Recently (within last few months) I have been experiencing a few seconds
of stalled music playback when navigating into BBC iPlayer's BBC Radio 4
Audio on demand menu. The Radio 3 menu is fine.
The stall occurs on my SheevaPlug computer when playing out on my SB
Classic player. Generally I don't have the problem playing out on my SB
Radio when direct streaming, but proxied streaming exhibits the same
behaviour.
I don't appear to have the problem when using my middle-aged iMac (PPC)
as a server. The SheevaPlug is somewhat underpowered in relation to the
iMac, but perhaps comparable to, or even better than, some NAS based
platforms.
I suspect that the combination of a relatively large Radio 4 AOD
listing and a relatively underpowered server is the immediate cause of
the problem.
I've appended a log (formats.XML info) which indicates that processing
the returned listing takes approximately 6 seconds. On the iMac the
same process takes about 2 seconds. I am wondering if 6 seconds is too
long for the server to stream without interruption.
I'd like to cure the problem. An 'easy' solution might be to simply
persuade the server to buffer more audio. Is this possible ?
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Code:
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[12-02-05 15:01:45.6145] Slim::Formats::XML::getFeedAsync (112) Async
request: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/availability/radio4.xml?fm
[12-02-05 15:01:46.3807] Slim::Formats::XML::gotViaHTTP (222) Parsing with
parser
Plugins::BBCiPlayer::BBCXMLParser?byday&bykey&reversedays&reverse&filter:service=fm
[12-02-05 15:01:52.5163] Slim::Formats::XML::gotViaHTTP (318) Caching raw
response for http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/availability/radio4.xml?fm for 300
seconds - not previously cached
[12-02-05 15:01:52.5622] Slim::Control::XMLBrowser::_cliQuery_done (286)
_cliQuery_done(): bbciplayer items
[12-02-05 15:01:52.6052] Slim::Control::XMLBrowser::_cliQuery_done (779) Get
items.
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