WARNING in dnsmasq core: Maximum number of concurrent DNS queries reached (max: 150)

The only dns server in ytuner.ini is pihole resolver service.

Works flawlessly on Marantz NR1607. 2 comments:

1. When you change the DNS in the Marantz, it automatically revert the fixed IP, DNS and Gatway to 000.000.000.000 after applying. So be alert to change it again after applying the DNS to get an internetconnection.
2. Search results are limited to 1 line.

Hi Greg, I actually prepared failover functionality as systemd service together with the keepalived vrrp functionality.

Requirements: up and running keepalived configuration. I changed the priority order to 206 on the master and 205 on the second (slave) computer.

-- keepalived config sample --

vrrp_sync_group VI_2_200 {
group {
VI_2_200_4
VI_2_200_6
}
}

vrrp_instance VI_2_200_4
{
interface eth0
virtual_router_id 2
use_vmac
garp_master_refresh 60
priority 206
advert_int 2
virtual_ipaddress
{
192.168.0.125/24
}
}

vrrp_instance VI_2_200_6
{
interface eth0
virtual_router_id 2
use_vmac
garp_master_refresh 60
priority 206
advert_int 2
virtual_ipaddress
{
fe80::125/64
}
}

-- keepalived config end --

Feel free to put the service and timer to your project.

1. ytuner.service

-- snip --

Unit]
Description=ytuner radio service
Wants=network-online.target
BindsTo=keepalived.service
After=keepalived.service
StopWhenUnneeded=true

[Service]
User=root
Group=root
ExecStart=/opt/ytuner/ytuner
WorkingDirectory=/opt/ytuner
StandardOutput=file:/opt/ytuner/ytuner.log
StandardError=file:/opt/ytuner/ytuner_error.log
ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 15
Restart=always
ExecStop=/bin/date

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

-- snap --

2. ytuner.timer

-- snip --

[Unit]
Description=ytuner timer for keepalived
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnUnitActiveSec=1m
Unit=ytuner.service
OnBootSec=1min

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

-- snap --

This runs with success in 2 LXC containers on two different Proxmox nodes. One is amd64 and second is on raspberry Pi (pimox 8) arm64.

Using the ytuner.timer helps to restart ytuner service. (workaround)

Regards Beatrice

No name visible when entering submenus 1st station (name not there, only blank) but playable. This appear only on a small amount of countries like Finland, Bosnia, Italia, Poland, Slovakia.... etc.

British Indian Ocean Territory access do freeze my Yamaha DSP-Z7.

Improvement: sorting name, ascending, descending

Hi Greg,

I've tested to run ytuner on an arm64 architecture. (not armhf).

Result: program does not start. Later on I will test it on armhf and will come back then.
(I added the executable flag on the app)

-bash: ./ytuner: cannot execute: required file not found
Tested on Debian bookworm.

I've tested failover with 2 machines. One on amd64 and one on arm64, which should run. (using keepalived for failover)

Both systems are on Proxmox hosts and running as LXC containers.

Regards
Beatrice

In ytuner.ini, I've set IPAddress=127.0.0.1, but ytuner binds to my machine's address 192.168.3.1:

$ ./ytuner
YTuner v1.0.0 Copyright (c) 2023 Greg P. (https://github.com/coffeegreg)
20-7-23 16:32:51 : Inf : Starting services...
20-7-23 16:32:51 : Inf : Getting Radio-browser.info UUIDs...
20-7-23 16:32:51 : Inf : Successfully loaded 10 my stations.
20-7-23 16:32:51 : Inf : Web server listening on: 192.168.1.1:9985.
20-7-23 16:32:56 : Inf : Successfully downloaded 39708 RB UUIDs.

Hi Greg,

I'll take a short look into the Linux x64 version.

First: The 1.1.2 version works actually at his best.

With 1.2.0 version, new/old issues found, like the "spaces" issue.

• avr.ini filter does not work as aspected.
  question: how to filter best the misconfigured genres from the database ?

• ID tags filter removed ?.

• country filter not working properly
  "Arab Emirates" is,empty now (where i put lots of stations.
  aigainst the "spaces issue", do,you remember ?

• AVR specific bookmarks file wasn't read ?. Only the bookmarks.xml was read. equal if CommonAVR is set to 1 or 0.
  Maybe special with my AVR (don't know)

Download the whole database from the web api is a good step forward.

I switched back to 1.1.2 and bookmarks are also not there (don't know the reason actually.)

Please check the "BLANK" issue we,do,have again with "the Arab Emirates" on your AVR and let me know if you got content.

The "BLANK" issue do exist also on genre,countries, and so on.

If you're thinking about replacing stations.yaml file with other solutions, my idea here is to do it with SQLite database too. Using same structure than in rb.db file, or using a marking database pointing to the rb.db. Hope you do understand what I mean.

Thanks 🙏

Hi Greg,

The caching technique produces missed stations while not updated.

Step1:

• removed rbuuids from cache
• restarted ytuner service
  Result: station not visible

Step2:

• removed rbuuids and other cached files
• restarted ytuner service
  Result: station visible now.

The rbuuids will be updated once a day (implemented)
the generated cache files are not updated (maybe dayly implementation needed, or other checks)

Regards
Beatrice

Hi Greg,

I have discovered a small problem in the stations.yaml. I have not yet verified it in detail.

However, it seems that my AVR cannot be scrolled to the end of a collection of radio stations if one of the stations in the list is not currently broadcasting.

There is no way to determine beforehand in the station list whether the link is broken. I had 2 such cases in my station list, after removing from the list it was possible to scroll to the end again.

I didn't see that as application issue. But was interested to see that.

Installed v1.1.0 for used with my Yamaha RX-v673.
Great project, but…

when there is a space in the name of A catagory like in ‘The Netherlands’ then the cat wil not show.

For own entries in stations.ini or stations.yaml and in the radio browser sub categories also.

harrie

Hi Greg,

The new version has very good improvements. But I'm sorry to say.. it doesn't worked as expected.

I described in the past, sometimes while scrolling down in station list, the AVR goes freezed.

In 1.0.2 i do have no issues while scrolling down. Any idea to figure out from what this comes from ?.

Question: i've added Austria to the list of countries mined to see.
But I do see only a small amount (10) of the stations. Maybe there be filtered out, but actually not checked, what could be the reason.

And how about Countries like The Arab Emirates.
The blank in the filter isn't allowed right ?. So to select the emirates, I should use *Emirates. in the avr.ini

Not tested all functions and filter options.

🙋‍♀️
Beatrice

I have made a linux service on a raspberry pi. But it looks like this is not working. YTuner is running but not working correctly. When I run YTuner from the command line it does work correctly. Also tried running it from a cronjob @reboot, also not working.

Hi Greg, hope you are still working on this.

As you know I am running this in docker (but I have tried this with Windows version as well). I am trying to change the default port 80 to 8020 so I can run another container with a webserver on port 80.

In Ytuner.ini I changed this:
;Web server TCP port. Don't change it if it's not necessary. ; Default = 80
WebServerPort=8020

For the docker images I changed this in Dockerfile:

Make the TCP/UDP ports to outside the container.

EXPOSE 8020/tcp

I run with HOST network: docker run --name Ytuner --network host -v YTuner:/app/host-shared ytuner:1.2.2

When I try to approach http://10.0.0.12:8020/ I get:Dbg : Unknown route : GET /.
So it seems to be responding

I set up a Reverse Proxy so http://denon.vtuner.com is pointing to 10.0.0.12:8020
When I try to approach http://denon.vtuner.com I get:Dbg : Unknown route : GET /.
So it seems to be responding as well

However the Denon receiver is only playing the known favorites. (I can see responds coming from Ytuner as well)
My Stations show empty list.

Any ideas?

Same for the Windows version.
In Ytuner.ini I changed this:
WebServerPort=8020

I set up a Reverse Proxy so http://denon.vtuner.com is pointing to 10.0.0.12:8020

Same problem.

When quering the Station list I get tis:
13-5-2024 14:44:05 : Dbg : GET /setupapp/denon/asp/browsexm2/loginXML.asp?mac=0CEF23DA75BEE0D17F10B7F74274D2AF&fver=1.754333&dlang=eng&startitems=1&enditems=10.

Tried to install both x32 and x64 package. Both give me 404 errors. It runs fine and listens on port 80 (changed to 8090 as well). Disabled firewall but http(s)://ip:port gives me a 404.

any thoughts?

it's running

YTuner v1.0.1 Copyright (c) 2023 Greg P. (https://github.com/coffeegreg)
8-11-23 17:17:14 : Inf : Starting services...
8-11-23 17:17:14 : Inf : Getting Radio-browser.info UUIDs...
8-11-23 17:17:14 : Inf : Successfully loaded 10 my stations.
8-11-23 17:17:14 : Err : DNS Server error: Could not bind socket..
8-11-23 17:17:14 : Inf : Web server listening on: 9.8.8.8:12500.
8-11-23 17:17:17 : Err : Radio-browser.info: Getting error stations.
8-11-23 17:17:17 : Inf : Successfully downloaded 1 RB UUIDs.
8-11-23 17:17:17 : Inf : Successfully saved 1 RB UUIDs to cache file.

now what should I do in Denon and Router ?

Originally posted by @graz68a in milaq/YCast#132 (comment)

Hi Greg,

i‘ve found your ytuner rewritten (fork).
What I see it‘s totally rewritten application. thanks for your great work.

In past I was using ycast advanced with success on my DSP-Z7.
but with issues browsing Stations. (only using stations.yaml) which will be nicely selected via web-gui in that ycast advanced release.

With ytuner it’s Properly working while browsing the stations directly from the api.Radio-Browser.Info. That is fast and usable. The stations.yaml i‘ve ported to your ytuner will not work properly. Could be issue with my AVR. Looks like comes from the icons (jpg,ico,png) in the yaml file.

i‘ve modified the stations.yaml manually and do remove all after the pipe symbol. Then station is accessible from within stations.yaml.

Question: how to get more debug info (4 is set in .ini)

and also I did not understand the bookmarks functionality. Is this a planned feature to import from vtuner.com ?. Also the ID for the bookmark, howto generate or come from.

Best regards
Beatrice

Firstly, love your work! This project rocks :)

I figure this is the limitation of the amp (Yamaha RX-V677) but https streams don't load. The amp appears to buffer then it returns a "Access Error" message.

I'm going to try some kind of reverse proxy for that and see how I go, but the particular stream i'm working with serves an m3u8 file containing a https address so it might be difficult.

This is the stream I'm referring to: http://digitalstreams.mediaworks.nz/chx_net_high/playlist.m3u8

Cheers!

It would be great if this could run inside Docker!

thanks!

As noted in the YCast Project, the Grundig has some special issues when querying the vTuner API:

• IDs truncated at 32 characters
• empty XML tags not allowed
• a reduced set of tags allowed when browsing
• a full set of tags required when searching for ID
• the "last station played" always searches for the ID instead of using the provided URL
• xml entity encoding other than "&" not supported in station name and description, just normal UTF-8
• uppercase characters in URLs and parameter names (lazy programming against *.asp pages)

To identify the device, the URLs called usually look this way:

/setupapp/grundig/asp/BrowseXML/Search.asp?sSearchtype=3&Search=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&mac=yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy&dlang=eng&fver=1&ven=grn6

Note the /grundig in the URL as well as the parameters &fver=1&ven=grn6. Maybe the sSearchtype. This URL does a station lookup by ID (full set of result values needed, in the usual structure):

<?xml
version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<ListOfItems>
    <ItemCount>1</ItemCount>
    <Item>
        <ItemType>Station</ItemType>
        <StationId>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</StationId>
        <StationName>ORF Ö1</StationName>
        <StationUrl>http://orf-live.ors-shoutcast.at/oe1-q2a</StationUrl>
        <StationDesc>Classic</StationDesc>
        <Logo>http://.../...</Logo>
        <StationFormat>Classic</StationFormat>
        <StationLocation>XX</StationLocation>
        <StationBandWidth>128</StationBandWidth>
        <StationMime>mp3</StationMime>
        <Relia>3</Relia>
        <Bookmark>http://orf-live.ors-shoutcast.at/oe1-q2a</Bookmark>
    </Item>
</ListOfItems>