Connection to certain podcasts is lost

[andrew-pickin]

Describe the bug
Certain podcasts (see below) stop, or connection is lost.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Install the standard podcast plug.
Load The News Agents podcast (https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-news-agents/)

Unexpected behavior
Play any podcast. After 7mins (+/- 20 seconds I guess) the podcast will end (or advance to the next).
If the original podcast is restarted from the position where connection was lost (or before), playback will continue for another approximate 7 minutes), and then again stop.

This normally results in me have to go back and reset to the 7th, 14th, 28th, 35th minute point, for any episode in this thread.

Screenshots
Not applicable.

System Information (please complete the following information):

• OS on which you're running LMS: Ubuntu
• Web skin used: Default
• Browser chrome
• LMS Version: Logitech Media Server Version: 8.5.2 - 1716215514 @ Sun 26 May 2024 05:43:14 PM CEST
• Podcast plugin v2.0
• Mainly Radio, but also others.

Additional context
I have no other issues with other podcasts. My network is pretty stable. I appreciate this might be something external to LMS, but it it alarmingly consistent how this particular podcast fails on every episode, after playing for 7 minutes (irrespective where you start. Does the plugin need to contain some sort of keepalive?

[michaelherger]

Please check out Settings/Advanced/Networking/Streaming Mode (or similar). Give "Persistent" mode a try, or "Cached".

And try to update to the latest LMS 9.

[andrew-pickin]

So far "Persistent" seems to do the trick.
Cheers.

[andrew-pickin]

What is the downside of this setting?
As this appears only necessary for one stream, should it be perhaps a per stream setting rather than global?