Have we reached a point where a new thread would help? We have:
1) bpa's plugin which creates 3 custom files
2) a menu.opml replacement for bbc iplayer live
3) many people providing ffmpeg solutions for various platforms, and an
extra bpa plugin for those with ffmpeg issues where it doesn't stop and
restart cleanly
(1) and (2) could be made easy. (3) will be difficult for some, but
there is no obvious simple solution, and certainly not a
one-size-fits-all, and probably never will be.
I my case, on ubuntu 14.04, i decided to go with standard releases, so I
removed all trace of ffmpeg (sudo apt-get purge ffmpeg), made sure I had
no ubuntu ppas for ffmpeg, and installed libav-tools. Rather than
modify bpa's files, I did the following in /usr/bin
Code:
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sudo ln -s avconv ffmpeg
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That says ffmpeg is another name for avconv, which is the ffmpeg version
used by several linux distros. It all works in the same way.
To look at details of a stream, avprobe works in a similar way to
ffprobe, eg:
Code:
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avprobe
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_three.m3u8
avprobe version 9.16-6:9.16-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the
Libav developers
built on Aug 10 2014 18:16:02 with gcc 4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
[mpegts @ 0x1eb36c0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
[hls,applehttp @ 0x1ea7dc0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be
inaccurate
Input #0, hls,applehttp, from
'http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_three.m3u8':
Duration: 00:00:00.01, start: 29188.999467, bitrate: 321 kb/s
Program 0
Metadata:
variant_bitrate : 339200
Stream #0:0: Audio: aac ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 321
kb/s
Metadata:
variant_bitrate : 339200
# avprobe output
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LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit,
44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelite) to
Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC and Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Squeezelite
to PC sound. Minimserver (server) and upplay (control point) to same
amps & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Meridian USB Explorer DAC from PCs
to speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 14.04 laptop controls
LMS/upplay via Firefox. Have a Touch with EDO, and a spare, but don't
use.
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