known bug and was fixed in version 1.1. It’s already in Apple’s hands for review and should be popping up on your phone very soon (matter of days at the worst). As soon as this update hits, you’ll be able to use the URL you pasted directly in CastCatcher. Very sorry for the inconvenience. You may be able to work around the issue now, depending on whether or not the station you want to listen to provides a link to their playlist file directly on their website. Please see this post:
http://blog.return7.com/adding-stations-to-castcatcher
Thanks.
I noticed mention of “Removed .pls suffix”, I suppose that will help shoutcast’s “…tunein.pls?id=xxx” format, but will it also support what many of the public radio stations do?
http://wamu.org/streams/live/1/pls
Hi Anthony. It’ll support shoutcast.com’s .pls?id=xxxx and the .pls urls. 1.2 will add support for directly playing mp3 streams (squeezebox servers make one available, I believe).
Sorry, Didn’t notice your question about the playlist there — that will also be fixed in 1.2. We’ve implemented a fix that will (hopefully) prevent issues in the future. The issue is simply that the various streams send metadata (or don’t) in different ways. We only support reading metadata for real shoutcast streams, at the moment. Other streams can be played back but we would need to write special code to read their metadata one-by-one. This playlist actually contains a live365 stream URL, and it will properly play with version 1.2. It’s already been fixed, the main bottle neck is Apple’s review process, at this point. Thanks for the question.
So, when searching shoutcast, how can we find the stream URL…
for example castcatcher doesn’t take http://83.149.110.11:8002
and i cant seem to locate the .pls version of that stream…or any stream for that matter…
Justin,
The url you gave appears to be a stream url, but currently CastCatcher doesn’t support it directly.
We may add this to 1.2 but no immediate promises. In the mean time, you can use one of these two workarounds:
Go to:
http://classic.shoutcast.com
and find the station you want to listen to. Then right click on the “Tune In” button and copy the link
for the playlist. It should look like http://classic.shoutcast.com/sbin/shoutcast-playlist.pls?rn=9631&file=filename.pls
As soon as 1.1 comes out, you can use http://shoutcast.com instead of http://classic.shoutcast.com.
OR
Open your favorite text editor and paste the following:
[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=1
File1=http://83.149.110.11:8002
Title1=Name Here
Length1=-1
Version=2
Then save the file as myfile.pls and put it on a webserver (most isps give it to you free), then add the url to the playlist file to castcatcher.
It’ll work as long as it’s a valid shoutcast stream.
Justin,
I went ahead and added the ability to play shoutcast streams (only!) directly to version 1.2 so the stream (http://83.149.110.11:8002) will work.
oh killer!
thanks guys for the attention to detail, and response to your customer base! I’m looking forward to seeing your progress and new projects.