TheLastMan wrote: > Thanks for that. The problem did only start with Fibre so that could be > the issue. The modem is a separate box and the settings are only > visible if you disconnect it from the router and connect a cable to it > with a laptop. The router (rather than modem) holds the DNS server > settings, I will check that first. UPDATE: After constant buffering issues I have given up trying to use the plugin for live BBC broadcasts and reverted to the Tunein MP3 streams, which have not buffered at all yet. My live listening tends only to be speech stations or background music, so sound quality is not critical, and I have not come up against any "copyright" issues yet.
"Play it again" content, which is my main use of the plugin, is very inconsistent. For testing I eliminated any WiFi problems by plugging a player straight into the modem / router setup with CAT5 cable. Sometimes it worked without buffering for whole programs (30-60 mins), other times it will re-buffer about every 30 seconds. I can only assume it is a BBC issue, or my NAS. I have a spare Raspberry Pi and might try running LMS on that and see if that helps. HLS suffers less than DASH, and I can stream over WiFi using HLS with only a couple of rebuffers every 30 minutes or so. Just to reiterate, I have 30 mb/s fibre internet and this problem only affects the iPlayer Radio plugin. I have no problems with either Spotify (at 320 kb/s) or other non-BBC radio stations via LMS and streaming video on other devices (Sky NowTV films and BBC iPlayer TV) is also no problem. As a result of all my investigations round this problem I am hoping to have solved another issue. VPN connections would drop randomly two or three times a day (my wife and I both work from home a lot), which we did not have with our previous standard ADSL broadband (at 7 mb/s). Looking at the logs in my router and NAS it became apparent that our external IP address was changing at least two or three times a day - the line is dropping and renegotiating regularly with a change in IP address. This would definitely be a cause of these VPN failures. There are no obvious phone line issues and EE cannot see any faults or noise on the line and have no explanation for the line drops. I get the maximum speeds I have contracted for and there is plenty of S/N headroom, so I suspect an intermittent hardware or power supply fault somewhere in the Openreach or EE equipment. A fixed IP address might help here, but EE do not offer this to domestic users. I had a special low price offer from EE which has now come to an end so I am migrating over to PlusNet who offer a fixed IP address for a one-off £5 fee. This goes live on the 30th September so I will report back if it helps with either my iPlayer or VPN problems. Matt SQUEEZEBOXES:[/B] TWO SB DUETS (LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN) AND A *'PICOREPLAYER' (HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/SITE/PICOREPLAYER/HOME) [b]Server:* Synology DS214 (2TB) NAS running LMS 7.9 *Network:* TP-Link Archer VR200 router, Draytek Vigor 130 VDSL modem, TP-Link access point *Livingroom:* Receiver, Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/110/Headline amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver, Topping TP20 Mk2 Class T amp, B&W 686 speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104672
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