What steps will reproduce the problem? We don't yet have a Nexus One, so I wasn't able to reproduce. I'll mark this as a low priority until we can replicate.

I have a N1 and would be happy to try to repo something for you, but I haven't seen those errors before.

I saw this (-38, 0) while testing in the emulator the other day. It stuck around until I restarted the AVD, and seemed to be a connectivity issue with the streaming. It was a 2.1 image--I don't know if it also happens on older OS releases.

I see these frequently on my Droid. (At least I did before the latest update. I cannot comment on after the update yet...)

The (-38, 0) error looks to be a threading problem. It's generated by the MediaPlayer when somebody asks the MediaPlayer to do something while it is in the wrong state. To reproduce, tap on a stream rapidly multiple times and you'll almost certainly generate it and sometimes a crash.

If you leave the Nexus One on a station stream, seems to generate a 1,-11 error before 10 mins of audio playback time.

Issue 14 has been merged into this issue.

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I've encountered this trying to play a station stream on Android 2.1 (Samsung Vibrant).

Yes as someone previously mentioned... it sounds like a threading issue...but how to fix that.....still thinking.

This is also occurring on my Samsung Captivate

I get these two error messages almost every day when I use the App. Having a more meaningful error messages would really improve the app.

I use it on a 2.1 Samsung Captivate, in an area without 3G coverage (Edge only). It happens when walking the dog around my neighborhood at random.

But it always happens when moving from the outside area - with ATT providing the signal -- to my home, with a wireless router providing the data. The app seems to be dropping during the handoff from ATT to router.

I'm going to build a test case to repro this issue. Might need Marsh's help to fix it.

For the record (1,-11) means that the PV player timed out. http://www.netmite.com/android/mydroid/external/opencore/pvmi/pvmf/include/pvmf_return_codes.h

This may be fixed as of r99.

When a network connection change causes the media player to error out, the PlaybackService logs the error but lets the OnComplete call go through. Practically, this means that there is no longer a dialog message and that the player should automatically try to pull up the next track/story segment/etc. (if there is one).

From a user experience point of view, we may want to try to re-start the current track rather then skip to the next one.

Issue 39 has been merged into this issue.

I also have this problem with my Tmobile G1. It seems to be related to network connectivity. It comes up when I'm using the station streaming feature. It would be nice if the app would automatically restart and reload the most current selection; when this happens to me, I have to suffer through the rest of my motorcycle commute in silence..can't exactly restart the app on the freeway!

I have a droid two and I'm no longer able to listen to any streams I just continually get a "Received Error: 1, -1." I have already tried to uninstall and reinstall the app to no avail

I just tryed to play one of the "talks of the nation" and the application became unresponsive and force closed.

Issue 48 has been merged into this issue.

I saw this error on an Incredible on 12/22. I was streaming KPCC and hit pause on the stream. The 38,11 error popped up and stream began playing again and i could not stop it. after a few minutes the message went away and i was able to stop the stream and quit the app. I saw this error also while streaming WAMU.

I've also.seen this error. It usually happens when changing between wifi and cdma (I think).

When it does I can cancel the toast (using the back button) and the player usually advances to the next playlist item ok. Can the toast with the error be shown without halting for user ack? This would be a more "graceful" error so I only have to get my phone back out to hear that item; rather than hear anything.

Get the same issue on my Droid 1 when streaming after about 5 minutes....every time.

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i have the same issue, it begin error(-38,0), and change to error (1,31) before ending of the stream, as the attached file.

I have the same issue (-38, 0) - Droid X. The player will play if I wait, but the error message stays up until I press the back button.

I have Droid 2 and I get errors 1, -1. I'm totally unable to stream NPR news although I can stream other things like lastfm. I tried to uninstall and reinstall the app, but it didn't make a difference.

I believe we no longer surface errors of this type, so I'm closing this thread.

Well, the app was updated maybe a month or two ago on Android 2.2, and I still am unable to stream for more than a few minutes.

I no longer get these errors but I still can't stream consistently. I can stream Al Jazeera English video better than NPR audio.

Cure Found! (may only apply to me). Moto Backflip, running 2.1 update 1 I was repeatedly getting both "received error: -38, 0" and "received error: 11, -1" after 10-20 minutes of streaming over wi-fi and I never stream over 3g. I fixed it a year ago but it returned after a hard reset and I forgot what I had done.

I figured it out. I did two things. I deactivated my "wi-fi sleep policy" by pushing the menu button to get to the advanced page of my wi-fi settings. I also extended the "turn off data connection when not in use" to one hour.

My guess is the NPR streaming app has difficulty switching between data connections in general. I'm pretty sure its the "wi-fi sleep policy". Other users report experiencing the errors while using 3G or 4G. Perhaps the connection is switching between 4,3 or 2g, or perhaps they have the phone set to automatically switch to open wi-fi connections?

Re: Myself

If you use 3g or 4G try deactivating the feature that switches to open wi-fi connections if available. You can use any cut to make a quick link to the setting toggle.

Hmmm - very interesting! Can anyone else verify this as a fix for streaming issues they may be having?

Also, any dev folks think of a possible solution for this issue if it can be replicated widely?

Comment #34 on issue 2 by Gimbu...@gmail.com: -38,0 and 1,-11 errors

http://code.google.com/p/npr-android-app/issues/detail?id=2 Cure Found! (may only apply to me). Moto Backflip, running 2.1 update 1 I was repeatedly getting both "received error: -38, 0" and "received error: 11, -1" after 10-20 minutes of streaming over wi-fi and I never stream over 3g. I fixed it a year ago but it returned after a hard reset and I forgot what I had done.

I figured it out. I did two things. I deactivated my "wi-fi sleep policy" by pushing the menu button to get to the advanced page of my wi-fi settings. I also extended the "turn off data connection when not in use" to one hour.

My guess is the NPR streaming app has difficulty switching between data connections in general. I'm pretty sure its the "wi-fi sleep policy". Other users report experiencing the errors while using 3G or 4G. Perhaps the connection is switching between 4,3 or 2g, or perhaps they have the phone set to automatically switch to open wi-fi connections?