here an example of streams:
<url>http://players.creacast.com/creacast/france_info/playlist.m3u</url>
<url>http://streaming.radionomy.com:8000/Retro-House-Belgium-</url>
<url>http://mp3.streampower.be/stubru-mid.mp3</url>
<url>http://www.miastomuzyki.pl/odbior/rmf_aacp.pls</url>
<url>mms://stream1.orf.at/fm4_live</url>
<url>mms://media.apex2000.net/KQRX</url>
<url>rtsp://media.monroe.edu/encoder/live2.ra</url>
This is what is in that playlist:
[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=11
File1=http://213.251.141.62:8002/
File2=http://91.121.125.91:8000/
File3=http://213.251.140.62:8002/
File4=http://213.251.141.62:8000/
File5=http://91.121.124.91:8000/
File6=http://87.98.223.167:8002/
File7=http://91.121.125.91:8002/
File8=http://87.98.222.167:8000/
File9=http://87.98.222.167:8002/
File10=http://213.251.140.62:8000/
File11=http://87.98.223.167:8000/
Try directly connecting to one of the sources instead of using the pls.