Cannot Play Dubai Internet Radio

Streaming Audio
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For the last couple of days I have been unable to stream any of the Dubai radio stations on my ND5 XS - 92 Rock, Radio Dubai 92, Virgin Radio Dubai. The Abu Dhabi ones seem to work.

Does anybody else see the same problem - it might be due to Ramadan, but there’s nothing mentioned online that I’ve seen.

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They are not playing for me either - I’m in UK
Other Dubai stations are playing OK

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I had a similar issue last year with an Australian station, WSFM.
I emailed V-Tuner on support@vtunervt.zendesk.com

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Hi Juanito,

We have had a look and the stations mentioned are currently blocked outside of the country by the radio provider due to music licencing restrictions. I’ve had a look around for links that work but it seems there are no official ones.

If it’s a fav then using a VPN service might be the way forward.

As a side note, an easy way to check station status is put the station name into the vtuner database search and then try to play it via the built-in music player on the webpage:
http://vtuner.com/setupapp/guide/asp/BrowseStations/startpage.asp

Best regards

Steve
Software Director

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Hello again,

I just checked using a VPN and the stations do play OK if inside the Emirates, so this is a genuine restriction rather than just a system that has gone down.

Best

Steve

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Thanks for the replies - I’m in Dubai, so I don’t need a VPN to connect to Dubai stations.

I just tried again now - I get the “restoring history” display, which counts up to 100% and after that it says “connecting”, but it never connects.

I can play the stream from the Dubai 92 website on my laptop and it is still broadcasting on FM radio.

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Hi Juanito,

Thanks for the clarification about your location.

Have checked over this one in more detail and the radio station has changed their server back-end, but left the old links partially working so fools the dead link detection system.

I’ll ask VTuner to resolve the new URL’s and update their database.

Regards

Steve

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Hi Juanito,

The problem should now be fixed. I’ve checked the stations on a unit while connected to a UAE VPN and they now play.

Regards

Steve

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Dubai 92 is now working again :slight_smile:

Thanks for the help.

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