PasTim wrote: > The people I feel sorry for are those who just listen to Internet Radio > without much knowledge of what's going on, will have lost Listen Again > on March 9th, and will lose the replacement mp3 streams sometime sooner > rather than later, particularly blind users. > > Folk able to get to this forum (or minimstreamer for live radio) and > tinker a bit will probably be OK, although some of us may have run out > of steam, and swear words, before this current process ends with the > withdrawal of the RTMP streams and introduction of DASH, maybe, > sometime, who knows? > > Meanwhile the BBC will ignore us because have made up their minds. I > can't see any way of affecting this. I have sent emails to Hall, Scott > & Co, all of which have been ignored. I'm pursuing a complaint but > don't honestly expect any positive result. > > Back to my music.....
Speaking more broadly than just the BBC issue, It has always seemed to me that folks that use dedicated network music streamers in their home (squeezeboxes, SONOS, etc.) are in the tiny minority when it comes to users of internet streaming. We all think that is unfortunate of course, as they don't realize what they are missing, but the sheer numbers of people who are perfectly happy with an iThing, a smart phone, or listening through a web browser (through cheap computer speakers) seems to be overwhelming. Occasionally a radio station will change their streaming method, having zero clue how they have disenfranchised me. I had contacts with one station and they simply couldn't understand why I was troubled, because after all, "we have a free app you can download to your iphone, ipad, or android device, and we have a player embedded in our website for your computer....what more could you want." I find with those folks, and even most of my friends and family, the concept that one needs more than those options is just bizarre and I might as well be speaking a foreign language to them when I try to explain. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng8 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103311 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
