I'm using Screamer Radio on my Desktop PC at home, because connected to it are awesome loudspeakers, which can make the best of the 320k quality streams I like to listen to.

But I also use it on a Windows tablet/notebook mobile device which I use at work, connected to a Bluetooth speaker. All the time I run in the problem that wifi connectability is less than ideal and and connection interruptions cause the playback to stop. On normal days this happens a dozen times a day, but the more I move around the more frequent they are.

Upon a disconnection, Screamer Radio always eventually shows me the red warning label with the offer to reconnect, but I would like this step to happen automatically. It's a pain to always have to interact manually when that happens and I'm about to switch to something else that doesn't require frequent manual interaction.

If the buffer length is set long enough, I don't think I'd even notice the connection issues, but no matter if I set that option to the default 5000 or any other higher amount (20000, 60000) it still breaks playback. I did some ping testing and noticed that the wifi connection is usually re-established within 2-3 seconds.

Some radio streams add custom strings to the information about the current track, which can negatively impact the cover feature. For example, when the current title is one of the following lines ...

Now on Air: Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You
Chris Isaac - Wicked Gae *** www.somedomain.com

... then the cover look-up feature often fails or displays something different. The way to fix this is to allow the user to set filter strings that can be removed from both display and any eventual search.

One other alternative to fix this would be to selectively disable the cover feature by station, so the user can choose to disable this when he knows it won't work.

Hello David :) !

I use Screamer Radio for a long time now - it is definitely one of My favorite tools. In the previous generation You've successfully combined simplicity with lightning-fast speed - it was so great that I totally understand users who still stick to the older version. The newer one is also great - it was quite a surprise You've decided to refresh the whole concept. I'm very, very happy that it still exists and is developed. Thank You for that You didn't abandon the project.

I use the newer generation of Screamer Radio under Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit. For a long time I experience a strange issue: more often than not the program can't launch. It looks like its process is launched - but without any visible window. Sometimes it is enough to restart the computer, sometimes it takes a much longer time to wait before another try to be successful. But if it starts - it starts immediately.

Would it be possible to repair this strange behavior?

Oh, I'm excited that You are closer to introduce the recording feature! If I could suggest some other functions it would be great to have an equalizer and/or to be able to use Winamp 2.x DSP plugins... and maybe some skins? It is really great that now it is possible to easily switch between sound devices :) !

Keep up the good work, I'm very grateful every time I see someone who creates something great - great piece of software. I had never reached for any other streaming tool - and never considered a need to search for one.

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Kind regards,
Thomas Leigh

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