There are options other than AlienBBC and IPlayer plugins, although I also use both for "ad-hoc" Listen Again (in truth I almost always use the iPlayer plugin rather than Alien these days as I find the schedule-based navigation more intuitive and the streams are better quality).
For live streams by far the best option for me is some form of broadcast streaming - Hauppauge Nova-T or S + DVBServer or DVBShout for DVB-T (Freeview) or DVB-S (Freesat); Psion Wavefinder + DABBar for DAB, or Griffin RadioShark2 + RadioShark plugin for FM. Any of these will relay a broadcast signal to your Squeezebox(es) with no dependancies upon your local Internet connection, ISP or momentary BBC server capacity, any of which can mess up the stream and waste capacity. For regular programmes which you know you want to listen to I really recommend "GET_IPLAYER" http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer/ which you can use to download known favourites at an uncongested time - and in the best available quality. Load the shows into your Music path and a re-scan will index them along with all of your other music, with a cron task to delete them after seven days to comply with BBC copyright. My current hierarchy is: Live radio (and morning alarms): DVBShout from DVB-T Regular shows where quality is important: GET_IPLAYER (using PVR & amode=iphone options) ad-hoc Listen Again: IPlayer plugin NPR Morning Edition / Car Talk: NPR plugin which doesn't leave much time for anything else..... Phil -- florca ------------------------------------------------------------------------ florca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7486 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60962 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
