Owen Smith wrote: > Well I've taken the plunge to get iPlayer Extras 2.0.0, I'm using that > and iPlayer 1.5.4.4. They are both working fine with LMS 7.8.0 on my WHS > v1 Atom N270 based server. > > I have noticed that Dash 320kbps AAC streams (I don't use anything else) > start faster than 1.4.10. In particular they start in one go, with > 1.4.10 I got a brief burst of music then a quick re-buffer then the > music came back and ran continuously. Now it just starts and plays, > which is an improvement since getting to the "just plays" is faster even > if there is a slightly longer initial delay (or maybe I'm imaginging > that). > > Radio 3 FLAC doesn't work of course, I expected that it's all turned off > at the BBC end. I am told on the get_iplayer mailing list that when FLAC > comes back for the Proms it will be for all Radio 3 output 24/7, not > just the Proms.
On reason for the differeence is that 1.5.* uses HTTP 1.1 which means a single TCP connection is used for every chunk wheweras 1.4.* uses a single TCP connection per chunk. So with 1.5.* each chunk GET has a response time of about 80ms compared to 1.4.* about about 200ms - to start playing a live stream usually involved filling buffer with multiple chunks GETs. HTTP 1.1. with single TCP also has less load on OS - one TCP connection for a stream vs 1 TCP connection every 6 secs when steady. I think I left a menu at the the very bottom of iPlayer menu with a Flac test stream with robotic voice - make sure you have live pref set to DASHFlac > DASH to play it. If BBC follow how they implemented AAC, I expect BBC will allow Flac to all until it becomes "popular" (or at least well tested) then it will be limited to UK only. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107477 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
