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  • Re: Listening to Radio Thru the Browser (it shuts off)

    From croy@croy@spam.invalid.net to comp.mobile.android on Fri Apr 17 08:03:33 2026
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    On Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:23:53 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

    I *can* listen to e.g. https://times.radio/ in firefox on android, but I >don't tend to do it that way for long periods of time, preferrig either >using RadioPlayer or Tunein apps.

    Is that shut off preventable?
    Have you tried apps? (I know it can be annoying to load a multitude of
    apps for different stations).

    I have not tried adding apps yet.
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  • From croy@croy@spam.invalid.net to comp.mobile.android on Fri Apr 17 08:06:35 2026
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    On Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:38:06 -0700, Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> wrote:

    Just getting back to this.

    Android's Battery Optimization may also play a role, I would think.

    Thanks! That struck gold. It was the app's battery optimization settings
    that did the trick.
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  • From croy@croy@spam.invalid.net to comp.mobile.android on Fri Apr 17 08:11:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    On Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:55:43 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

    If the shut off is a discontinuance of streaming content from the web
    site, you sure they don't implement an idle timeout? You're likely
    listening to the content, but not doing anything else at the website, so
    it sees you are idle. If idle too long, they may figure you abandoned
    the playback. Just because the client (web browser) is receiving the >streamed audio doesn't mean anyone is there at the client end to listen
    to the music, so it is a waste of their resources and bandwidth to
    continue playing something for which no one is listening.

    Thanks. It turned out to be the app's battery setting.

    This is my first smart phone, and the settings are a morass of confusion
    for me (what does [some arcane setting name] mean?).
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