Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-08-15 Thread Patricia P
I tested a few google searches and failed to find the current flac test. Eg bbc iplayer r3 flac. It links with the previous one, with no link to current one. bbc iplayer r3 flac does not bring up the link in the first Google page. What is BBC doing with its test website? Does it want it buried?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-08-15 Thread bpa
Owen Smith wrote: > I think people playing Radio 3 with VLC and ffmpeg constitute such a > tiny fraction of listeners as to be irrelevant. Sadly the same probably > goes for LMS these days, I suspect there aren't enough of us to make an > impact. And none of the other hardware internet radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-08-15 Thread Man in a van
bpa wrote: > To encourage BBC to do more Flac broadcasts - don't forget to rate it on > BBC's website and answer the few questions. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/radio-3-concert-sound2 Just to add that this is an extra survey, relating to this period of use. So if you completed the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-08-14 Thread Owen Smith
bpa wrote: > The pilot in Mar/April could only really be played in Firefox. Now in > addition to browser there are version of vlc, ffmpeg as well as LMS that > can play Dash/Flac. BBC should also be able to determine the number of > individuals who have listened using Dash Flac. I think people

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-08-14 Thread bpa
JohnB wrote: > Yes, PLEASE do that. It is alarming that there are only 1021 ratings so > far. I fear that with ratings at that level the BBC might well think it > isn't worth progressing with FLAC. > > The 320kbps AAC-LC was first introduced as a pilot on Radio 3 during the > Proms in 2010 (I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-08-14 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: > To encourage BBC to do more Flac broadcasts - don't forget to rate it on > BBC's website and answer the few questions. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/radio-3-concert-sound2 Yes, PLEASE do that. It is alarming that there are only 1021 ratings so far. I fear that with ratings

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-08-14 Thread bpa
Patricia P wrote: > I lovie the flac BBC stream. I use Windows 8.1 and the streaming sounds > wonderful on the amplifier and sub. Thank you bpa for keeping the SB > ahead of the game! To encourage BBC to do more Flac broadcasts - don't forget to rate it on BBC's website and answer the few

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-08-14 Thread Patricia P
I lovie the flac BBC stream. I use Windows 8.1 and the streaming sounds wonderful on the amplifier and sub. Thank you bpa for keeping the SB ahead of the game! SB3, CA DacMagic, Talk Electronic stereo. LMS 7.9.1 BBCiPlayer plugin 1.5.4.4

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-19 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > It's good to know there is a reason behind such things. It is, of > course, no problem - I'm sure we all much prefer solid sound to the pips > being accurate! I may have been setting the value too high because at the time I had problems with home network and it may have been

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-19 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Just checked the code in more detail and I found because of rebuffering > and possibly limited testing, I put in a special "safety" factor to > start Flac stream 50 segments older - 50*3.84 secs = 192 secs which is > just over 3 minutes. > > When comparing segment numbers of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-19 Thread bpa
Just checked the code in more detail and I found because of rebuffering and possibly limited testing, I put in a special "safety" factor to start Flac stream 50 segments older - 50*3.84 secs = 192 secs which is just over 3 minutes. When comparing segment numbers of Firefox and Plugin - I must

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-19 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > I know there is a delay but on my setup it is not consistent. Trying to > see what make the difference. > What timezone is the LMS server in ? (segment number calculation has > make allowance for difference between server time and BBC CDN time) > > What version of VLC ? I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-19 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > That's what I thought, but I got confused by something someone said in > some early post. > > Just to be clear, I'm using the flac manifest > (http://vs-dash-ww-rd-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/al/lossless/client_manifest.mpd) > with vlc 3, so the time difference is for flac (rather

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-19 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > No. The BBC R3 Flac stream is always in Flac. Once data is being sent > from plugin to a player it cannot change format without stopping and > restarting. That's what I thought, but I got confused by something someone said in some early post. > > Perhaps I didn't explain my theory

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-19 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > I've just tested this morning with vlc 3 and the plugin was nearly 3 > minutes behind. > > I also believe you said previously that only the live prom was in flac, > and the rest was still aac, even though displayed on the LMS web info as > being flc. Is that correct? No. The

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-19 Thread PasTim
I've just tested this morning with vlc 3 and the plugin was nearly 3 minutes behind. I also believe you said previously that only the live prom was in flac, and the rest was still aac, even though displayed on the LMS web info as being flc. Is that correct? LMS 7.9.1 on VortexBox Midi box,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-19 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > flac is all working very well indeed - thanks again for all your work. > > > I notice that when using firefox or vlc 3 they don't seem to run as many > minutes behind as this plugin does. It doesn't really matter, but I > just wondered why. When the Flac streams restarted, I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-19 Thread PasTim
flac is all working very well indeed - thanks again for all your work. I notice that when using firefox or vlc 3 they don't seem to run as many minutes behind as this plugin does. It doesn't really matter, but I just wondered why. LMS 7.9.1 on VortexBox Midi box, Xubuntu 17.04, FLACs

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-15 Thread bpa
ajs6000 wrote: > Many thanks for this information. > > I will try it out on the 18th. Why not try out the binaural items that are available now - enjoy the coughing of the audience next to you. bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-15 Thread ajs6000
Many thanks for this information. I will try it out on the 18th. ajs6000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48607 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106409

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread bpa
ajs6000 wrote: > Hi, > > The proms FLAC trial is working fine for me on the touch. > > Thank-you for making this possible. > > Could the binaural proms trial be made to stream via the squeezebox in a > similar way? > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/proms-binaural-2017/ According to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > The flac stream is playing perfectly for me (in the UK). I notice > there's no skip back facility. I guess that's not available in this > stream format. technically the plugin can handle - BBC just doesn't provide the buffer. Skipback depends on BBC maintaining a time buffer

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > Another BBC Blog entry > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/c2676eb7-532b-4a4a-bcb8-63f7555a93ec > > > Also Good to see he is using a Musical Fidelity V Dac. So do I. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread PasTim
The flac stream is playing perfectly for me (in the UK). I notice there's no skip back facility. I guess that's not available in this stream format. LMS 7.9.1 on VortexBox Midi box, Xubuntu 17.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. Touch & EDO. 2nd Touch standard. LMS plugin UPnP/DLNA Bridge

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread ajs6000
Hi, The proms FLAC trial is working fine for me on the touch. Thank-you for making this possible. Could the binaural proms trial be made to stream via the squeezebox in a similar way? http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/proms-binaural-2017/

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread bpa
Another BBC Blog entry http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/c2676eb7-532b-4a4a-bcb8-63f7555a93ec > If we offer this sound to the audience in lossless it will be over > 1000kbps and we will be conveying it to the audience as the recording > left us – in Radio 3 Concert Sound. Also > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread bpa
ericj wrote: > The options on the questionnaire are: > Desktop iPlayer Radio App DAB Radio FM Radio Other Skip > > Not the pluginprobably a standard set of categories. Thus I could > not say BPA's wonderful plugin..:) > Again, thanks. The LMS+Plugin+SB is a non BBC internet

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread ericj
bpa wrote: > AFAIK The only choice users have are > > 1. Firefox but must be a recent install. > 2. VLC but only if the user managed to install the right build of VLC > 3. BBCiPlayer plugin. > > HAve I missed any others ? > > Unlikely that "casual" users will be able to listen to the stream.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > When I responded after seeing Bpa's post there were only 3 responses so > a few more have taken the time to respond. Probably all from here > . AFAIK The only choice users have are 1. Firefox but must be a recent install. 2. VLC but only if the user managed to install

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread slartibartfast
ericj wrote: > Done. Only 9 responses so far, so the more the merrier. Thanks for > pointing this out! > > When answering 'How do you listen" I chose other, but it is an > interesting question. Should I have said iPlayer? > Thanks again When I responded after seeing Bpa's post there

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread ericj
bpa wrote: > Don't be passive listener and just hope - rate the service > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/radio-3-concert-sound2/rate > > Done. Only 9 responses so far, so the more the merrier. Thanks for pointing this out! When answering 'How do you listen" I chose other, but

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread bpa
ericj wrote: > Streams quite nicely using a RPi, 7.9.1., non-UK (US) > Thanks so much. > If we could ask the Beeb to do this full time.. Don't be passive listener and just hope - rate the service http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/radio-3-concert-sound2/rate Aparently the blog has

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-14 Thread ericj
Streams quite nicely using a RPi, 7.9.1., non-UK (US) Thanks so much. If we could ask the Beeb to do this full time.. ericj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3230 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-07-12 Thread bpa
BBC seem to have started the Radio 3 Live stream again ahead of the Proms. To play Flac - you need the V 1.5.4.* of the plugin as Flac is a bit of an experiment by BBC. Once installed then you need to set Live Stream setting to "DashFlac > DASH" and play the "BBC Radio 3 Flac" stream To

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-26 Thread bpa
psketch wrote: > Yep - that fixed it! Odd that it wouldn't realise that if it only > support 44.1, that it should resample something at 48K. Anyhow - many, > many thanks for your help - at least we have a work around for now. Without the "-R" the expectation is that LMS will do the resampling

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-26 Thread psketch
bpa wrote: > Try > squeezelite -r 44100 -R X > > Says 44100 is Max rate and then forces resampling by squeezelite to max > rate. Yep - that fixed it! Odd that it wouldn't realise that if it only support 44.1, that it should resample something at 48K. Anyhow - many, many thanks for your help

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-26 Thread bpa
Try squeezelite -r 44100 -R X Says 44100 is Max rate and then forces resampling by squeezelite to max rate. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-26 Thread psketch
bpa wrote: > Assuming the hifiberry only supports 441.kHz and 48kHz - then the > following says player only support 44.1kHz > > squeezelite -r 44100 > > If there are other rates then provide in a list separated by commas > e.g. > > squeezelite -r 32000,44100,96000 > > edit: > > Not sure

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-26 Thread bpa
psketch wrote: > Thanks. > > I'd rather go with (i) as it's only affecting one player. Do you happen > to know the resampling syntax for that? Assuming the hifiberry only supports 441.kHz and 48kHz - then the following says player only support 44.1kHz squeezelite -r 44100 If there are

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-26 Thread psketch
bpa wrote: > I think it may take a while before the new kernel is included in picore > release. > > In the meantime you could setup the squeezelite on the offending player > to either (i ) tell LMS it doesn't support 48Khz (i.e so LMS will > resample) or (ii) make squeezelite resample all

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-26 Thread bpa
psketch wrote: > Ah yes - that looks like it! I'll chase up with the picore team. I think it may take a while before the new kernel is included in picore release. In the meantime you could setup the squeezelite on the offending player to either (i ) tell LMS it doesn't support 48Khz (i.e so

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-26 Thread psketch
bpa wrote: > BBCIplayer DASH & HLS streams are 48kHz whereas MP3 are 44.1kHz > > Isn't there a bug in Picore 3.2 with Hifiberry Amp+ playing 48Khz > streams ? see > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107352-Announce-piCorePlayer-3-20=886279=1#post886279 Ah yes - that looks like it!

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-26 Thread bpa
psketch wrote: > I'm using 1.5.3 and in general all seems well with the streams with one > very odd situation - one of my players just streams silence, whilst all > the others seems to work fine. I have a mixture of h/w (transporter, > boom, SB3) and picore players. All work fine apart from

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-26 Thread psketch
I'm using 1.5.3 and in general all seems well with the streams with one very odd situation - one of my players just streams silence, whilst all the others seems to work fine. I have a mixture of h/w (transporter, boom, SB3) and picore players. All work fine apart from one, which has a pi2,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-06-24 Thread bpa
Around 4-Jun-17 when I last updated the betarelease-repo.xml repo URL to supply BBCiPlayerExtra V2.x I made an error and so broke the repo xml and LMS wouldn't load. I've fixed the repo XML and also updated the repo to deliver V1.5.3 instead of 1.5.2 (as well as Extra V2.x) as it has a number of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-27 Thread Man in a van
majones wrote: > Is there any way of maintaining access to archives such as In Our Time? Podcast? 22612 Ronnie +---+ |Filename: in our time.jpg | |Download:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-27 Thread bpa
florca wrote: > get_iplayer etc. were and are a definite target but my take was that > Squeezeplayer, although non-commercial, was regarded with benign > support. This was obviously the personal view of someone fairly far > down the food chain, and the thinking may have hardened since then (and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-27 Thread florca
bpa wrote: > I think one motive is the BBC is trying to hamper the "downloaders" and > we're just collateral damageI think you're 100% correct there. A few years > back I had a chat to one of the BBC Listen Again developers who I met at a conference and his (very unofficial!) view was that the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-27 Thread Owen Smith
As to whack-a-mole, I think the BBC have decided they only want people using Apps or the BBC web site because they have tighter control of those. They probably regret ever officially supporting third party hardware internet radios, the feed for them (which this plugin uses) probably only still

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-27 Thread Owen Smith
I like the idea of the plugin accumulating 7 day schedue information until it has 30 days worth. It's reasonably elegant, and it uses the official published feed for third parties so I don't see how the BBC can do something to break it.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-27 Thread bpa
Owen Smith wrote: > The biggest loss for me from Extras is the 30 day Listen Again window, > we're down to 7 days now on the official feed which is rather paltry. > Are they deliberately trying to drive users away from third party > internet radios and players to get people to use Apps or the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread Owen Smith
bpa wrote: > No - I was hoping BBC might announce a new API when shutting the old > ones down but you can see BBC have removed a lot of that functionality > from their web pages - no more A-Z of programs and have no internal use > for the old APIs. They are embracing "responsive" web stuff which

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
majones wrote: > Is there any way of maintaining access to archives such as In Our Time? There is no way to do it on the fly as API has changed. The only way to do is to generate an file of the archive up to say 1-april-2017 and keep the file http accessible online somewhere.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread majones
bpa wrote: > No - I was hoping BBC might announce a new API when shutting the old > ones down but you can see BBC have removed a lot of that functionality > from their web pages - no more A-Z of programs and have no internal use > for the old APIs. They are embracing "responsive" web stuff which

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
majones wrote: > That's a real shame. So does Extras have any functionality now? No - I was hoping BBC might announce a new API when shutting the old ones down but you can see BBC have removed a lot of that functionality from their web pages - no more A-Z of programs and have no internal use

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread majones
bpa wrote: > BBC have killed Extras today. Only playing program info via BBCiPlayer > menu will access On-Demand programs. That's a real shame. So does Extras have any functionality now? majones's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
Owen Smith wrote: > See this for the BBC announcement on removing the feeds that > iPlayerExtras uses: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08mdjyb.xml At least they have updated it and again promising new APIs- the previous message was there for about 12 months wirth a few extension of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread Owen Smith
See this for the BBC announcement on removing the feeds that iPlayerExtras uses: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08mdjyb.xml Owen Smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42371 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread adagio
bpa wrote: > > 1.5.2 had other issues a while back and was updated to 1.5.3. 1.5.4 has > some addtional but best to use it for your needs. > > Use 1.5.4 from here > *http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/V154testrelease-repo.xml* Magic! Thank you so much.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
adagio wrote: > LMS 7.7.5 on Windows XP > > > BBC iPlayer (v 1.5.2) which has been working fine since forever - now > will play Live but Listen Again get "Error no items found in play list" > Installed BBC iPlayer Extra (v 1.9.5) no change > > Do get error message on Plugins page "Bad

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread adagio
LMS 7.7.5 on Windows XP BBC iPlayer (v 1.5.2) which has been working fine since forever - now will play Live but Listen Again get "Error no items found in play list" Installed BBC iPlayer Extra (v 1.9.5) no change Do get error message on Plugins page "Bad repository

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
florca wrote: > Working fine again now, thanks as ever. Never knew about Systemline > before your link, and definitely well above my budget. Strange that > there's absolutely no mention of Logitech or LMS on their site - do they > have any sort of formal relationship with Logitech? Is Adrian

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > I've done a quick update to plugin. Uninstall and reinstall and I hope > it is OK. > > BBC have blocked the addresses beginning > http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/aps/programmes/b08mdlpx/segments.json > > it seems they prefer us to use this type now > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread florca
bpa wrote: > I've done a quick update to plugin. Uninstall and reinstall and I hope > it is OK. Working fine again now, thanks as ever. Never knew about Systemline before your link, and definitely well above my budget. Strange that there's absolutely no mention of Logitech or LMS on their site

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
I don't this recent problem was a specific reaction to the new feature - many of the Extras feeds have also gone down. This is similar to what happened a few weeks ago. I think BBC now make changes mid week instead of weekend so they have time to react and fix problem during week days

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
florca wrote: > Except that now it's not! They're obviously locking things down pretty > heavily this morning as within the last ten minutes those links, working > earlier, now resolve to a "Maintenance Mode" page. I'd like to believe > that the real target of this lockdown is get_iplayer etc.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
I've done a quick update to plugin. Uninstall and reinstall and I hope it is OK. BBC have blocked the addresses beginning http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/aps/programmes/b08mdlpx/segments.json it seems they prefer us to use this type now http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08mdjky/segments.json I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread florca
florca wrote: > FWIW the current (updated) metadata for last night's Late Junction as > at: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n46f2.xml > with the detailed Segment info in the "Version PID" at: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n463g.xml Except that now it's not! They're obviously

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > This is not under developement but another BBC feature which could die > after May 2017 - BBC are withdraeing support for JSON and so this and > many Extras API are on DNR. > > Problems are more likely my end trying to rush things as other work has > backed up due to Flac and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread florca
PasTim wrote: > I suspect that this feature may be 'under development' at the Beeb. > Maybe it's not worth spending too much effort on it right now? They've had versions of this data for several years now, at least for the Radio 3 programmes above, although the format and tags have changed a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
florca wrote: > I think the BBC have changed something overnight! The same Radio 3 > programmes which were showing a full, detailed Segment List yesterday > night (Late Junction, World on 3, Jazz Now) are only showing the > 10-minute interval list this morning :( . All a bit annoying of them, as

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > I suspect that this feature may be 'under development' at the Beeb. > Maybe it's not worth spending too much effort on it right now? This is not under developement but another BBC feature which could die after May 2017 - BBC are withdraeing support for JSON and so this and many

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
I suspect that this feature may be 'under development' at the Beeb. Maybe it's not worth spending too much effort on it right now? LMS 7.9.1 on VortexBox Midi box, Xubuntu 17.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. Touch & EDO. 2nd Touch standard. LMS plugin UPnP/DLNA Bridge to MF M1 CLiC (to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread florca
bpa wrote: > > I've noticed on a few programs the segment list is a bit odd (and don't > work) as they use a format that I hadn't noticed before - I'll come back > to this issue later. I think the BBC have changed something overnight! The same Radio 3 programmes which were showing a full,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > I've updated the 1.5.4.3 Plugin so anyboy who has this problem just need > to re-install the plugin. > > I've noticed on a few programs the segment list is a bit odd (and don't > work) as they use a format that I hadn't noticed before - I'll come back > to this issue later. On

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
ajs6000 wrote: > I only have one problem, that the on air text just displays "2 mins > delay" is this normal for the FLAC stream? Yes. It is an estimate based oin the timecode of the segment last sent by BBC sent to player against real time. So it is a combination of BBC anbd plyer buffer.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread ajs6000
Hi, I've been using the BBC Radio 3 FLAC stream for the past week and its worked perfectly. Many thanks for providing this option during this testing phase. I only have one problem, that the on air text just displays "2 mins delay" is this normal for the FLAC stream?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
I've updated the 1.5.4.3 Plugin so anyboy who has this problem just need to re-install the plugin. I've noticed on a few programs the segment list is a bit odd (and don't work) as they use a format that I hadn't noticed before - I'll come back to this issue later.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
ian_heys wrote: > Recent Tracks looks good. > > Struggling to find Segment Times on most programmes and where I do find > them there is only one segment. Probably my misunderstanding of the > purpose of this feature. > > Edit: Still can't find a "More" menu. Can you give an example of where a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-25 Thread ian_heys
bpa wrote: > > > I've uploaded BBCiPlayer 1.5.4.2. For anybody using the > V154testreleaserepo - upgrade will be notified automatically. > > Main changes > - Recent Tracks now show elapsed time (i.e. mins:secs since track was > played) rather than absolute when track was played due to UTC/BST

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-25 Thread ian_heys
bpa wrote: > (only a few days left to test) I found a BBC On-demand FLAC test stream in one of their bug reporting pages (forget which). It can be heard by inserting the following in your menu.opml and may keep going after the test period. I wouldn't listen to it for anything other than

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-25 Thread bpa
1.5.4.3 has the following changes 1. Click on a segment in "Segment Time" menu and player will jump to the segment and play it. 2. Small change to segment list formatting of time to now hours:mins:secs if necessary 3. If no segment info from BBC - a segment info list of equal segments is created

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-25 Thread bpa
Another small mod the latest test version. In addition to R3 Flac support in 1.5.4 (only a few days left to test) - this version add On-Demand segment info as a menu. I've uploaded BBCiPlayer 1.5.4.2. For anybody using the V154testreleaserepo - upgrade will be notified automatically. Main

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-22 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > This only relate to those testing the BBC R3 Flac stream with V1.5.4 > > I've just released the V1.5.4.1 which should fix the "404" aka "Stream > stops playing after a couple of minutes" problem when playing Flac > streams. If using 1.5.4 LMS should show update available. > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-22 Thread bpa
This only relate to those testing the BBC R3 Flac stream with V1.5.4 I've just released the V1.5.4.1 which should fix the "404" aka "Stream stops playing after a couple of minutes" problem when playing Flac streams. If using 1.5.4 LMS should show update available. This means the "live stream

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-22 Thread bpa
Dean_Bayliss wrote: > Thank-you : Testing here UK location, players are the Mac/squeeze Play, > Radios and PiCore. No gaps or disruption, and I must admit I do have > set -Seconds to delay start live stream- to -no-delay-. The actual > delay is slightly behind the AAC stream, which is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-22 Thread Dean_Bayliss
Thank-you : Testing here UK location, players are the Mac/squeeze Play, Radios and PiCore. No gaps or disruption, and I must admit I do have set -Seconds to delay start live stream- to -no-delay-. The actual delay is slightly behind the AAC stream, which is obviously some time behind the FM

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-20 Thread DaveCheltenham
Thanks yet again BPA for this. I have updated my Squeezebox Duet and it works fine into the HiFi system and now look forward to the Proms. Regards DaveCheltenham's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-18 Thread bpa
This post relates to V1.5.4 which has only one change from 1.5.3 - to support DASH Flac. It is a rough and ready addition. The BBC have been testing DASH Flac stream for last few months ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/radio-3-concert-sound also

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-16 Thread nitram
Yes, the system time is wrong! 2011! Thanks for suggesting this. The Sparky is armv7l-linux, running Debian - EN - utf8. Martin Allo Sparky, LMS 7.8.0 > Piano 2.1 + Kali, Max2Play > AudioEngine 5 Raspberry Pi > LMS 7.9.0 [Mac Mini > LMS 7.7.5: retired (okay, I broke it)] Squeezebox

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-16 Thread bpa
nitram wrote: > Thanks for making this available, bpa. At least for now, however, the > programs are still not displaying. Moreinfo always helps. Don't know what an Allo sparky is - Linux ? arm v6 v7 ?? RPI package ? If menus are shown under Radio/ BBCiPlayer - then There is something odd

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-16 Thread nitram
Thanks for making this available, bpa. At least for now, however, the programs are still not displaying. Martin Raspberry Pi > LMS 7.9.0 Allo Sparky, LMS 7.8.0 > Piano 2.1 + Kali, Max2Play Mac Mini > LMS 7.7.5 Squeezebox Classic > AudioEngine 5 iPad mini > Squeezepad Android phone > Squeezer

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-16 Thread bpa
nitram wrote: > I have just installed LMS (7.8.0) on a new machine (an Allo Sparky). It > seems to be running fine, except that BBCiPlayer (1.5.2) displays > "empty" where the programs used to be (on the old machine). Listen Live > (outside the UK) works fine. BBCiPlayer Extras can find all the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-15 Thread nitram
I have just installed LMS (7.8.0) on a new machine (an Allo Sparky). It seems to be running fine, except that BBCiPlayer (1.5.2) displays "empty" where the programs used to be (on the old machine). Listen Live (outside the UK) works fine. BBCiPlayer Extras can find all the programs. The URL

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-03-09 Thread bpa
Dean_Bayliss wrote: > 22278 > > Selecting from the BBCiplayer plugin, playing to the radio, then > clicking on the title on the right hand side shows the detail on the > left. Sorry if I confused things with the description. Just listening > the BBC 2 Country popup before this - brilliant! I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-03-09 Thread Dean_Bayliss
22278 Selecting from the BBCiplayer plugin, playing to the radio, then clicking on the title on the right hand side shows the detail on the left. Sorry if I confused things with the description. Just listening the BBC 2 Country popup before this - brilliant!

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-03-09 Thread bpa
Dean_Bayliss wrote: > BTW the url is as it appears in LMS from the iPlayer listen live > application, not directly entered :) What is the iplayer live application ? The URL shown using BBCiPlayer plugin via a Web browser or Touch is the iplayer:// URL

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-03-09 Thread Dean_Bayliss
Yes compared and that makes sense and as netstat says NPR STREAMING HTTPS tcp* * * * 0* * * 0 Raspi_Max2play.la:58336 195.10.36.182:*https ** * ESTABLISHED *BBC Akamai dash http* name = a173-223-10-114.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com on 172.223.10.114 tcp* * * * 0* * * 0

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-03-09 Thread bpa
Dean_Bayliss wrote: > Does this show that I'm now attaching to the https stream and the dash > stream is decoding? (By the way the music is playing!) I think the > http on the end means not? DASH is using HTTP but DASH is chunked not streaming HTTP. I think the netstat is for a different

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-03-08 Thread Dean_Bayliss
Hi - just out of interest... and you will have seen my other stream, since loading SSL support and upgrading to the latest LMS after Michael's changes yesterday, I'm now able to stream NPR https. So I just went back to see what happens with the Limelight CDN So with URL:

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