Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Qobuz.com streaming plugin

2019-09-25 Thread JohnB
I *think* that albums appear in the Favorites in date added order (most recently added at the top), at least in IPeng. Allo Digione Signature (+LiFePo Batteries), Touch, Metrum Jade, Bryston B4 SST2, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Qobuz.com streaming plugin

2019-09-23 Thread JohnB
Having said what I did in my previous post, I've just come across a boxed set of the Martinu Quartets where the information is displayed in the way that jacobacci and I would like. So it seems there is an inconsistency on Qobuz's part which makes dealing with this more difficult. Or perhaps the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Qobuz.com streaming plugin

2019-09-23 Thread JohnB
I can confirm jacobacci's point. It isn't an issue I thought of raising as I am only too happy to have Qobuz available as it is currently - but this issue is an irritant. Classical works (or "pieces" in the vernacular) such as symphonies, sonatas, concertos, etc, etc are usually comprised of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Recently played (radio streams)

2019-09-03 Thread JohnB
I tweaked the demo Library Views to do just this (show recently played music), using one of Michael's examples as a basis. Touch, Metrum Jade, Bryston B4 SST2, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2019-08-16 Thread JohnB
Thanks bpa, that's reassuring. Touch, Metrum Jade, Bryston B4 SST2, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2019-08-16 Thread JohnB
Does this change (regarding BBC and TuneIn) have any implications for our iPlayer plugin? https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/37e4e3f6-fbd2-4c14-8d72-7f7139641582 Touch, Metrum Jade, Bryston B4 SST2, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2019-01-10 Thread JohnB
pippin wrote: > Switching libraries should work. Usually, you just select the new > library in iPeng‘s list of players and servers and iPeng then asks you > whether you’d like to take the player along. > What happens if you do that? Thanks pippin. Dammit, this time switching libraries on with

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2019-01-10 Thread JohnB
I'm not sure where to post this question but I use the excellent iPeng to control my system. I have one Touch and two LMS Libraries Main system: Microserver: runs LMS and contains Music Library Other system: Windows 7: runs LMS and contains Music Library Switching libraries on iPeng doesn't

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] spotty conversion for Inguz?

2017-09-20 Thread JohnB
Bob, I'd rather wait for now because, from what very little I can understand of the InguzDSP source code (and it is very little), it looks as though Inguz might well accept raw pcm input (as long as it is 44100Hz, 2 channel, 16 bit, little endian) if the -wav parameter is changed to -raw. That

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] spotty conversion for Inguz?

2017-09-20 Thread JohnB
On further investigation it seems that the sox command that I had tried before, the first example in post #4, just needed a tailing "-" to make it work! Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] spotty conversion for Inguz?

2017-09-19 Thread JohnB
I've been doing some testing, using the custom-convert.conf command lines - as suggested by Michael, though not using Spotify. This sox section of the command line seems to work. It accepts piped in pcm and pipes out wav. | [sox] -q -t raw -b 16 -e signed -c 2 -r 44.1k -L - -t wav - | I've

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] spotty conversion for Inguz?

2017-09-19 Thread JohnB
I feel the tests I've done have very much been the blind leaving the blind. :o Just in case there is an obvious solution - these notes might be useful: >From what I can see, the spotty output is PCM. Inguz expects the input to be wav. So the task is to convert the spotty pcm output to wave.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-08-14 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: > To encourage BBC to do more Flac broadcasts - don't forget to rate it on > BBC's website and answer the few questions. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/radio-3-concert-sound2 Yes, PLEASE do that. It is alarming that there are only 1021 ratings so far. I fear that with ratings

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: > I presume the 32 bits is as reported on the Codec tab ? Yes, it shows the Codec Tab shows 48,000Hz, 32 Bits per sample. bpa wrote: > What does the messages window show when level is set to 2 I'm a relative VLC newbie so I'm not sure what you mean by setting the level to 2. It

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: > What version of VLC plays Dash/Flac ? Version 3.0.0. It isn't the current official release but is available on the VLC nightly build webpage: https://nightlies.videolan.org/index.html Select the operating system then scroll down to all the 3.0.0 nightlies. Touch, Meridian G92,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: > At the moment - none of the settings affect Flac audio quality. > If stream plays without gaps and no startup delay - then it is probably > good enough for your setup. > > > I hope so but I expect BBc will change something between now and then > but it won;'t be clear until the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-24 Thread JohnB
diddy, the link you posted is: Code: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...lease-repo.xml this is NOT the correct link. The correct link, as given by PasTim is: Code:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Problem installing the 3rd party InguzEQ plugin on OSX 10.11.5

2016-06-03 Thread JohnB
I've successfully installed it on Windows 7 and on Linux (Ubuntu) but have no knowledge of Mac systems. Sorry, perhaps someone else will be able to help. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2016-01-28 Thread JohnB
PasTim wrote: > If you are happy where you are I'd stick for a while. > > The DASH version is still test (as bpa keeps telling us!), isn't > perfect, some programs may not be in DASH yet, and the Beeb might change > things again. Personally I enjoy testing things, and I've had no > problems

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2016-01-28 Thread JohnB
Perhaps I am an oddity here but I am still using bpa's original PlayHLS plugin +ffmpeg - on the basis that if it works there is no need to fix it. (I use iPlayer Extra for Listen Again because it is the only way to get 320 kbps on Radio 3.) Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2016-01-28 Thread JohnB
PasTim wrote: > Don't change if you don't need to! Just for information the DASH test > plugin > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104672-BBCiPlayer-with-DASH-support-test-version=836657=1#post836657) > also provides 320 kbps for all streams, live and listen again. I am a bit out

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Inguz w/ 7.7.5 questions

2016-01-14 Thread JohnB
As you haven't copied your original post over to here I have replied to the original, rather than here. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-11 Thread JohnB
This business of what bit rate is available seems rather odd. On Radio 3 and Radio 4 (the only two I have looked at) the BBC iPlayer flash client indicates that the stream is 320 kbps, HDS from the limelight server. That usually (but not always) tallies with the bandwidth I measure with a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-09 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: > Extras plugin uses Flash/RTMP format and can provides 320kbps for some > programs. > > BBCiPlayer plugin Listen Again only play HLS format and has only > supplied 127kb except a for a few programs. > > You are getting the best the BBC provides. I think it important to note that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Inguz drc/eq plugin working

2015-07-17 Thread JohnB
I happen to have been looking at Inguz today, reinstalling it on Ubuntu and checking that it still works on Windows 7 (which certainly appears to do). My Windows system is: Windows 7, 64 bit LMS 7.9 I've checked the Windows installation instructions on the Inguz website and the folders in those

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Inguz drc/eq plugin working

2015-07-17 Thread JohnB
wqk, Plugins jnstalled in the usual way do end up in the folder you used. But in this case you need to follow the instructions on the Inguz website. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Inguz drc/eq plugin working

2015-07-17 Thread JohnB
I'm glad to have helped. After struggling with a reinstall of Inguz on Ubuntu, Windows this is light relief. (I did eventually get it working on Ubuntu.) Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-13 Thread JohnB
castalla wrote: I care about live text - not interested in bit rate as long as it plays! I don't give a jot about live text, it's largely irrelevant for me, though if it's there I won't object. What I do care about is the audio quality, and hence the bitrate, together with basic functionality.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide

2015-04-04 Thread JohnB
PasTim wrote: Edit: The faad on my system is an LMS patched version. If are using the standard linux version you may well have problems. If you open up the LMS installation package you installed from, using Archive Manager or similar, you should find the faad file for the x86-64 system.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-02 Thread JohnB
utgg wrote: Is this from within the UK? Can you try the following (linux/cygwin) commands: curl http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/vpid/p02msmnr/mediaset/mobile-tablet-main/proto/http curl

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-02 Thread JohnB
utgg wrote: Is this from within the UK? Can you try the following (linux/cygwin) commands: curl http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/vpid/p02msmnr/mediaset/mobile-tablet-main/proto/http curl

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-01 Thread JohnB
PasTim wrote: I wonder how I would do that. Is there a moderator these days, and if so who? I shall try to contact the 'site administrator' and see what happens. It would be excellent to make your thread sticky. Why not send a message to Michael Herger as he is one of the mods. If he

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-01 Thread JohnB
PasTim wrote: Just to follow on from utgg's comments, changes you made to faad.exe should not have been overwritten by anything except (possibly) a new release of LMS. That's an interesting thought. Does anyone know whether Michael has incorporated the modded the Windows faad.exe into the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide

2015-03-30 Thread JohnB
tonyfox said, in an earlier post, that he was using bpa's plugin so he needs to also check the Apple HLS m3u8 section of the Filetypes. On my system the default settings for the plugin are: Code: Apple HLS m3u8 FLACffmpeg MP3 ffmpeg/lame

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide

2015-03-30 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: Although tonyfox thought he was using the playHLS plugin because it was installed - he had installed the alpha version of the new BBCiPlayer plugin and the Extras plugin which uses RTMP - and from the logs posted, all showed he was not using the PlayHLS and the Apple HLS m3u8

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide

2015-03-29 Thread JohnB
tonyfox wrote: Thanks Owen. That makes sense. It's using the LAME encoder. Anyone able to help with enabling FLAC transcoding? Open the LMS Web interface Settings (bottom right) Advanced tab Filetypes (from drop down list) Look for AAC and/or Apple HLS m3u8 in the left hand column (this is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide

2015-03-29 Thread JohnB
tonyfox wrote: Sadly, it doesn't seem to be that straightforward. For AAC, FLAC is set to faad/flac, and for Apple HLS m3u8, FLAC is set to ffmeg. Those two settings seem fine (in that they are the same as my settings), so I'm not sure why your LMS is choosing to use PCM, instead of FLAC. As

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide

2015-03-25 Thread JohnB
d6jg wrote: Note to Castalla In post 1 you have edited to say there is an update to BBC iPlayer plugin available as an alternative to the fix. I can't see any update anywhere - can you point me at it ? You might also want to mention that the alpha update (currently) only plays

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-24 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: Not 4 stream 2 @ 48 and 2@ 128 2from Akamai and 2 from Limelight ? I see 4 streams: 2 @ 128kbps, one from each of Akamai and Limelight 2 @ 48 kbps, one from each of Akamai and Limelight Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-24 Thread JohnB
Davidg1 wrote: That is exactly what happens when we use Squeezelite - if Squeezelite decodes all is good, if LMS tries to decode to flac or MP3 it fails. We are still unclear though if it is socketwrapper or faad at fault. Sorry! Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-24 Thread JohnB
If the problematic on-demand programme plays fine on a Touch (which natively supports AAC) can't faad be tested by forcing LMS to transcode to FLAC by setting the filetypes? Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-24 Thread JohnB
Davidg1 wrote: Ahhh! Probably too much for me! A brief search only turned this up: http://www.rarewares.org/files/aac/faad2-20100614.zip. It's old, so I'm not too hopeful, but you never know! Tried just copying into the folder and as bpa indicated it did not work. Someone else could

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-22 Thread JohnB
I've just checked the BBC Radio iPlayer on my iPad. When viewing the station schedules, only the last seven days are shown as being available. *However*, if you use the search option, and enter the programme name, the available programmes go back 30 days. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-19 Thread JohnB
mr nick wrote: Yes, I tried this and it worked well - got the occasional re-buffer but certainly not a problem. The only problem was the lack of Listen Again If you were successful in getting the live streams to work with the PlayHLS/ffmpeg hack it should be very simple to get the RTMP Listen

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-16 Thread JohnB
majones wrote: Andrew Scott's latest blog (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/296ac283-54df-4c21-a38f-8cc1fa8731c8) says that the On Demand RTMP streams have gone (not sure whether he means hidden or switched off), so Triode's alpha plugin arrived just in the nick of time. Relief!

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-16 Thread JohnB
utgg wrote: No they haven't. They are still there, and still seem to be the only ones providing the 'HD' 320kbps streams. Their own desktop browser iPlayer still uses these RTMP streams via flash, and I suspect will continue to do so for a quite a while. Agreed. Please don't tell Andrew

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-15 Thread JohnB
bpa, Many thanks for this hack to get the LS pictures. Just one question - in my BBCXMLParser.pm file there is the following where you suggest adding the lines marked in red Code: my $icon; Your instructions said add the lines in red

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-15 Thread JohnB
Please shoot me down in flames but I suggest that people who value having R3 LA at 320kbps and who find the previous hacks are working fine might prefer to hold off installing the new update to the plugin until either it also provides 320kbps LA or until the existing hacks fail. (This is in no

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-15 Thread JohnB
It is really good news that Triode is still on the case, so to speak. Thank you Triode. And thank you bpa and expectingtofly, not forgetting bonze, for your amazing work in getting things going. Until things settle down I intend to stick with the bpa/expectingtofly/bonze's 'hacks' as the system

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-03-14 Thread JohnB
HeadBanger wrote: Looks like that assumption was wrong so I'm back on the search for a working FFMPEG for BSD. I know nothing at all about FreeNAS but I see it is based on FreeBSD. I also see that there is a port of ffmpeg 2.3.3 for FreeBSD but have no idea whether that could be compatible

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide

2015-03-14 Thread JohnB
It might well have been due to problems at the BBC's end, the BBC website has been flakey this morning. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-14 Thread JohnB
boardtc, You might also like to look at the recent Quick Fix Guide: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103312-BBCiPlayer-plugin-a-guick-fix-guide. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-03-13 Thread JohnB
The non-uk streams are 96kbps (sbr_low) and 48kbps (sbr_vlow). Bonze's non-uk menu is 96kbps, I believe. The list of live URLs and various options are given here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103208-Available-HLS-Streamsp=809191highlight=#post809191 Touch, Meridian G92,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide

2015-03-12 Thread JohnB
kidstypike wrote: If it's working for you that's fine, but just a heads up: When LMS is running you will see the files: *cache.db-shm* and *cache.db-wal*, when LMS is stopped they no longer exist. If you have the ProgramData/Squeezebox/Cache folder open with LMS running and then stop LMS,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide

2015-03-11 Thread JohnB
Good idea to create this summary. Can you amend the pros and cons to include that it is *only* with the RTMP streams that you can access the 320 kbps Radio 3 Listen Again (the HLS streams that the HLS hack accesses are all 128 kbps). I think this is *very* important for anyone who might want to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-11 Thread JohnB
PasTim wrote: I'm not on Windows so can't be sure that is the right file. Maybe someone else can help. It should be in the same directory as, for instance, library.db and the InstalledPlugins folder. The plugin version looks right. Have you made any other edits to BBCXMLParser.pm or

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-11 Thread JohnB
PasTim, I think you have a point. It would be useful to have a separate thread (perhaps even a sticky thread) in which expectingtofly summarised the RTMP and the HLS ondemand tweaks and (importantly) gave the pros and cons of the RTMP and HLS ondemand options. Having said that, if the hacks

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-11 Thread JohnB
In Windows 7 LMS, by default, automatically installs an button in the notification area of the Taskbar (i.e. the bottom right of the bar at the bottom of the screen - assuming you haven't moved the Taskbar elsewhere). The best way to stop/start LMS on Windows is to right click that button and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-10 Thread JohnB
ChipMonk wrote: Yes I'd done all that. I've now moved from my original, rather complex avconv + hlsplay.pl workaround to using your ffmpeg on my main RasPi 2 LMS system and it's all working fine - for live HLS that is. I continue to get problem: can't open file for: when I try any of the LA

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-10 Thread JohnB
A question about the HLS Listen Again streams (those that can now be accessed via the hack) - are they 128kbps or 320kbps. I ask because if the LA HLS streams are only 128 kbps it would be better to stay (for now) on the rtpm streams (certainly as far as Radio 3 is concerned). As the BBC are

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-10 Thread JohnB
PasTim wrote: Apologies if my response was a bit blunt. It wasn't intended to be critical of the messenger. I still really don't understand this. There's no real loss of quality if people make a digital copy, and it is very easy to do using standard software. It just seems that the BBC

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-09 Thread JohnB
Thank you for the RTMP hack - great news. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-09 Thread JohnB
TheLastMan wrote: Make the edits, save the file and restart LMS. Writing this post has taken me longer! :) Always, always, always make a backup copy of any file are going to edit! Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-09 Thread JohnB
nitram wrote: BBCXMLParser.pm Where is this file (on a Mac)? And is it this I modify, rather than the BBCiplayer plugin - which I cannot find, so maybe it's the same file?? Thanks in advance... If you have already copied over bonze's replacement menu.opml file you should find the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-08 Thread JohnB
d_c_h_w wrote: StephenC, this sounds a bit like a problem I had recently when I reinstalled LMS on a 64bit 14.04 Ubuntu. If my theory is correct you are running on a 64bit os too. The versions of faad and flac that come with lms are dependent on some 32 bit libraries Try installing

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-05 Thread JohnB
Very interesting proof of concept. I see you are using the apple-ipad-hls mediaset (for the mediaselector/5) which, looking at just one Radio 3 programme, seems to contain just one stream - 128kbps. I wonder whether there are any other mediasets which give access to 320 kbps - though it is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-03-01 Thread JohnB
utgg wrote: I've been playing about a bit with my own decoder (at the moment a bit of stand-alone 'C' code to replace ffmpeg as a 'transcoding helper' to extract and demux the aac stream which works for both the Listen Live and the Listen Again streams). The listen again streams have a bit

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-03-01 Thread JohnB
bps, Thankyou for the word in my ear. I was already wondering whether my post was a good idea, for the reason you mentioned. It is also my impression that Triode has a good relationship with the people at the BBC. A few years ago I was in contact with the guys dealing with on-demand because of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-27 Thread JohnB
Andrew Scott on the BBC Internet Blog: @5 majones - no, the RTMP streams will be shut down as well. *We've never published the RTMP streams, they have only ever been expected to be used by our own applications* so we have not published a timeline for that. If you are using a device which

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-27 Thread JohnB
There is a new post from the BBC on their Internet Blog. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/234a65f0-89c1-489c-b6e9-55d2de932e53 It, once again, bangs on about WMA and providing a fallback 128 kbps mp3 live stream but it never mentions the old AAC streams. One para seems signicant

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-26 Thread JohnB
Same on Windows but for live streaming it does appear that it is using HDS. The sniffer part of a program I have gives http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hds/uk/hd/llnw/bbc_radio_three.f4m; as the URL for Radio 3 Live. The on-demand Radio 3 streams seem to be still

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-26 Thread JohnB
Probably not relevant to your question but, from what I can see, HDS is used by the BBC's own player on its website. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Available HLS Streams

2015-02-25 Thread JohnB
I hope tfec doesn't mind me reposting the list of BBC HLS streams (as we know them) but I thought it would be useful to have all the relevant information in one place. The live HLS streams are available from two servers: Akamai and Limelight. The following is the list for the 320 kbps (AAC-LC)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-25 Thread JohnB
bonze wrote: Have the HLS Listen Again urls been published? I don't know very much about any of this but the on-demand URLs are more complicated than the live URLs. It is my understanding that the information for the current streams is published in an XML file which, for example, Triode's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Apple OS X HLS Setup with LMS

2015-02-24 Thread JohnB
Others will have more expertise but as a first step I would double check whether ffmpeg and menu.opml have been copied to the correct folders. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Is the Inguz plugin with LMS working?

2015-02-24 Thread JohnB
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. When I tested it (using a 2 band equalizer) the sound was definitely affected. I had 2 presets - one bass -6dB/treble +6dB and the other bass +6dB/treble -6dB and there was a noticable difference between the two. For convenience, I was using the iPeng

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Apple OS X HLS Setup with LMS

2015-02-23 Thread JohnB
To find the location of the LMS cache folder on your Mac you can look in LMS Setting/Information and look down the page. Using your experience when you set up your Windows 7 PC, you should be able to navigate to the right folder from the cache folder. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Apple OS X HLS Setup with LMS

2015-02-23 Thread JohnB
JPatten wrote: Hi BPA I had spotted the OSX install post mentioned above ok and I think I may have stumbled on Menu.opml for Apple but not sure. I thought it would be great to have everything in one place if this were possible. Thanks for all your fine work by the way. You can use the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] HLS for dummies

2015-02-22 Thread JohnB
JPatten wrote: Thanks Guys All working now on non-uk menu. Thanks for all your help and hard work. Sounds very crisp. Listening to Radio 4 at the moment. I can't see what the bitrate is. Any idea how I might check? It used to show on WMA streams. Thanks again John John, The

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] HLS for dummies

2015-02-21 Thread JohnB
I'm sure others with more expertise will reply, but in the meantime: Can you double check the location of the files you have downloaded, etc? (The mp3 option is probably greyed out on your screen-shot because you don't have Lame installed, otherwise that looks OK to me.) This is an outline of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] HLS for dummies

2015-02-21 Thread JohnB
32bit vs 64bit You can find whether your Windows 7 PC is 32 bit or 64 bit by: Click on the Start button Right click on Computer and select Properties from the options displayed Under the heading System you will see System type which will tell you whether your operating system is 32 or 64 bit.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Is the Inguz plugin with LMS working?

2015-02-21 Thread JohnB
I haven't used Inguz for ages but still have it installed (but disabled). Anyway, I have enabled it to do a test and it still seems to work, at least the Equalizer does (I tested it for 2 bands). I haven't tested the DRC. My system is: Windows 7 64 bit I.E 11.0 (though Firefox is my default

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-20 Thread JohnB
Klammer, forgive me for butting in but if I were you and was encountering these massive rescans, I would copy a few music files to a temporary folder and point LMS at that as its music library folder, until the rescan problem is solved. It would make any forced rescans very quick. (Apologies if

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-19 Thread JohnB
Jim Simmons's team almost certainly knows exactly what is going on and exactly what is required. My view is that JS's concentration on WMA is, at least in part, a distraction technique - exactly the same as we get from politicians. At no point in the BBC Internet Blog has it been stated that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-19 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: I'm not sure they will. HLS is good for Live stream - BBC comments indicate they want better rights management and HLS is really no better than present Flash based system. Well, Jim Simmons (on the BBC Internet Blog) has said: Well, we've set up HLS streams for on-demands so

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-19 Thread JohnB
Silly question: when ffmpeg is used with: [ffmpeg] -loglevel quiet -i $FILE$ -acodec copy -f adts - does ffmpeg just pass the AAC out (which is good) or does it decode the AAC in the HLS wrapper then re-encode it to AAC (not so good)? Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-19 Thread JohnB
I *think* I found the answer to my question: Does the copy tell ffmpeg to pass the AAC through without decoding/re-encoding? Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-19 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: Yes it simply strips the HLS protcool from the audio payload. Remember that HLS can also transfer AC-3 or MP3 so only use this on a known AAC stream. Thanks for confirming this. :) Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-19 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: Outside the UK - on demand WMA has been gone for at least the last 2 weeks possibly longer as BBCiPlayer makes it transparent. This is the post from Jim Simmons (Senior Product Manager) that I referred to:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: I'd like to encourage users getting new version of ffmpeg rather than trying to bandage up something that will never be good. I reckon within a short while there'll be good builds for all the main platforms. I was intending to raise this matter - particular with reference to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread JohnB
markiii wrote: do I need to create a new menu.opml or is it availabe to download? The replacement menu.opml files are available in this post: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?53229-Announce-BBCiPlayer-Plugin-%28UK-only%29p=807276viewfull=1#post807276 Save a backup copy of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread JohnB
mjf2708 wrote: Does anyone know where ffmpeg should be located for LMS under OS X? In my Windows 7 it works if it is in the same folder as sox.exe, faad.exe, flac.exe (which makes sense), i.e.: C:\Program Files (x86)\Squeezebox\server\Bin\MSWin32-86x-multi-thread I know that doesn't apply to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread JohnB
richardsk wrote: On debian stable I've been trying the libav-tools backport - avconv version 10.1-6:10.1-1~bpo70+1. It works and can play the hls stream but it does not stop and gets left running. I'll try a modified version of the playhls.sh script unless anyone's got a better

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread JohnB
Just an update with my experience so far, in particular with ffmpeg. System: HP Microserver running Ubuntu Server 12.04, LMS 7.9.0 Originally installed: ffmpeg (using apt-get) - version 8.1x bpa's plugin bonze's menu.oplm As many have said, there was the problem of multiple copies of ffmpeg

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-14 Thread JohnB
Many thanks for the replacement menu.oplm files. Just one thought: My understanding is that, at least on Windows, if you use the Control Panel to clear the cache (using the Advanced/Clean cache folder, including media library database, artwork cache, etc. option) it will delete the contents of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-14 Thread JohnB
badsoden wrote: Can someone tell me if editing the menu.opml of iPlayer mentioned earlier in this thread with the new URLs will work? I tried it with one URL that I know works with bpa's workaround (Radio 3) and it didn't seem to work. Perhaps I was doing something wrong or perhaps the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-14 Thread JohnB
JohnB wrote: I tried it with one URL that I know works with bpa's workaround (Radio 3) and it didn't seem to work. Perhaps I was doing something wrong or perhaps the instructions that bonze gave were faulty (or perhaps he was mistaken). Hopefully he will reply to this. Sorry, I've re

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-14 Thread JohnB
bonze wrote: I've tried all the URLs that were supplied earlier for UK and sbr_high and they seem to work, except for the World Service which I'm still trying to figure out. :) After a false start, did get Radio 6 to work by your method. It was on a Ubuntu system where I had previously

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-13 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: I didn't expect BBC to change form 44.1Hz or 32kHz of the old AAC and MP3 stream to 48Khz. The BBC changed their AAC-LC streams to 48Hz a couple of weeks back, as far as I remember. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-11 Thread JohnB
W92Neriah wrote: Another multi Squeezebox user seriously upset by another BBC blunder :( @Triode: Hoping you can save 'us' from more tech pain. If you want to put a 'PayPal donation' link on your profile page I'd happily donate towards your costs for updating the BBC iPlayer plugin for LMS

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