Radio Player does not reconnect in case of wifi loss

[wavoigt]

Hi,
i used your example in Readme.md as a simple radio player.
If WiFi drops because of weak connection i get the following info:

14:04:38.108 -> stream title: Bonobo - Terrapin (Sonorous Mix)
14:05:34.992 -> info: ....... slow stream, dropouts are possible
14:05:35.994 -> info: ....... slow stream, dropouts are possible
14:05:36.995 -> info: ....... slow stream, dropouts are possible
14:05:37.998 -> info: ....... slow stream, dropouts are possible
14:05:38.614 -> info: ....... Stream lost -> try new connection
14:05:38.614 -> info: ....... next URL: "http://player.streamhosting.ch/lounge128.mp3"
14:05:38.614 -> info: ....... The host has disconnected, reconnecting
14:05:45.575 -> info: ....... MP3Decoder has been destroyed
end

Maybe it tries once, but nothing happens, because the WiFi connection is broken and needs to be reconnected when it is available again.
This is my workaround:

in my_audio_info:
case Audio::evt_info:  { Serial.printf("info: ....... %s\n", m.msg);
                                if (strstr(m.msg, "Stream lost")) {
                                  connected = false; 
                                } break; 
                               }

   in Loop():
    if (!connected) {
      if (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
      int i = 0;
      while ((WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) && (i++ < 25)) delay(200); 
      if (audio.connecttohost(stations[Station-1])) {
        connected = true;
      } else {
        Serial.println("No connection to host");
        connected = false;
      }
    }

[schreibfaul1]

Hello @wavoigt,
The NetworkClient is running in the library. The NetworkClient supports TCP but has no knowledge of WiFi. A physical connection would also be possible via an Ethernet board.

Therefore, the solution

if (WiFi.isConnected() == false) {
...
}

is well suited to your situation.

[wavoigt]

Ok.
Now it is running without issues.
Do i have to cleanup anything before restarting audio.connecttohost() after WiFi loss or when changing the streaming url ?

[schreibfaul1]

Great, you can always call connettohost(). The decoders will be reset and all variables initialised with their default values.

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