spindoctor;585219 Wrote: > > I've looked at the iplayer settings: (home/server settings/BBC > iplayer/Prefer WMA streams) and this is unchecked, suggesting that this > is AAC. Should I change this to WMA? > > From a network point of view, these are the wireless signal strength: > Bedroom: 36% > Lounge: 28% > Boom (kitchen): 81% >
Using AAC is good because PC acts as a proxy which can help with network related problem whereas a WMA stream will go direct from station to player. AAC cannot be played natively on Classic or Boom so it is transcoded by SBS into Flac. Flac would typically need at least 700kbps which I think is unlikely with signal strength you indicated. I think this is your problem since you have no problem with MP3 which probably have lower bit rates. A 10 mins network test would help confirm your throughput - can you not disable the screen saver while you do the test. Assuming you cannot improve the wireless strength, I suggest you select WMA as preferred format in BBCiPlayer plugin. If there are still a few problem perhaps you could try enabling PC proxying of the stream using the Settings/Player/Audio/MP3 streaming option - the name is misleading as this setting also applies to WMA streams. These settings can be changed without system restart so it is easy to run a few tests one after another. -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82526 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
