# desc
    module = "live365"
    title = "Live365"
    homepage = "http://www.live365.com/"
    base_url = "http://www.live365.com/"
    has_search = True
    listformat = "url/http"
    mediatype = "audio/mpeg"
    has_search = False

    # content
    categories = ['Alternative', 'Blues', 'Classical', 'Country', 'Easy Listening', 'Electronic/Dance', 'Folk', 'Freeform', 'Hip-Hop/Rap', 'Inspirational', 'International', 'Jazz', 'Latin', 'Metal', 'New Age', 'Oldies', 'Pop', 'R&B/Urban', 'Reggae', 'Rock', 'Seasonal/Holiday', 'Soundtracks', 'Talk']
    current = "Alternative"
    default = "Pop"

    gi = 0
    def group_by_station(self, kv):
        if kv[0] == "stationName":
            self.gi += 1
        return self.gi


    # inject session id etc. into direct audio url
    def UNUSED_play(self, row):
        if row.get("url"):

            # params
            id = row["id"]
            name = row["name"]

            # get mini.cgi station resource
            mini_url = "http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/mini.cgi?version=3&templateid=xml&from=web&site=web" \
                 + "&caller=&tag=web&station_name=%s&_=%i111" % (name, time())
            mini_r = http.get(mini_url, content=False)
            mini_xml = parseString(mini_r.text).getElementsByTagName("LIVE365_PLAYER_WINDOW")[0]
            mini = lambda name: mini_xml.getElementsByTagName(name)[0].childNodes[0].data
            
            # authorize with play.cgi
            play_url = ""

            # mk audio url
            play =  "http://%s/play" % mini("STREAM_URL") \
                 + "?now=0&" \
                 + mini("NANOCASTER_PARAMS") \
                 + "&token=" + mini("TOKEN") \
                 + "&AuthType=NORMAL&lid=276006-deu&SaneID=178.24.130.71-1406763621701"
            
            # let's see what happens
            action.action.play(play, self.mediatype, self.listformat)