we're using VLC and there are some problems, but I think it's due to our
implementation of it, which we plan to change soon.

Right now:
VLC is on 24/7, capturing a stream and a macro turns RDairplay to accept
the port that VLC is sending to at a given time, while another macro turns
it off.

Sometimes it works for days at a time, other times, despite restarting it
every day, it doesn't work so we have to manually restart.

Other users on the list much more expert than me can explain why this is,
but I believe it's got something to do with a memory buffer in VLC getting
too full.

Anyway, with VLC, a better option we've been told is to have a Cronjob that
starts and stops VLC from the command line, which is a better way to go
than the GUI which our first method uses.

I'm sure someone that knows a lot more about this than we do can give you
more help, but I thought I'd give it a shot.

good luck!
Rene

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:39 PM, WBHM Web Operations <[email protected]> wrote:

> We have a need to have the ability to play an MP3 stream as a backup when
> we lose satellite signal.  We're using the latest RD v2.
>
> What are other people doing to handle this?
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