Radio stream sometimes crashes, always needs to be launched twice

Technium, could you attach your "~/.config/banshee-1/log" as a separated file? also I'm wondering which kind of internet access do you use to reproduce this streaming because at least it works fine for me in the first try (10M Dedicated line)

Sorry, should have looked for a log. I'd rather not attach the whole thing as it contains many contact email addresses from using the Telepathy extension. However, this is the only relevant entry and it appears each time the playback fails:

[Warn 11:30:24.041] Absolute - Absolute Radio (AAC+) (on Absolute Radio (AAC+)) <00:00:00> [<unknown>] - System.Net.WebException: The request timed out (in `System')
  at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse (IAsyncResult asyncResult) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Playlists.Formats.PlaylistParser.Parse (Hyena.SafeUri uri) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Streaming.RadioTrackInfo.LoadStreamUri (System.String uri) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

I have verified that the stream plays in e.g. VLC correctly first time every time.

My internet connection pretty high-speed, both at work (unknown) and at home (40Mbps fibre). Banshee behaves the same on both, and at other times when I've been on wifi hotspots.

Not sure how to get this bug noticed after my feedback so setting to new. Apologies if this is the wrong thing to do but I cannot find the relevant guidelines.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This has also affected me for some time now. I often listen to streaming NPR radio. When double-clicking to start playing, it always fails on the first attempt, and always succeeds on the second attempt. This is the URL I connect to: http://www.npr.org/streams/mp3/nprlive24.pls

Here is the same bug from 2009: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546749

This bug was fixed in the package banshee - 2.4.1-1ubuntu1

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banshee (2.4.1-1ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian Unstable, remaining changes:
    - Enable and recommend SoundMenu and Disable NotificationArea by default
    - Disable boo and karma extensions
    - Move desktop file for Meego UI to /usr/share/une/applications
    - Change the url for the Amazon store redirector
    - [9b356d6] Add workaround for set_Height exception.
    - [ccbcbbd] Make Banshee translatable in Launchpad
  * [c8567da] Refresh patches and drop patch numbers
  * [801eb55] Multiarchify path in soundmenu install file

banshee (2.4.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * [856d4d6] New upstream bugfix release:
    - Migo.Syndication: Handle feeds with malformed enclosure URLs
    - bgo#626659: ServiceManager: check properly if a service is required
    - bgo#634758: PlaylistSource: Make sure the right tracks are removed
      (LP: #785822)
    - bgo#662909: PlaylistParser: Retry HTTP request after timeout
      (Closes: #546749, LP: #785304)
    - bgo#666696: DapSource: Flush pending changes when quitting
    - bgo#672744: UPnPServerSource: Fix crash when getting the root object
      (LP: #785822)
    - bgo#673037: libossifer: Fix certificate validation with libsoup 2.38
    - bgo#673416: DbIteratorJob: Abort job after several consecutive failures
    - bgo#676144: PlayQueueSource: Fix high memory usage when shuffling
  * debian/(control, compat):
    - [a46c8f0] Bump debhelper compat to 9 for buildflags
  * debian/(Banshee.GStreamer.dll.config, Banshee.NowPlaying.X11.dll.config):
    - [437c092] Drop downstream dll.config files
  * debian/(*.install, rules):
    - [9e1d4c4] Use multiarch libdir
  * debian/patches, debian/rules:
    - [39056ef] Drop upstreamed 0013-UPnPServerSource-….patch
    - [e34d9f3] Drop patch numbers and refresh
    - [028167e] Drop moduleref-removing patches.
      Use --exclude-moduleref instead.
    - [0403c98] Patch to add Banshee.NowPlaying.X11.dll.config
    - [ad971c3] Fix missing \ in Add-Meego-desktop-file.patch
 -- Chow Loong Jin <email address hidden> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:35:46 +0800

This bug is missing information detailed in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure for it to comply with Stable Release Updates process. Please add a test case for recreating and the regression potential. Once this information is added to all the bugs addressed by the package in -proposed we will approve the upload. Thanks!

Hello Technium, or anyone else affected,

Accepted banshee into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

It works over here upon the first try.

This bug was fixed in the package banshee - 2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise1

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banshee (2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Upload to precise-proposed

banshee (2.4.1-3ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low

  * [2ddc12d] Merge from Debian Unstable, remaining changes:
    - Enable and recommend SoundMenu and Disable NotificationArea by default
    - Disable boo and karma extensions
    - Move desktop file for Meego UI to /usr/share/une/applications
    - Change the url for the Amazon store redirector
    - [9b356d6] Add workaround for set_Height exception.
    - [ccbcbbd] Make Banshee translatable in Launchpad
  * [988cb56] Revert "Multiarchify path in soundmenu install file"
    This reverts commit 801eb55a65f21af8d01b6978bfbb0b64cf1990b9. (LP: #1008473)

banshee (2.4.1-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * [6730396] Undo multiarch path changes
    - Revert "Use multiarch libdir" (9e1d4c4)
    - Specify --libdir=/usr/lib when configuring to override the multiarch
      libdir passed by dh_auto_configure in compat 9 (LP: #1008473)

banshee (2.4.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Rebuild against gdata-sharp 2.1.0.0

banshee (2.4.1-1ubuntu1~precise1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Upload to precise-proposed

banshee (2.4.1-1ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian Unstable, remaining changes:
    - Enable and recommend SoundMenu and Disable NotificationArea by default
    - Disable boo and karma extensions
    - Move desktop file for Meego UI to /usr/share/une/applications
    - Change the url for the Amazon store redirector
    - [9b356d6] Add workaround for set_Height exception.
    - [ccbcbbd] Make Banshee translatable in Launchpad
  * [c8567da] Refresh patches and drop patch numbers
  * [801eb55] Multiarchify path in soundmenu install file

banshee (2.4.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * [856d4d6] New upstream bugfix release:
    - Migo.Syndication: Handle feeds with malformed enclosure URLs
    - bgo#626659: ServiceManager: check properly if a service is required
    - bgo#634758: PlaylistSource: Make sure the right tracks are removed
      (LP: #785822)
    - bgo#662909: PlaylistParser: Retry HTTP request after timeout
      (Closes: #546749, LP: #785304)
    - bgo#666696: DapSource: Flush pending changes when quitting
    - bgo#672744: UPnPServerSource: Fix crash when getting the root object
      (LP: #785822)
    - bgo#673037: libossifer: Fix certificate validation with libsoup 2.38
    - bgo#673416: DbIteratorJob: Abort job after several consecutive failures
    - bgo#676144: PlayQueueSource: Fix high memory usage when shuffling
  * debian/(control, compat):
    - [a46c8f0] Bump debhelper compat to 9 for buildflags
  * debian/(Banshee.GStreamer.dll.config, Banshee.NowPlaying.X11.dll.config):
    - [437c092] Drop downstream dll.config files
  * debian/(*.install, rules):
    - [9e1d4c4] Use multiarch libdir
  * debian/patches, debian/rules:
    - [39056ef] Drop upstreamed 0013-UPnPServerSource-….patch
    - [e34d9f3] Drop patch numbers and refresh
    - [028167e] Drop moduleref-removing patches.
      Use --exclude-moduleref instead.
    - [0403c98] Patch to add Banshee.NowPlaying.X11.dll.config
    - [ad971c3] F...