Not all TuneIn stations available in MA

[dinki]

What version of Music Assistant has the issue?

2.1.0

What version of the Home Assistant Integration have you got installed?

2024.7.1

Have you tried everything in the Troubleshooting FAQ and reviewed the Open and Closed Issues and Discussions to resolve this yourself?

• [X] Yes

The problem

The ONE radio station I'd like to play in our area is not showing up in my radio list but it is available on TuneIn as I listen to it daily on Alexa. I did find it (can't remember how) in MA and have this that plays it:

      - service: mass.play_media
        target:
          entity_id: "{{ target_mediaplayer_device }}"
        data:
          media_id: tunein://radio/s34824--aac
        enabled: true

I'm just curious why it doesn't show up in my default list. Playing it this way does not get me coverart. I know this is minor it's just odd.

It does show up in my list on Tune In site:

Note that this is a free station and not premium.

How to reproduce

Go to my TuneIn channels and look for Big 102.1

Music Providers

TuneIn

Player Providers

Home Assistant

Full log output

NA

Additional information

No response

What version of Home Assistant Core are your running

2024.7.1

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

On what type of hardware are you running?

Generic x86-64 (e.g. Intel NUC)

[jolbi]

I am experiencing the same issue. 2/8 TuneIn radio stations are not listed in MA. Both are BBC radio and I can play them on TuneIn site.

[bruvv]

Did you favorite it in the tune-in website interface? (So not MA?) and then force a resync?

[jolbi]

I did. I am experiencing this issue from the start of using MA, so a few months now, on all beta versions I used and on stable one also (I just didn't report until I saw this issue today :)).

[dinki]

Did you favorite it in the tune-in website interface? (So not MA?) and then force a resync?

This was the fix. I logged in, favorites the 'missing' station and ran the resync. Station now shows up as expected. Thank you!

[jolbi]

This does not work for my case. I tried to add other stations and did a resync and they show up, but the BBC ones don't. It may be connected to BBC stations containing shows you can listen to, not just the live streams. Or maybe there are some regional restrictions (I'm not from the UK) but they are not mentioned on the TuneIn website. The stations I am having problems with are: BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 4 Could someone else try to add one of those and see if they show up?

[OzGav]

BBC stations are a perennial problem. I don't see any showing for me either so could be geo-blocked for other than their app

[jolbi]

Alright, thank you for checking! It makes sense. They discontinued their open web stream last year and they are limiting other platforms as well.