Before starting on the possible problem - more information would help on the problms 1. Does the problem happen with "LIsten Again" as well as live streams ? 2. What is you system setup - OS, Server type (e.g. PC/NAS) etc. broadband- terrestrial/satellite 3. Where are you based (e.g. UK, N. America, Europe, Australia, Africa...)
The two likely sources of the problem are: 1. WIRELESS NETWORK AlienBBC transcodes the BBC RealAudio signal into a format which can be played by the SqueezeBox. By default the format used is FLAC which requires a good quality wireless signal to work. You said you had a good wireless signal - can you give the results of your Net test - you need about 2000kbps at 100% for FLAC. A test and possible cure would be to use MP3 instead of FLAC. Make sure lame is installed. Go to Server Setting/Filetype and uncheck RTSP->WAV and RTSP->FLAC and press change. This should only leave RTSP->MP3 as the only RTSP option checked. Now try to listen to BBC. 2. INTERNET CONNECTION TO BBC If your connection to the BBC is not good (and this can be due to the ISP) you cxan get choppy audio but after a while the choppy audio gets worse with long gaps of silence. If the internet connection is the problem then nothing can be done except complain to ISP. To test for this - run mplayer standalone on a live stream - if this is the problem then it usually shows up within 30 minutes. These Internet problems usually doesn't happen (i) on BBC "Listen Again" stream. (ii) when you listen to NPR through AlienBBC (if you are in the US) -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28257 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
