This is of interest to only a few people directly – Cumulus is in the process of switching their streaming, and it’s a lot of work to fix by hand \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
This is a typical player URL now:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/widget.newsinc.com\/_cfvp\/radio_player.html?freewheel=90110&sitesection=egkzelfm_rad&vid=2336952<\/span>8&cid=1252<\/p>\n One of the testers informed me that these links started breaking – the ad would play, but the stream would not start.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comparing the stream at the web site with the URL I have, what is different is the vid.\u00a0\u00a0 cid seems to be the station identifier, – vid I’m not so sure – Version ID?\u00a0 Video ID?\u00a0 VisitorID?<\/p>\n The stream still plays without the vid with the ad intact) so I’ve done a mass change to ignore the vid number<\/p>\n http:\/\/widget.newsinc.com\/_cfvp\/radio_player.html?freewheel=90110&sitesection=egkzelfm_rad&ignore=2336952<\/span>8&cid=1252<\/p>\n rather than hand editing 500 URLS.<\/p>\n Let me know if you have any issues with that Cumulus player.\u00a0\u00a0 It could be the vid is intended to make sure the player is launched from the Cumulus web site rather than indirectly.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If that’s what it turns out to be, I can easily just send you to their web sites and let you find the “Listen Now” buttons \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is of interest to only a few people directly – Cumulus is in the process of switching their streaming, and it’s a lot of work to fix by hand \ud83d\ude42 This is a typical player URL now: http:\/\/widget.newsinc.com\/_cfvp\/radio_player.html?freewheel=90110&sitesection=egkzelfm_rad&vid=23369528&cid=1252 One … Continue reading