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BoerMac
Contributor I
Jul 26, 2021 2:01 PM UTC
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radio station does not play

Hi,
I manually added the radio station by pasting the following URL to the field in the Sonos app: 
http://web.sabc.co.za/digital/player/1.0/rsg/index.html
After successfully adding the radio station I received a message that the song cannot be played because it is not encoded correctly.

please advise

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controlav
controlavAnswer
Lead Maestro
Jul 27, 2021 12:14 AM UTC

The streaming url from that page is this:

http://21633.live.streamtheworld.com/RSGAAC.aac

 

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
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Airgetlam
Airgetlam
Jul 26, 2021 2:31 PM UTC

That link you posted is a web link, not a stream link, so nothing would play on Sonos, since it is looking for a stream to play. 

I’m not currently on a device that can look at the embedded web page data, but if you can find the actual stream link and put that in to the Sonos, it should work, assuming it’s not a flash stream, which it doesn’t appear to be. 

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controlav
controlavAnswer
Lead Maestro
Jul 27, 2021 12:14 AM UTC

The streaming url from that page is this:

http://21633.live.streamtheworld.com/RSGAAC.aac

 

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    BoerMacAuthor
    Contributor I
    Jul 27, 2021 1:33 PM UTC

    Hi

    Thanks alot, it is working, appreciate your help

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