castalla wrote:
Does this mean that when DASH is sprung upon users that all this pain
will be repeated all over again? [/Wailing and gnashing of teeth .]
Probably.
The BBC doesn't seem to care about ordinary listeners anymore especially
wrt change management. They broke iPlayer on a
bpa wrote:
There is more to the this than just altering a conf file as LMS will get
the Mime from the http URL and IIRC it is ambiguous and if set up
wrongly may break playing other non HLS http streams.
Yes, that was the bit I was missing when wondering how to do this. I
could not see how we
bpa wrote:
Since BBC will be changing to DASH soon there is little point in putting
much effort into this.
Does this mean that when DASH is sprung upon users that all this pain
will be repeated all over again? [/Wailing and gnashing of teeth .]
Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini
Thanks again pippin. Here is the information you requested.
1 - previously it was loading the menu initially in something like 3
seconds. I never actually timed it back then simply because I was very
happy with that performance. Now it's taking 10-20 seconds and it's
frustrating when all you
I was never able to get it working on MAC. I ended up trying multiple
ways and doing plenty of research and troubleshooting, but could never
get any audio in the end. I ended up switching to using a 3rd party
Airplay Server like Reflect or Air Server and then funneling that stream
into NiceCast
gasteropod wrote:
This seems to be an HDS stream rather than the earlier quoted HLS
streams which VLC can play. It looks like VLC cannot handle HDS
natively.
I think ffmpeg can handle both HLS and HDS (maybe with a patch), so
someone more familiar with LMS may be able to create entries in
gasteropod wrote:
I used a trick - adding by getting the user to add a prefix protocol
designation to the HLS URL - (e.g. http://.. become xplay://http://...)
- that way it bypasses all LMS http processing - quick and dirty but
means no changes. The best solution would be to change LMS to
bpa wrote:
Probably.
The BBC doesn't seem to care about ordinary listeners anymore especially
wrt change management. They broke iPlayer on a lot of Smart TVs by
ending feeds last Sept with the promise that Nitro API would be
available to all developers in a few months - 6 months later
bpa wrote:
I used a trick - by getting the user to add a prefix protocol
designation to the HLS URL - (e.g. http://.. become xplay://http://...)
- that way it bypasses all LMS http processing - quick and dirty but
means no changes to LMS. The best solution would be to change LMS to
supprt
Cheers Sid. xxx
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I've just noticed that the alarm sounds available are mostly in German.
Sound effects, natural sounds etc are affected. I have set language to
English. Is there a way to change this?
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Another multi Squeezebox user seriously upset by another BBC blunder :(
@Triode: Hoping you can save 'us' from more tech pain. If you want to
put a 'PayPal donation' link on your profile page I'd happily donate
towards your costs for updating the BBC iPlayer plugin for LMS - It is
awesome and I
I'm a longtime user of Spotify and this great plugin and it has worked
flawless on my different devices.
I can use the players interface to navigate Spotify and mostly I use it
through Orangesqueeze on my phone.
But I can't find a webinterface (servername:9000) to navigate it. Can
anyone give
It takes quite a bit to drag me back onto the forums these days, but
this has certainly done it. - for those who haven't seen it, Jim Simmons
has recently posted on the BBC blog:
Jim Simmons wrote:
Squeezebox users. Hello! One of my colleagues is talking to Triode
amongst others about what we
So, the live stream locations that have been published here so far seem
to work OK and provide 128kb/s AAC at 48kHz sample rate,
but of course
I'm looking for the 320kb/s stream for Radio 3.
http
://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hds/uk/hd/llnw/bbc_radio_three.f4m
HectorHughMunro wrote:
These aren't high quality but if you put these in your favourites, they
should work and get you through the day until the BBC sees sense. I
don't know if these will work for non UK residents.
Radio 4
gallafent wrote:
So, the live stream locations that have been published here so far seem
to work OK (in for example VLC), and provide 128kb/s AAC at 48kHz sample
rate, and so look good for getting to a LMS / Squeezebox solution quite
quickly, but of course I'm looking for the 320kb/s stream
It looks like the latest ffmpeg 2.5.3 can only encode HDS but not
decode. It can decode HLS though so in theory ffmpeg can be used to
decode the HLS streams and convert to flac for playback:
$ ffmpeg -formats 2/dev/null | grep -e hds -e hls
E hdsHDS Muxer
E hls
Hello,
I didn't find an how-to for the installation of the *plugin *and the
*helper *on synology NAS (X64). There is a link to a package / how-to ?
Thanks for help.
Regards,
RikkP
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arressen wrote:
- is it possible that we could have settings control over how aggressive
the startup process is? The decision on whether we want to hit the
server hard or not is then our choice to trade off one versus the
other.
- alternatively, would it be possible to cache the player
fgj wrote:
I'm a longtime user of Spotify and this great plugin and it has worked
flawless on my different devices.
I can use the players interface to navigate Spotify and mostly I use it
through Orangesqueeze on my phone.
But I can't find a webinterface (servername:9000) to navigate it.
kidstypike wrote:
Just a thought - if you're using Triode's 3rd party Spotify plugin, look
under Radio, not My Apps
In the settings for Triodes Spotify plugin, there is a setting Show in
My Apps and this setting is chosen.
I am not using the official Spotify plugin only the Triode plugin.
W92Neriah wrote:
Another multi Squeezebox user seriously upset by another BBC blunder :(
@Triode: Hoping you can save 'us' from more tech pain. If you want to
put a 'PayPal donation' link on your profile page I'd happily donate
towards your costs for updating the BBC iPlayer plugin for LMS
fgj wrote:
Yes, I mean the web interface at localhost:9000.
But there is nothing under My Apps except a link to AppGallery which
brings me to mysqueezebox.com
In the LMS webui have you entered your mysqueezebox.com credentials at
Settings mysqueezebox.com tab?
kidstypike
1 x SB3 - 1 x
I can only add my agreement. 6 squeezeboxes and mostly I listen to BBC
radio on them. I'm still lamenting the loss of bpa's BBC iPlayer Extra
plugin, but now to have iPlayer go too is getting a bit final.
I'm tempted to stop paying my licence fee. The organisation has even
ruined the Archer's for
fgj wrote:
Yes, I mean the web interface at localhost:9000.
But there is nothing under My Apps except a link to AppGallery which
brings me to mysqueezebox.com
Just a thought - if you're using Triode's 3rd party Spotify plugin, look
under Radio, not My Apps
kidstypike
1 x SB3 - 1 x Boom -
Diana wrote:
I assume you mean the web interface at localhost:9000 (or server IP
address:9000)?
You find it there under My Apps
HTH
Yes, I mean the web interface at localhost:9000.
But there is nothing under My Apps except a link to AppGallery which
brings me to mysqueezebox.com
Another very disgruntled listener here.
The only blessing is that there is still such a strong community here
and some sort of solution might be found. I only wish my technical
skill were up to helping with that.
LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16-24 bit,
44.1-192kbps. LMS
Does anyone have the links for Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra?
I've been trying to guess them without success. Any help before the
Cricket World Cup starts would be appreciated!
cheers
Chippy
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kidstypike wrote:
Assuming you're running LMS, Search Tunein Radio for 5 live.
Awesome - I'd missed that as it wasn't in the radio menu. Many thanks!
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Finger trouble ! :)
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JohnB wrote:
I agree with both points.
This is devastating news, such arrogance on the part of the BBC.
This was always going to be the case with online streaming media and
smart TVs etc. The formats simply are not going to stay the same for the
15+ years we are used to with broadcast
Klammer wrote:
Hi,
I have the Radio Feeds app installed but my SB3s and Booms won't play
the mp3 feeds, can you help please?
Thanks
Mp3 feeds though Radio Feeds are working fine for me on my Classic. Try
Tunein Radio instead.
How do I get Tunein Radio?
I only have a TuneIn URL on the browser UI although the TuneIn pluging
says it's installed?
www.at-tunes.co.uk
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Patrick Dixon wrote:
How do I get Tunein Radio?
I only have a TuneIn URL on the browser UI although the TuneIn pluging
says it's installed?
Dunno, it's ages since I delved into Radio apps and plugins, however, as
far as I'm aware, the menu choices under the Radio section are the same
as
I have Logitech Squeezebox 'Duet' 'Radio' players connecting to
Squeezebox Server v7.5.5 on Windows (yes that is an old version, but if
it aint broke...): If we are lucky enough for Triode the BBC etc. to
sort out the iPlayer plug-in to give us back the AAC streams will I be
able to update my
Crikey. They're all coming out of the woodwork now! Thanks for the SB+
Patrick. Mine's still going strong (but not the BBC Radio bit,
obviously).
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arressen wrote:
1 - previously it was loading the menu initially in something like 3
seconds. I never actually timed it back then simply because I was very
happy with that performance. Now it's taking 10-20 seconds and it's
frustrating when all you want to do is turn off the player.
So
Hi kidstypike
Did you restart your server, I had to do this before it appeared
Jeff
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kidstypike wrote:
Assuming you're running LMS, Search Tunein Radio for 5 live.
Hi,
I have the Radio Feeds app installed but my SB3s and Booms won't play
the mp3 feeds, can you help please?
Thanks
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Jeff07971 wrote:
Hi kidstypike
Did you restart your server, I had to do this before it appeared
Jeff
I don't have a problem :confused:
kidstypike
1 x SB3 - 1 x Boom - 1 x (Squeezebox) Radio - 2 x Touch - 2 x
piCorePlayer
W92Neriah wrote:
I have Logitech Squeezebox 'Duet' 'Radio' players connecting to
Squeezebox Server v7.5.5 on Windows (yes that is an old version, but if
it aint broke...): If we are lucky enough for Triode the BBC etc. to
sort out the iPlayer plug-in to give us back the AAC streams will I
Owen Smith wrote:
This was always going to be the case with online streaming media and
smart TVs etc. The formats simply are not going to stay the same for the
15+ years we are used to with broadcast technology. Computer stuff
becomes obsolete and unsupported a lot faster than we're used to,
Man in a van wrote:
have you restarted the LMS?
I actually kind of solved the problem by fiddling with this setting.
I haven't touch this settings, at least I can't remember changing it,
but I tried unchecking it, restarted the server and there it was: the
Spotify under the Radio-menu!
Then I
The BBC complaints page:
https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/?reset=#anchor
Choose Radio for your complaint as the Online option bungs you off to
Technical Faults !
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Logitech Radio
Logitech UE Smart Radio
Raspberry Pi +
fgj wrote:
In the settings for Triodes Spotify plugin, there is a setting Show in
My Apps and this setting is chosen.
I am not using the official Spotify plugin only the Triode plugin.
Spotify is neither under the Radio section in the menu.
Well, it is not a big thing for me, I can do
Chippy wrote:
Does anyone have the links for Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra?
I've been trying to guess them without success. Any help before the
Cricket World Cup starts would be appreciated!
cheers
Chippy
Assuming you're running LMS, Search Tunein Radio for 5 live.
Chippy wrote:
Awesome - I'd missed that as it wasn't in the radio menu. Many thanks!
If there are rights associated with the cricket then you won't hear it -
the mp3 streams are only international.
Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers
Logitech Radio
Logitech UE
fphredd wrote:
Seems I may be one of the unlucky ones on Windows Phone - Nolia Lumia
Icon (929)
Does not show local servers or launch keyboard. this is Windows Phone
8.0 - Will update if 8.1 resolves. Otherwise, feel free to use me to
test anything you might try to make it work from your
Klammer wrote:
Hi,
I have the Radio Feeds app installed but my SB3s and Booms won't play
the mp3 feeds, can you help please?
Thanks
Which mp3 streams are these?
Please can you name the stations where you're experiencing these
problems.
Thanks.
*RadioFeeds UK Ireland..* an up-to-date
Seems I may be one of the unlucky ones on Windows Phone - Nolia Lumia
Icon (929)
Does not show local servers or launch keyboard. this is Windows Phone
8.0 - Will update if 8.1 resolves. Otherwise, feel free to use me to
test anything you might try to make it work from your end (I have no
idea
Using the Radiofeeds app I can listen to BBC Radio Leeds on a WMP stream
but all other links to stream national radio as mp3 shows Error:No
items found in playlist. Of course, any attempt to stream WMP apart
from local radio lets me listen to the Will Self impersonator telling me
that The BBC no
Another complaint submitted.
In yesterday's confusion I did find out that my Revo SuperConnect Radio
will directly decode the BBC's HLS/AAC streams in the near future.
Won't hold my breath though.
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majones wrote:
Well done for finding the streams. Having tried them in LMS, you're
right that they don't play - presumably because we need a transcoder
plugin that deals with the HLS/HDS streaming protocols? Hopefully Triode
can work that one out? It doesn't look good for us when Listen
expectingtofly wrote:
Yes, that's correct, I believe. Mplayer can play those HLS streams
(I've tried it), so I presume the playwma plugin that does similar
transcoding for wma streams can be easily adapted to do the same for the
HLS streams
It looks like the ingredients are there for a
Owen Smith wrote:
Listen Again still seems to be working, even for things broadcast just a
couple of hours ago. Radio 3 in 320kbps AAC and Radio 2 in 128kbps AAC.
Given the huge fuss about this I assumed Listen Again was broken also.
If I want to listen live I have the options of FM, DAB
Owen Smith wrote:
Given the huge fuss about this I assumed Listen Again was broken also.
Start counting the minutes until is. And there won't be MP3 options.
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mphearn wrote:
Live BBC Radio channels can still be received by using 'Search' at the
Squeezebox top level menu and then saving to Favourites.
My experience of going down the Internet Radio or Search route is that
the streams seem to cut out frequently. I was doing so this morning,
and after
Thanks for your response pippin. Here is what I've done:
1. Re-started the LMS - tried both stop/start the service (without
reboot), and then also rebooted the RPi
2. Installed the latest nightly build for 7.8.1 (1423565104) and
rebooted the RPi
Unfortunately they have not made any difference
majones wrote:
Start counting the minutes until is. And there won't be MP3 options.
Presumably an new BBC iPlayer plugin for LMS to provide all the previous
functionality could be created? Triode? bpa?? anybody else???
expectingtofly wrote:
Working out what the HLS AAC stream url doesn't seem to be that tricky.
However, I presume that finding out the URL is not the problem anyway,
but getting the squeezebox server to support HLS streaming is the main
challenge to overcome?
Well done for finding the
mphearn wrote:
Thank you for your perception. All of a sudden I feel optimistic for the
future. My Squeezeboxes have become a part of my life!
It's just an extension of the cleverness of LMS that we already enjoy
- my Boom can't handle AAC, but right now I'm listening to Listen Again
Radio 3
That's very sad to hear, I noticed today that your app was completely
removed from my past orders as well (wtf, Google?)...
It now appears as if I've never bought that app - unfortunately, I got a
new phone today and am now unable to install Squeeze Control anymore :(
Could you perhaps make an
majones wrote:
It looks like the ingredients are there for a solution, and hopefully
one of our community can provide the plugin. Fingers crossed. One thing
that comes through to me in all this is that having LMS at the core of
the Squeezebox concept, with it's capability to process pretty
Richie wrote:
I don't have FM or DAB. I guess I could use the TV to listen through
Freeview. The main advantage, for me, of having multiple squeezeboxes is
that instead of having the music / radio cranked up in one room so that
I can hear it all around the house, I can have it playing at a
castalla wrote:
The BBC complaints page:
https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/?reset=#anchor
Choose Radio for your complaint as the Online option bungs you off to
Technical Faults !
Thanks for the link, Complaint submitted. Hopefully we'll get enough
people doing the same so we can get
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