bpa wrote: > Streams from the BBCSounds plugin use DASH format and so I think only > the server needs to be in VPN as DASH streams are not played directly by > players. > > If you are playing the general http/MP3 or the R3only http/AAC stream > which can be played directly by the player then the player has to be in > the VPN
Here in Paris, this R3 mp3 stream plays on a Radio connected directly to MySB.com with no VPN in the path: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/format/pls/vpid/bbc_radio_three.pls Most of the R3 streams I use (that mp3, mostly a BBCSounds stream, but some old IPlayer streams too...) play via LMS with no VPN. There is - as sometimes discussed here - the occasional R3 stream which is geo-restricted, but that's very rare in my experience (other Beeb channels - espcially sport - have more geo-restrictions). However, we all find that from time to time the Beeb has a "bad finger day", where there are "abnormal" geo-restrictions even on R3 for 24 hours or so. BTW - and this has nothing to do with the SB world! - since about Christmas I have had no luck at all in using the BBC IPlayer *video* downloader - my VPN (NordVPN) just won't get through, no matter what I try. However, at one and the same time, I can live play BBC video output (even on-demand stuff) on the laptop via the VPN - just can't download said programs. But BBC radio seems no more restricted than it ever was. LMS 8.2.1 - 1628023316 Win10 Control: Web GUI; sometimes OrangeSqueeze on Android phones / pads Machines / devices are in France, in two locations. a) Livebox 4 Internal HDD (FLAC music; mp3 voice), LAN Desktop 3 x Touch - 1 wireless, 2 LAN. (8.0.1-r16855) 2 x SB Radios [wireless] (8.0.1-r16855) 2 x SqueezeAmps b) Freebox External SSD, WiFi Laptop 1 x Touch LAN (Firmware:7.8.0-r16754) 2 x SB Radios, Wireless (7.7.3-r16676) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ agbagb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7034 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113045 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
