PasTim wrote: > 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: -------------------- > > > sudo ln -s avconv ffmpeg > -------------------- > > > 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: -------------------- > > > 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 > -------------------- > >
I'll try that approach on a squeezeplayOS for the Joggler tomorrow and report back Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio Logitech UE Smart Radio Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LMS + Squeezelite - Logitech Mini Boombox speaker (mothballed) Cubieboard + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker O2 Joggler + SqpOS + Aune X2 T-amp + Mordaunt Short ms-3.40 speakers IBOX + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker Squeeze2upnp - Sonos Play1 & Vistron internet radio (Reciva) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
