So there was a bug in CastCatcher 1.2 (I didn’t trim spaces off the end of URLs) that caused stations to display an error instead of playing if users added a space to the end of the URL. It’s been fixed. I’ve not yet submitted 1.2 to Apple because we’re going to go ahead and roll the 1.3 update into 1.2. This means you’ll get the following in 1.2:
- Added support for Icecast streams (still .pls files)
- Fixed crash caused by incompatible metadata (stream plays, metadata ignored)
- Support direct playback of mp3 files
- Squeezebox server (SlimServer) playback support – add the mp3 url to CastCatcher
- Support for direct playback of Shoutcast stream URLs (e.g. http://stream.radiojavan.com:9000)
- More accurate error reporting on stream failure
- Increase text size on now-playing screen
- Improved Icecast and Nicecast Support
- Station details (bit rate, name etc), if provided
- Auto Reconnect on connection loss (attempt every 5 seconds)
- Nifty buffer level indicator
Here’s a screenshot of the current beta. Note that it is subject to change.
Bitrate and buffer indicator
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