JohnB wrote: > Jim Simmons's team almost certainly knows exactly what is going on and > exactly what is required. > > My view is that JS's concentration on WMA is, at least in part, a > distraction technique - exactly the same as we get from politicians. > > At no point in the BBC Internet Blog has it been stated that the current > on-demand AAC streams will stop (although they almost certainly will) - > they have just said that they are providing HLS/HDS streams. It is no > wonder that manufacturers were caught on the hop with this type of > (almost Orwellian) obfuscation.
You give him too much credit. This smacks more of incompetence than obfuscation to me. There was post last night that cut & paste a comment from Naim on their own forum. They said categorically that the test streams were plain old AAC. HLS came as a complete surprise at launch. *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* - iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - > Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 -> Sony TA FE 320 -> Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 -> Sony TA FE320 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch -> Topping TP21 -> AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) -> Topping TP20 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
