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Stefan Volkmer
Stefan Volkmer

Reputation: 318

Google Action should play radio stream

I need to develop a Google Action which streams an audio/radio stream.

i thought about media response. But the documentation says: "Audio for playback must be in a correctly formatted .mp3 file. Live streaming is not supported."

Documentation

Can someone give me an hint, what i have to do to stream an audio-stream? i found a german google action "baden fm" which streams their radio. But not sure how they do it.

Kind Regards Stefan

Upvotes: 3

Views: 841

Answers (3)

Fabio
Fabio

Reputation: 2834

I was successful doing so with an mp3 live stream:

NPR: https://npr-ice.streamguys1.com/live.mp3?ck=1597372625378

but not with mpd

BBC test stream: https://rdmedia.bbc.co.uk/dash/ondemand/testcard/1/client_manifest-audio.mpd

or with the HLS that my company uses ( .m3u8, can't publish the link publicly )

Note: added links as text/code since I'm not sure whether their companies policies are cool with them being indexed.

Upvotes: 0

omega1
omega1

Reputation: 1052

Google Actions do not currently support live audio streaming. I'm in contact with them but it seems they have no ETA to support this.

Upvotes: 1

socasanta
socasanta

Reputation: 1561

The only ways to do this currently:

  • Stream it in chunks of MP3 files, using the callback at the end of streaming to stream the next chunk
  • Getting listed on TuneIn, Radio.com or iHeartRadio. From observation, Baden FM seems to be using TuneIn
  • Through an App Action
  • Use a Web site link that starts streaming via BrowseCarousel or Button

Last 2 options are not helpful if you're going after non-browser-enabled devices.

Also saw this thread which has some insight on MP3 size/duration: How can I tell Actions on Google to stream audio?

Upvotes: 4

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