Many thanks. I removed an unworking version and installed v1.5.2 (and updated iPlayer Extras). Both now work very well (after attending to iPlayer Extras' setting re disabling DASH streams). Just one problem (one that originally surfaced when the BBC abandoned WMA) is the pitch change. Live and archived iPlayer streams have the pitch dropped significantly. I disabled transcoding to PCM, but this only silenced the stream. Any ideas? I stream to Squeezebox Receivers and software SqueezePlayer on Android. Both suffer from the pitch change.
By the way, DASH (I believe they are DASH) streams accessed at http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/ (e.g. http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4fm_mf_p) do not suffer this pitch change in the transcode. bpa wrote: > This is a new thread for beta testing of BBCiPlayer 1.5.2 and later. > > BBCiPlayer 1.4.x implemented DASH and has been available for nearly 12 > months. > Some users of 1.4.x have *"Rebuffering"* problems especially with live > stream and particularly on Windows platforms when transcoding for SB3, > Classic, Boom and Transporter. > > For users of 1.4.x to install change the repository in Settings/Plugins > tab to > *http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/betarelease-repo.xml* > > 1.5.x fixed two sources of the rebuffering problem and has been tested > by a small number of users. > > 1.5.2 has a few small changes from 1.5.1. There is still a known > rebuffering issue with live streams Windows system. > > The BBCiPlayer 1.5.2 has two settings which mainly of interest to > Windows users. > * "Seconds to delay start live stream" - This setting is for Windows > systems - all other systems can leave at no delay or up to 15 secs. > * "Buffer fullness threshold" - leave at 255. Too low a value can stop > playback. On Windows with rebuffering may be useful to test reduction to > 100 when playing 320kbps. > > For windows system adjusting the "Seconds to delay start live stream" > setting can avoid rebuffering. The delay setting will be read each time > a stream is started so no need to restart LMS between changes. > > For low power system and/or playing low data rate streams 48k/96k (e.g. > non UK users) set to at least "1 mins" for 96k and "2 min" for 48k. > > For most Windows system of a few years old - use a delay of at least 15 > secs. If rebuffering still occurs - increase and report to thread. > > The max value of 3 min in 1.5.1 does not work for higher end Windows > system (e.g. typically i5/i7 4 core). > V1.5.2 has a max delay of 6 min. If users of these system experience > rebuffering/long start up on live streams try longer delays 4 min,5 min > and 6 min and report if it helps. > > BBCiPlayer 1.5.2 Release notes > - Increase "Live delay" range hopefully to fix Quad Core Windows > problem > - Fix cosmetic bugs which produced very large "!XXXXX seconds delay" > after program names > - DASH is the initial default playback format for Live and Listen Again > for new installation. > - Reduced "prefetch" buffer which will reduce number of "select kill > task " messages in log. > - No change has been made to HLS so rebuffering may still occur when > playing HLS. > - Added alternative menu for live streams using Limelight CDN. > - Added alternative menu for live streams MP3 only but with metadata > (make sure MP3 is a format in Live preferences). > - Add "Buffer Threshold" as a setting. Affects DASH, HLS and Flash > formats. > > BBCiPlayerExtra 1.9.5 Release Notes > - FlashAAC should be a format in On Demand preferences as sometimes > program is only available in Flash. > - Fix to problem which could result in no programn playing or > "competition is closed" message. > - Fix to alllow playback of Flash format if available previously didn't > work in all circumstances. > - Fix to menu to allow access to "Listen Again" arhives where there are > many programs usually beyond 30 days. > - Addition of World Service menus allows access to very very many > "Listen Again" programs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gnq's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64224 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106409 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
