function liveplayer (elt, iframe) {
  var last_timestamp,
      DELAY_TIME_SECS = 5,
  	  originalsrc= iframe ? iframe.src : '';

  async function poll () {
      console.log("poll");
      var rows = await (await fetch("/cgi-bin/radioimplicancies.cgi")).json();
      // console.log("rows", rows);
      if (rows) {
        // get the last (most recent) item
        var d = rows[rows.length-1];
        if (d.time && d.time != last_timestamp) {
          last_timestamp = d.time;
          console.log("liveplayer: current metadata", d);
          window.setTimeout(function () {
            var old_nowplaying = elt.querySelector(".now_playing");
            if (old_nowplaying) {
              old_nowplaying.classList.remove("now_playing");
            }
            var nowplaying = elt.querySelector("#"+d.title);
            if (nowplaying) {
              console.log("liveplayer: nowplaying", nowplaying);
              nowplaying.classList.add("now_playing");
            } else {
              console.log("liveplayer: warning no div matching title " + d.title);
            }
            
            console.log("****", iframe, d.artist);
            
            if (iframe&&d.artist){
              if (d.artist.endsWith(".jpg") || d.artist.endsWith(".png")) {
                  console.log("IMAGE", d.artist);
              		// iframe.style.backgroundImage = "url("+d.artist+")";
              		// iframe.src = "blank.html";
                	iframe.src = d.artist;
              } else {
                console.log("OTHER URL");
                 iframe.src = d.artist;
              }
            } else if (iframe) {
                iframe.src = originalsrc;
              }
            
             
          }, DELAY_TIME_SECS*1000);
        }
        window.setTimeout(poll, 10000);
      } else {
        window.setTimeout(poll, 20000);
      }
  }

  window.setTimeout(poll, 0);
}