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Unable to open item for playback (The function requested is not supported)

Hello,

Is this related to some files missing in Windows? First time I see this error on Foobar2000 (regardless of version). I installed K-Lite codec pack so it's not like codecs are missing. This is on Win7 x86, by the way, but I doubt this should matter. I've got another SSD with Win10 x86 and that one works fine.

How can I debug this?

Re: Unable to open item for playback (The function requested is not supported)

Reply #2 –
Do the streams work if you remove the "s" from https, like this http://
https is a secure encrypted connection, which is probably not necessary when listening to radio streams (it's up to you).
Foobar doesn't support DirectShow, that's why codec packs don't work.
You can use the ffmpeg wrapper and a 32-bit build of ffmpeg in the root Foobar folder, if some formats are not internally supported:
https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_input_ffmpeg

Re: Unable to open item for playback (The function requested is not supported)

Reply #3 –
Quote from: naryfa on
Hello,
Is this related to some files missing in Windows?  This is on Win7 x86, by the way, but I doubt this should matter. I've got another SSD with Win10 x86 and that one works fine
Missing registry entries, yes.  Win7 needs support for TLS 1.1/2 manually activated, whereas Win10 has it by default.  Do the TLS registry fix linked to in Ivqcl's reply, problem solved.

Re: Unable to open item for playback (The function requested is not supported)

Reply #4 –
Wow,

I'm surprised to see the responses. Thank you so much for everyone's input. I will create the registries and test with ffmpeg at the Foobar's root dir. Will update this post afterwards. This would really save me the hassle, because I was about to reinstall Windows. This old laptop sweats with W10, hence W7x86...

Update #1:
The streams do work without "s" in the "https"

Update #2:
The registry patch mentioned above my lvqcl worked perfectly from this file https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=118821.0;attach=16322 posted by Case on another thread (I'm sorry, I don't know how to link correctly here).

So I guess the ffmpeg isn't necessary at the Foobar's root dir, but I do want to give credit to Gus for input, so thank you.

I hope others find help on this thread as well.

Re: Unable to open item for playback (The function requested is not supported)

Reply #5 –
Glad you got it working. Most live radio streams use widely supported formats, like MP3, AAC, FLAC... So you likely won't need the ffmpeg wrapper, it's rare to come across formats that are not supported by Foobar.