Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-20 Thread bpa
jemhayward wrote: > Do I have the facility to choose DASH over HLS via the iPlayer plugin? > How do I know which one I'm using? the LMS web interface says AAC, but > that is just the codec - can't recall it saying HLS or DASH, but I'm at > work, so can't (easily) look at it! DASH and HLS are

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-20 Thread jemhayward
Do I have the facility to choose DASH over HLS via the iPlayer plugin? How do I know which one I'm using? the LMS web interface says AAC, but that is just the codec - can't recall it saying HLS or DASH, but I'm at work, so can't (easily) look at it!

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-20 Thread bpa
jemhayward wrote: > USo, I think there is very little bandwidth at the BBC end for their MP3 > streams, but the HLS streams are better supported, though not quite > enough to cope with peak demand. Shoucast is limited cos BBC don't want many users. You should be using DASH not HLS for better

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-20 Thread jemhayward
Update: Using the iPlayer plugin on my RPi system is definitely better, despite using a higher bitrate. It has just stopped one this morning, but otherwise it's relatively glitch-free, though not quite as stable as Tidal etc. So, I think there is very little bandwidth at the BBC end for their

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread bpa
jemhayward wrote: > I've installed iplayer and now I'm getting a 339k AAC stream. I'll > probably not find out how well it works until Monday morning... Since you use Windows - I hope you're using 1.5.2 and not 1.4.* If you're playing R4 - the archers omnibus on Sunday used to be a busy time

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread jemhayward
I've installed iplayer and now I'm getting a 339k AAC stream. I'll probably not find out how well it works until Monday morning... jemhayward's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=55065 View this

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread bpa
jemhayward wrote: > I'd assumed the stream from the mysqueezebox.com app, and the tunein > urls were different, but thinking about it, they are possibly not. I'll > install the iplayer plugin (I'm not sure if I've tried that before, but > it's worth a go...) BBC only offer MP3 shoutcast stream

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread jemhayward
I'd assumed the stream from the mysqueezebox.com app, and the tunein urls were different, but thinking about it, they are possibly not. I'll install the iplayer plugin (I'm not sure if I've tried that before, but it's worth a go...)

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread bpa
jemhayward wrote: > I tried the MP3 stream this morning, and it was just the same.! Just the same as what - AFAICT you are only playing the same MP3 stream through different menus. bpa's Profile:

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread jemhayward
ISP is A and they have done some optimisation at their end to help streaming, but to no avail, we can stream films etc without a glitch, Tidal is perfect, but BBC R4 is awful. jemhayward's Profile:

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread castalla
jemhayward wrote: > I tried the MP3 stream this morning, and it was just the same. Players > are both wireless and wired, and that makes no difference either. > > Does anyone have a setup that gives reliable radio4 that I could copy? > I think that if everyone had this issue, we'd have a

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread jemhayward
I tried the MP3 stream this morning, and it was just the same. Players are both wireless and wired, and that makes no difference either. Does anyone have a setup that gives reliable radio4 that I could copy? I think that if everyone had this issue, we'd have a lot of people shouting about

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread bpa
jemhayward wrote: > LMS version 7.9 running on PiCorePlayer on RPi 3, but I also have LMS > 7.9 on Windows 7 PC and the problem is the same. > I've tried tune-in radio URL, and via the BBC app from mysqueezebox.com > not sure how I'm transcoding. > I'm in the UK. The LMS I'm running at present

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread jemhayward
LMS version 7.9 running on PiCorePlayer on RPi 3, but I also have LMS 7.9 on Windows 7 PC and the problem is the same. I've tried tune-in radio URL, and via the BBC app from mysqueezebox.com not sure how I'm transcoding. I'm in the UK. The LMS I'm running at present hasn't got any plugins

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread bpa
jemhayward wrote: > I stream radio four in the morning, and at dinner time. I have a decent > internet connection, but I get constant rebuffering. This is the case > when running LMS on a high spec PC and on my current PiCoreplayer setup > on a RPi. I stream Tidal all evening without a

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread castalla
jemhayward wrote: > I stream radio four in the morning, and at dinner time. I have a decent > internet connection, but I get constant rebuffering. This is the case > when running LMS on a high spec PC and on my current PiCoreplayer setup > on a RPi. I stream Tidal all evening without a

[slim] BBC Radio 4 streaming

2016-12-17 Thread jemhayward
I stream radio four in the morning, and at dinner time. I have a decent internet connection, but I get constant rebuffering. This is the case when running LMS on a high spec PC and on my current PiCoreplayer setup on a RPi. I stream Tidal all evening without a glitch. Is it just a case that