Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2018-04-15 Thread bpa
It is a waste of time to discuss BBC support of APIs. They don't talk to individuals only companies and organisations. The 1 May 2018 date was given in a BBC post somewhere - presumably it is the end date of some contract BBC have with some 3rd party. Things may stop on 1 May 2018 or they may

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2018-04-15 Thread Owen Smith
Raymond Woodward wrote: > Not that I am aware of. > > Assuming the Beeb do as you suggest then Iplayer Extras will be broken > and we will be left with the standard listen again for seven days via > the main Iplayer plug in ... The first post on this thread also gives the date as 1 May 2018.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2018-04-15 Thread Raymond Woodward
Owen Smith wrote: > So the schedule feeds iPlayer Extras uses are supposed to disappear on 1 > May 2018. get_iplayer is discussing the same issue. Is there any sign of > a replacement API from the BBC? > > Not that I am aware of. Assuming the Beeb do as you suggest then Iplayer Extras will

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2018-04-15 Thread Owen Smith
So the schedule feeds iPlayer Extras uses are supposed to disappear on 1 May 2018. get_iplayer is discussing the same issue. Is there any sign of a replacement API from the BBC? get_iplayer thread: https://forums.squarepenguin.co.uk/thread-1749-post-7639.html

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-08-11 Thread bpa
Patricia P wrote: > I have enabled dash - the lossless live stream, but what is BBC R3 > lossless called on the schedule that appears on the LMS? DASH lossless i.e. has nothing to do with BBCiPlayerExtra - the plugin for this thread. DASH / Flac is with BBCiPlayer V1.5.4 - please post to this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-08-11 Thread Patricia P
I have enabled dash - the lossless live stream, but what is is called on the schedule that appears on the LMS? SB3, CA DacMagic, Talk Electronic stereo. Apple Mac Mini 2011 server, Twonky server ver 6.3, ipad air 2, iTunes Music streaming.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-07-03 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > You need to think like the BBC - Glastonbury is not a programme - it is > an Event. > > The BBC have gone out of their way to make sure people cannot find > program alphabetically. So you had to trawl through all the Event pages? I was looking under Gideon Coe since I knew he

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-07-03 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > You're right it's there. How did you find it? You need to think like the BBC - Glastonbury is not a programme - it is an Event. The BBC have gone out of their way to make sure people cannot find program alphabetically.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-07-03 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > Whatever the BBC delivers mostly 30 days but some have archives for > decades such as Desert Island Disks. If you can find it on BBCiPlayer > Radio - then it should appear in Extras. > > TRy under Category "Latest Performance and Events - Page 10" You're right it's there. How did

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-07-03 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > What time period is covered by the current BBC iplayer extras plugin? I > was trying to find Radiohead at Glastonbury on 6 Music and couldn't. Whatever the BBC delivers mostly 30 days but some have archives for decades such as Desert Island Disks. If you can find it on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-07-03 Thread slartibartfast
What time period is covered by the current BBC iplayer extras plugin? I was trying to find Radiohead at Glastonbury on 6 Music and couldn't. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-16 Thread bpa
harrys wrote: > oh ok, sounds like change will come slooow wrt to lms and your plugins, > which i suppose is good news in a way I doubt it - from past BBC behaviour - change will come suddenly with a brief announcement and probably resulting in total lack of service for an indeterminate amount

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-16 Thread harrys
bpa wrote: > Don't know. It seems unlikely as the BBC XML feed has no cpaability for > preference it details every program - BBC would have to rewrite API and > there has been no indication of this so far > > BBCiPlayer Extra may eb affected btu again it depends on feed which BBC > just

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-16 Thread bpa
harrys wrote: > got told that iplayer login is going compulsory over next 2 3 weeks... > is this beginning of the eventual end of BBC Radio on LMS :( ? Don't know. It seems unlikely as the BBC XML feed has no cpaability for preference it details every program - BBC would have to rewrite API

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-16 Thread harrys
i really missed the extras a BIG thank you... works perfectly :) just listening to feedback on radio 4 ... got told that iplayer login is going compulsory over next 2 3 weeks... is this the end of BBC Radio on LMS :( ?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-16 Thread whitman
For me, using Safari 10.1.1 on MacOS 10.12.5, it's still the case that if you right-click on a shortened url in this forum and choose the only relevant option, "Copy Link", and then paste it somewhere, you get just the shortened version. Do it in Chrome or Opera, and you're offered "Copy Link

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-16 Thread SMC
bpa wrote: > > frozzers wrote: > > > > slartibartfast wrote: > > > > > > > > > On many browsers if you right click on the URL - you'll get options such > > > as Copy but also an option "Copy link address" which will do a full copy > > > of the original URL whereas "Copy" just copies the text

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-13 Thread bpa
frozzers wrote: > > slartibartfast wrote: > > > > frozzers wrote: > > > > > > My browser's shortened that to > > > 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...repo-short.xml'. > > > > > > > > > > > On many browsers if you right click on the URL - you'll get options > > such as Copy but also an

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-13 Thread Raymond Woodward
If you move your cursor over the link you should see it displayed in full in a box at the bottom of your screen. (You can also choose to post links in 'plain text' in the editor if I remember) Raymond Woodward's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-13 Thread slartibartfast
frozzers wrote: > > slartibartfast wrote: > > > > frozzers wrote: > > > > > > Does this look abbreviated? It looks complete to me. How are you viewing > > > the forum? > > > > > > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/repo-short.xml > > > > > > > > > My browser's shortened

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-13 Thread frozzers
slartibartfast wrote: > > frozzers wrote: > > > > Does this look abbreviated? It looks complete to me. How are you viewing > > the forum? > > > > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/repo-short.xml > > > > > > My browser's shortened that to > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-13 Thread slartibartfast
frozzers wrote: > > slartibartfast wrote: > > If that is exactly what you are entering then it is not the full URL. > > Try copying from the first post in this thread and it should work. > > > > The links on the first post in this thread all seem to be 'abbreviated' > > links and I've tried

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-13 Thread frozzers
slartibartfast wrote: > If that is exactly what you are entering then it is not the full URL. > Try copying from the first post in this thread and it should work. > > The links on the first post in this thread all seem to be 'abbreviated' > links and I've tried entering them but each one

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-13 Thread slartibartfast
frozzers wrote: > I've entered the repository > 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...repo-short.xml' in the > Additional Repositories field in LMS Settings and click Apply but then I > get: > > 'Bad repository http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...repo-short.xml - > Redirection limit

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-13 Thread frozzers
I've entered the repository 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...repo-short.xml' in the Additional Repositories field in LMS Settings and click Apply but then I get: 'Bad repository http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...repo-short.xml - Redirection limit exceeded' Am I doing it wrong?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-12 Thread bpa
Owen Smith wrote: > Well I've taken the plunge to get iPlayer Extras 2.0.0, I'm using that > and iPlayer 1.5.4.4. They are both working fine with LMS 7.8.0 on my WHS > v1 Atom N270 based server. > > I have noticed that Dash 320kbps AAC streams (I don't use anything else) > start faster than

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-12 Thread Owen Smith
Well I've taken the plunge to get iPlayer Extras 2.0.0, I'm using that and iPlayer 1.5.4.4. They are both working fine with LMS 7.8.0 on my WHS v1 Atom N270 based server. I have noticed that Dash 320kbps AAC streams (I don't use anything else) start faster than 1.4.10. In particular they start

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-07 Thread bpa
swayzak wrote: > When you say BBC indicate this API "will die 1 May 2018", will there > likely be a usable replacement or will this functionality just disappear > ? I don't know - we are the mercy of BBC whims. In early 2015, they said the replacement Nitro API would be available to public in

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-07 Thread swayzak
When you say BBC indicate this API "will die 1 May 2018", will there likely be a usable replacement or will this functionality just disappear ? Touch x 2, Booms x 2, Squeeze Cntrl on Samsung S5 (Duet Receiver + Controllers x 2 - semi-retired)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-06 Thread Peter314
This is working perfectly for me - many thanks! Peter314's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14028 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107477

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-04 Thread bpa
ftlight wrote: > I note with interest that (for example) "A Dancer in the Dark" appears > on both the A and D pages, and titles beginning with "The" are similarly > listed twice. I think this is handy! Nothing to do with me - the BBC created the multiple entries for some programs so if looking

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-04 Thread ftlight
Thanks as always - working well in New York. I note with interest that (for example) "A Dancer in the Dark" appears on both the A and D pages, and titles beginning with "The" are similarly listed twice. I think this is handy!

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-04 Thread slartibartfast
Works well for me and doesn't seem too slow loading pages. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-04 Thread badboygolf16v
Second that. badboygolf16v's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19486 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107477 ___ plugins

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-04 Thread Man in a van
Yet to try this, but very,very,very, very, very, impressed.:) ronnie Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107477

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-04 Thread bpa
If you have a favorite program that is a brand rather than a series - then custom entries can be added to the plugin's default.opml file. Find the program page on BBC web site and then select the option "See all episode from ". This will open a page with a list of episodes available on

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-04 Thread bpa
Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0 BBCiPlayerExtra - a plugin to provide additional menus for BBCiPlayer for Categories, A-Z and less functional successor to BBCiPlayerExtra 1.0 This is a plugin which works with BBCiPlayer plugin (which must be installed separately). As a sop after killing off