Is there any way to get the HDX to play from an external site via HTTP or HTTP Live Streaming?
So I could have a small bookmarklet in my browser and drag an URL from a webpage and drop it on the bookmarklet which then hands it over to the HDX (for example with a simple HTTP-GET request with the desired URL as query parameter).
Ok, never mind the HTTP-GET, is it possible whatever the protocol? If I am just browsing looking for new music I don't want to mess with downloads. And since the HDX can play radio streams the basic functionality is already there ...
Posted on: 24 July 2012 by beeka
I am working on a program to do just that (on a Uniti for me). I wanted to drag-and-drop sample tracks from a music website I visit and have the music played on a decent system rather than the laptop speakers.
It is a lower priority at the moment due to the good weather over here. I was very close to getting it working using upnp "set transport URI" but only the first few seconds were playing... it may be that the Naim firmware treats iRadio stuff differently to the upnp and expects more of the remote server in upnp mode. There are some upnp parameters to play with but if that doesn't work then I may need to implement a proxy for the remote file (and perhaps transcode the audio as well).
Steve.
