switching stream: viewer doesn't follow

[Papperle Papp]

I am fighting to have my stream sounding in my viewer automatically - but wasn't fully successful yet.
Situation like this: i have a regular stream which plays music 24/7 in auto DJ mode (the standard stream), and a second stream which plays single songs only on request (i call it a "jukebox-stream") - both streams are rented centova-shoutcast stream on same server.

In-World a have a switchbox which sets the parcel audio to the jukebox-stream as soon as it plays a song, and it switches back to the standard stream, when the jukebox is silent (using LSL-functions llGetParcelAudioURL(), llSetParcelAudioURL() ). Sofar, so good, all works great, EXCEPT that the viewer (SL-viewer, or Firestorm) stops playing audio when the stream is set to the jukebox-stream. i (and all people around) have to start the audio manually then.

When the parcel audio is set back to the standard, the viewer continues playing audio (from the standard stream now) - or it restarts audio playing if i didnt restart playing music for the jukebox manually.

Is there any logic that i missed here?

 

[KathrynLisbeth]

In the viewer itself, do you have it set to auto-play the stream?   

[Papperle Papp]

yes, i tried that setting in my preferences, but it makes no difference here. iz only starts playing music all the time 'against my will' when i move to other sims where i do not want the music. And i cannot make all all visitors change their settings because of this.

[KathrynLisbeth]

I played with it some more.   This is what I found when using a script to change the stream

Using Linden Viewer --   I had to press play again in the viewer.  No option to autoplay music stream in the viewer.

Using Firestorm  -- Autoplay on & Enable Media Filter off (Media Tab).   It would automatically change.      

Seems no way to just have it work with scripting.  Is all based on manual settings in the viewer.   

[Papperle Papp]

weird and confusing is, that it works in one direction, but not in the other:

i must press 'play' when switching from URL 1 to URL 2,

but not needed when switching back from URL2 to URL1

and none of the settings seem to influence that.

somehow i have the feeling that it must be something in Centova-server handling this

[KathrynLisbeth]

Random guess, but since you did switching from URL2 back to URL1  (and assuming didn't switch parcels) 

 It implies that the viewer is saying.  If URL1 was okay before, so now it is auto-okay again.. when switching from URL2 back to URL1