Hypnotix Infinite Cycling

[DLF2000]

Hypnotix does not work properly on my system. It is version 2.6. When I open it and select a channel the software cycles infinitely. Current system specs:

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fwh1977@fwh1977-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-113-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 5.2.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC 
  v: 088B110000305910000620100 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1849 v: 57.35 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde 
  v: F.26 date: 02/21/2013 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.5 Wh condition: 41.5/41.5 Wh (100%) volts: 12.3/10.8 
  model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: AMD A6-4400M APU with Radeon HD Graphics 
  bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Piledriver rev: 1 L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 10780 
  Speed: 1383 MHz min/max: 1400/2700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1386 2: 1391 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Trinity 2 [Radeon HD 7520G] vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 00:01.0 chip ID: 1002:9990 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: ati,radeon 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.0-113-generic LLVM 12.0.0) 
  v: 4.3 Mesa 21.2.6 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Trinity HDMI Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:01.1 chip ID: 1002:9902 
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1022:780d 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-113-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3100 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 8086:08b1 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 05:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8136 
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: nordlynx state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.02 TiB used: 142.93 GiB (13.7%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: GALAX model: TA1D0120A size: 111.79 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 11.2 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD100 size: 931.51 GiB 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 107.37 GiB used: 32.94 GiB (30.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1 
  ID-2: /boot size: 704.5 MiB used: 316.1 MiB (44.9%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 976.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 83.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 84 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list 
  1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com una main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
Info:
  Processes: 209 Uptime: 8m Memory: 7.25 GiB used: 1.24 GiB (17.0%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
fwh1977@fwh1977-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ 

[iliketrains]

the software cycles infinitely

Assuming that means the player window displays a swirly or whatever 2.6 uses to show delay.
Do any of these channels work ?
[USA] CNN (international)
[UK] BBC World News
[UK] BBC World Service (audio only)
[EN] Al Jazeera English

If those work the problem isn't Hypnotix, it's the playlist. Unfortunately much (most?) of the list is broken.
The default list gets auto updates so which channels fail will vary over time.
I'm using 2.0 but 2.6 uses the same playlist.

[DLF2000]

CNN & BBC load up immediately.

I have been trying to load CBC-Toronto, which fails. I do not understand this; CBC is a public broadcaster in Canada, whereas CNN is private. In other words, CBC is free over the air; no special licences required unlike BBC.

Any ideas?

[iliketrains]

I had the same problem viewing CBC.
If you're located in Canada this solution should work. If you're outside Canada the geo-block may prevent viewing.

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#EXTM3U

#PLAYLIST:Hypnotix Working M3Us

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-logo="https://i.imgur.com/RulfaHI.png" group-title="News",CBC Toronto
https://cbclivedai1-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/566940/event2/CBLT/master5.m3u8 

#EXTENDLIST-X-ENDLIST

save that in a file named extras.m3u8 or whatever name you like.
In Hypnotix click on the icon on the right that looks a mini TV. Then click on "add a new provider".

From now on when starting Hypnotix click on that little TV icon to select from provider lists.
There's more CBC available in the link directly below:
https://github.com/Free-TV/IPTV/issues/79

PS: If you you're interested in all the CBC radio stations just ask and I'll post a link.