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Re: Radiotray fails in stretch



On 21/01/18 14:20, Curt wrote:
> On 2018-01-20, Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> looks like a shit program to me - just wondering how it got it into debian
>>> packages.
>>> When I read first this post I was thinking there is an app for controlling
>>> radio receiver but it turns out it is online radio - WTF! online radio is
>>> not a radio like terrestrial broadcast. Each online radio offers nowdays a
>>> HTML5 stream, which can be automatically played by any HTML5 compatible
>>> browser.
>>>
>>> correct me if I am wrong
>>>
>>> regards
>>
>> No, I think you're right either way.
> 
> Just to be clear this python program is a small utility that sits in
> your system tray and allows you to select and listen to online radio
> streams, as decoded by the gstreamer librairies--the only dependency
> other than some python stuff, it seems.
> 
> Why this is invalid because you can also listen to online radio from an
> HTML5 compatible browser, I am uncertain (this app is ostensibly
> designed to be minimal, whereas HTML5 compatible browsers generally
> have maximal tendencies).
> 
> Of course if the application isn't working that does qualify as a major
> point in its disfavor.
> 
> I just read that 'python-xdg' should be a hard dependency, the installation
> of which has fixed some folks' mortal bugs.
> 
> 
>> kind regards and have a nice day
>>

Well, let's put this to bed. Thanks to those who responded; Eike at
least tried to help, his symptoms precisely match mine, thus confirming
it's a bug, despite the developer being unable to replicate it. Ah, well...

It's NOT a shit program; it's been happily fulfilling my needs for many
years (certainly since Wheezy); it sits unobtrusively in the system
tray, without much overhead. I'm not in the habit of running a
resource-hungry web browser all the time.

However, it no longer works, so must be consigned to the shit-heap.
Thanks, anyway



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