mherger wrote: > > Usually with Internet Radio you upload your tracks and a playlist or > > point the output of your source to a Shoutcast server or similar but > RP > > seems different. Anyone know more? > > RP lossless is not a regular internet radio station. It has features > like skipping tracks, which you couldn't do with the Shoutcast way of > streaming. RP does indeed send out tracks in groups of files. Therefore > > you'd see a playtime of 30 minutes or other. When you reach the end of a > > group, or hit Next, RP would send another block. > > I don't know why they decided to stream in blocks rather than just > single tracks. It certainly makes things much more complicated from my > POV, as I have to update the metadata for a single file in sync with > what is supposed to be streaming. Other than with Shoutcast the metadata > > is not part of the stream. > > -- > > Michael
Thanks Michael. Its certainly an interesting way of doing things but having dabbled a bit with Internet Radio in the past I can see it would make the upload easier and I think there is some normalisation going on which may also be easier with blocks. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi2+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - SB Touch ->Sherwood AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s Everything controlled by iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108189
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