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[Todd1561]

Subject of the issue

Been getting the error message in the title on and off for the last 2-3 weeks. Maybe 60% of the time. I’m able to log in fine but when I pick a playlist I’ll get the error.

Version 2020.04.20
Windows server 2012r2

Stock config file other than credentials

Steps to reproduce

Just pick a playlist

any thoughts?

[stevenwnt]

i had the same problem it seems player = mf aka "Windows Media Foundation" backend is having problems playing drm media
try player = ds aka "Direct Show" backend
all you have to do it open your pianobar.cfg and put player = ds as a new line
do keep in mind im not confirming anything here just suggesting that might be the issus

[Todd1561]

Thanks for that, I might try that out soon. I guess I forgot to update this thread. I dug into it more and it seems to be an upstream Pandora issue, nothing to do with Pianobar. I narrowed it down to just a couple of my lesser used stations and when I tried to play them on the official Pandora iOS app it would fail with the same message. At that point I just shrugged it off as a Pandora problem and deleted the couple affected stations I had.