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would it be possible, in my music, to have a option "play url" and from that the ability to enter the url or even a filename of a text/.strm file containing the url to play, via either a usb keyboard or controller as in the search option. and then as its obvious that you will be playing an audio stream, so it automatically sets a small buffer size.
that would save having to create a .strm file and then having to wait 5 minutes or so for a unnessesaraly large buffer to fill before its played.
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thanks for the helpfull sugestions..
the trouble with using a .strm file & reducing the size of the "unknown" type cache in the settings is not really practical because the "unknown type" cache is also used when playing video streams & you need a reasonable size buffer for that & it would mean having to keep changing the buffer settings depending on whether you want to play audio or video.
if there was a button in "my music" for play url then its obvious that you will be playing music/audio and only a very small cache would be needed & the size of that cache could then be set in settings under a new dedicated parameter like "audio cache" & not set by the "unknown" parameter which could mean anything of any size.
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adding this as an option on the xbmc web pages might be nice, too -- go to a page where you have a text box that you could enter a url, and have xbmc download the file or open the stream as appropriate.
i only mention this because it's not trivial entering a full url with the xbmc on-screen keyboard.