That seems to have got it working fairly reliably, thanks.
Now I have to figure out why Rhapsody is forever buffering and
sometimes just stops playing or dropping the player from the network.
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If disabling the -Flac settings improves your playback then you have
problems in your Wifi network and the signal strength is probably too
weak or there is interference.
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Lately I've been having lots of trouble with AlienBBC and BBC iPlayer
again - constant rebuffering or no sound at all even though the
controller indicates that the program is playing. If I reset my router,
the programs start playing normally for a short while, but then the
problems start again.
If you have same problem with both AlienBBC and BBCiPlayer which have
totally different sources of audio and different apps to transcode - it
probably means you could have a problem on your SC to player. Port
forwarding will have no effect.
If you use wireless - try disabling RTSP=Flac and
I installed Lame and disabled FLAC. The choice for RSTP - MP3 is
listed as 'mplayer.sh/lame'. It didn't seem to work until I restarted
my router (Apple TimeCapsule), then it seemed to work fine; I could play
different programs and switch programs without buffering.
Then I went away from it
Don't bother with AlienBBC - stick with BBCiPlayer. Apple routers used
to have strange config issues with RealAudio and port 554 as it is a
variant of the RTSP protocol used by Apple themselves and I think their
routers used to get mixed up as it tries to manage the flow.
BBCiPlayer uses
This is the result from dragging the Mplayer app into the terminal
window:
shahmoons-imac-5:~ shahmoon$ /Applications/MPlayer\ OSX.app -v
-bandwidth 1
rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk:554/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_friday_1415.ra
-bash: /Applications/MPlayer OSX.app: is a directory
This is an OSX specific issues - you need to get to the mplayer file and
not the directory and I don't know how on OSX.
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I found the file and ran the command. It reported an MPlayer error.
This is the Mplayer log: 2009-01-16 06:01:38.045 MPlayer OSX[4864:10b]
= MPlayer OSX Started =
2009-01-16 06:01:38.288 MPlayer OSX[4864:10b] Path to MPlayer:
/Applications/MPlayer
How about this: Last login: Fri Jan 16 06:34:45 on ttys000
shahmoons-imac-5:~ shahmoon$ /Applications/MPlayer\
OSX.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer.app -v -bandwidth
1
rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk:554/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_friday_1415.ra
-bash: /Applications/MPlayer
Well done.
The error below is often associated with router with Application
level firewall/protections but it can be other network issues. What
sort of router have you got ?
Connecting to server rmv8.bbc.net.uk[212.58.252.3]: 554...
rtsp: read error.
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Apple Timecapsule. I also have an Apple Airport Express to extend the
wireless network.
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Could be a timecapsule issue
AlienBBC uses RealAudio port 554 which is correct for RTSP
PC browsers and RealPlayerplaying BBC will use port 80 (i.e RTSP over
HTTP) if port 554 is blocked. It looks like there is some issue with
Timecapsule blocking port 554. This happened when Airport Express
That seems to be it. I followed the instructions in the below thread to
configure port mapping on the Timecapsule to open port 554. I am now
able to access all the BBC content, both live streaming and listen
again. I just moved back to New York after spending four years in
London, and was
I may have posted too soon. The live radio streams are working great,
but the listen again programs keep stuttering and rebuffering every 15
seconds or so, making it very difficult to listen again.
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In AlienBBC settings - try changing Fast Start to disabled.
The symptoms are not quite what I would expect from using Fast Start
but it only affects Listen Again streams. This will result in Listen
Again taking about 10-15 secs to start.
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That worked. I just have to remember that the setting reverts to fast
start if I restart the server. Is there any way to change the default?
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It's a setting it should be remembered - the default text is just a
reminder as to the recommended/initial setting.
The other side effect of not using Fast Start is that FFW/REW will
also take 10-15 secs to start as FF/REW effectively stop and restart a
stream.
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I just restarted the server and it reverted to 'fast start'. Have I got
it set wrong? Thanks for the info on FF/REW.
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It may be an AlienBBC bug as it is a new setting.
I'll check it.
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Thanks. And thanks again for all your help.
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The sort of rebuffering is probably not due to BBC - in which case it is
CPU or Network and in your case the Network should be tested.
AlienBBC will use Flac by default between SC and player which needs
about 1500kbps throughput.
Are the all the players synced ?
Can you run the network test
I have four duet receivers that are all synchronized. The test shows
100% performance at 1500 kpbs.
I no longer get a rebuffering problem on any AlienBBC content.
Instead, it seems like the track is playing (time indicator shows time
passing), but I don't hear anything. That is the case for
That symptom usually means a problem with mplayer either not installed
properly.
What version of AlienBBC and SC are you using ?
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SC Version: 7.3.1 - 24372
Alien BBC v2.4a4-7.3
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In Settings/Plugins/AlienBBC - settings
What does the MPlayer status indicate ?
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Is says: Installed
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It is strange that AlienBBC was working and then stops.
Perhaps get a log to see what is happening.
1. Set player.source to INFO from WebUI Settings/Advanced/Loggin g and
click apply.
2. Note Time and try a BBC listen Again stream. Wait at least 1
minute
3. Open the server.log (See
I started the stream at 20:05. The log file is pretty long:
[09-01-15 20:05:34.3092] Slim::Networking::Async::DNS::resolve (186)
Starting async DNS lookup for [www.bbc.co.uk] using server(s)
[10.0.1.1]
[09-01-15 20:05:34.3219] Slim::Networking::Async::DNS::_dns_read (299)
Resolved www.bbc.co.uk
Your log indicates that either mplayer is not running or couldn't
connected to BBC.
To test mplayer try the following command in a Terminal window.
MPLAYER -V -BANDWIDTH 1
RTSP://RMV8.BBC.NET.UK:554/RADIO4FMCOYOPA/RADIO_4_FM_-_FRIDAY_1415.RA
If mplayer is not in a directory on the path
This is the error I got: -bash: mplayer: command not found
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OK - mplayer needs to have the path put in front of its name.
For example if mplayer is in /usr/local/bin then the test would be
/usr/local/bin/mplayer -v -bandwidth 1
rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk:554/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_friday_1415.ra
However you will have to find the directory
mplayer is in my Applications folder, but when I use
/applications/mplayer... it says 'no such file or directory'. I don't
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I don't think what you have used is the fullpath.
I am not an OSX owner or user but I believe if you select and drag
mplayer from your graphical file manager into the Terminal window - the
full path of mplayer will be put on the command line.
Then you will be able to add the remainder of the
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