Lots of questions. I'll answer as best but not in same order. Things are changing wrt BBC so be sure to read last paras.
> > For that matter, is there a similar directory of international links > (e.g., US radio stations)? I use RadioSure to find these at present. > > I used to use the Reciva platform and that allowed you to search for > stations and add these to favourites (no need to know the URL), whereas > mysqueezebox requires you to already know the URL - this is a bit worse > than Reciva in my opinion :-) > Internet Radio menu - Search will search for stations, play them and save as Favorites. This is provided by RadioTime. If you want a better search (more submenus) then add RadioTime App and regsiter with RadioTime and I think add to RadioTime id to mysb.com > > Is there a really good, simple directory on the internet of BBC radio > streaming links? Is radiofeeds.co.uk the best? > Radiofeeds is very good and complete with local and regional. There is the Logitech BBC App from App Gallery which just does national BBC. > > Do people prefer the WMA streams or MP3? I used to be able to listen to > live football commentary on BBC Five Live using the WMA stream, which > wasn't possible on the Real streams - but this seems to have changed now > and the commentary isn't available via the WMA stream. > BBC use geo locating to restrict some service to UK only listeners. Unfortunately the initial contact with BBC using mysb.com comes from the servers in Germany so BBC thinks user is not in UK. There is a workaround if you really need it. IIRC the BBC MP3 streams are not directly playable by Radio so only WMA is currently available via mysb.com. The better news is that there is an applet being developed which will let Radio access BBC directly and so you will get UK high speed streams in AAC and WMA. AAC sounds better than WMA. In addition the Applet provides access to the iPlayer "Listen Again" radio programs. The Applet is currently in alpha development and it depends on new Radio f/w and server version, so full release is probably a couple of months away. -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74829 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
