Error "missing a plug-in" when playing .m3u8 radio stream

illustietor

Hi!

I have been using Strawberry Music Player (on Windows 10) for quite some time to listen to Radio 3 (and other online radios). Until now it played a streaming encoded in .mp3 but it has been down for a few weeks and the only alternative I find (the one used by the online player from the official Radio 3 website) is in .m3u8, and when I try to play it in Strawberry Music Player I get the message: "Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in".

Searching the forum I have only been able to find this incident from last year where it was said that the HLS decoder was missing from the installer (?), which I don't know if it has been solved and, therefore, if it is still a general error or is it a peculiarity of my installation (currently updated to 1.0.3). Maybe I'm not using the correct radio streaming link (?)

Any help is welcome! Thanks.

jonas

@illustietor
Try the latest from https://builds.strawberrymusicplayer.org/windows/

illustietor

Hi @jonas!

I just installed and tested version 1.0.3-13-g58eec8df and the error persists (I tested it using this .m3u8 streaming that VLC plays for me without problems).

However, although the problem of playing .m3u8 streams in SMP persists, in the end I managed to find an alternative link in RadioBrowser to listen to Radio 3 (with acc codec), which in this case does play it properly for me.

So for my part, the solution to the problem is no longer urgent, although it would be interesting if it were fixed for the needs of other people and possible future situations.

Please, let me know if you finally find a solution or if you want me to continue testing!

Thanks!