Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-25 Thread Owen Smith
mrmichaelwright wrote: > I've factory re-set the controller and receiver and still the network > test shows sub 1000kbps (see attached) My Receiver works perfectly but the network test always shows poor speeds and lots of errors. I don't trust the Controller/Receiver pair's network test

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-25 Thread Giza2020
I had this a huge rebuffering issue a while back due to upnp overloading my network... but recently I've had a few small ebuffering issues but I'll put that at the BBC door because it's not enough to bother me and if I do let it is know I'll lose the will to live ;-)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-25 Thread bpa
florca wrote: > I've come to the conclusion that the DASH streams are VERY sensitive to > any tiny network variation or interruption. I've just spent roughly a > month trying to figure out a problem whereby all of the Squeezeboxes in > the house (Ethernet and WiFi SB3s, WiFi Boom, Ethernet

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-25 Thread florca
TheLastMan wrote: > UPDATE: > After constant buffering issues > ... so I am migrating over to PlusNet I've come to the conclusion that the DASH streams are VERY sensitive to any tiny network variation or interruption. I've just spent roughly a month trying to figure out a problem whereby

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-25 Thread TheLastMan
TheLastMan wrote: > Thanks for that. The problem did only start with Fibre so that could be > the issue. The modem is a separate box and the settings are only > visible if you disconnect it from the router and connect a cable to it > with a laptop. The router (rather than modem) holds the DNS

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-25 Thread mrmichaelwright
same powerline connector, same cat5 cable, different player: 21165 As this clearly isn't an iplayer plugin problem I'll no longer post on this thread Thanks for the help +---+ |Filename: 2016-09-25 12.27.19.jpg

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-25 Thread mrmichaelwright
yeah the cable is good, tested it first. I've factory re-set the controller and receiver and still the network test shows sub 1000kbps mrmichaelwright's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65105 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-25 Thread drmatt
Obvious test is to plug a laptop into the wire you laid and test with that to prove there's no issue with the length/construction of that cable for a start. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-25 Thread mrmichaelwright
bpa wrote: > Interesting about radio and boom - why didn't you mention this before ? > > You have a mix between old and new h/w working and not workign so there > is no pattern. I have powerline and I know that speed and delays varies > hugely between sockets and also if other devices (e.g.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-23 Thread TheLastMan
TheLastMan wrote: > Thanks for that. The problem did only start with Fibre so that could be > the issue. The modem is a separate box and the settings are only > visible if you disconnect it from the router and connect a cable to it > with a laptop. The router (rather than modem) holds the DNS

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-19 Thread bpa
mrmichaelwright wrote: > I have a complicated mix of powerline, 2g and 5g wireless and extenders > which makes any problem like this a nightmare to resolve. Sounds just like here - a Victorian redbrick over 3 floors with an extension also with 3 phase power. After trying many different

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-19 Thread mrmichaelwright
In the uk so perfectly willing to accept it'll be a powerline issue, i deal with dirty mains problems in my job so know not to expect miracles. Great idea to swap out the unit with the boom, i'll give it a try. I think this is all just leading to a week under the floorboards and a box of cat6.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-19 Thread bpa
mrmichaelwright wrote: > I have the same problem with listen again. I also had the problem when > running on windows server 2008 (i only upgraded to windows 10 today as > the latest windows updates seemed to kill lms altogether and it was > getting clunky anyway) > > If it was a bbc problem i

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-19 Thread mrmichaelwright
Hi bpa I have the same problem with listen again. I also had the problem when running on windows server 2008 (i only upgraded to windows 10 today as the latest windows updates seemed to kill lms altogether and it was getting clunky anyway) If it was a bbc problem i guess i would also get

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-19 Thread bpa
mrmichaelwright wrote: > as a follow up, sitting here watching the log, this seems to be the line > that occurs repeatedly when it drops out If there is a problem with the stream then that is a "normal" error folllowing a drop out (i.e. it is result not a cause)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-19 Thread mrmichaelwright
as a follow up, sitting here watching the log, this seems to be the line that occurs repeatedly when it drops out > [16-09-19 17:10:30.0630] Slim::Networking::IO::Select::__ANON__ (131) > Error: Select task failed calling > Slim::Web::HTTP::sendStreamingResponse: illegal file descriptor or >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-19 Thread mrmichaelwright
Hi Folks I get constant re-buffering and drop outs on both my touch and duet players. Both are running on a powerline network and the problem is worse with the duet player which probably has the worst network connection (although it runs fine at 1000kbs with network test) Iplayer logging shows

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-17 Thread ian_heys
Update 1.4.9 working fine for me bpa. Thanks. Just in case anyone else has a Revo SuperConnect Radio, mine has become BBC DASH live stream capable since a sofware update today (but it doesn't seem to work on a static IP address any more). Of course it's not my only device and I continue to use

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-16 Thread rkrug
Hi This is just to mention a problem I had and how I fixed it: Problem: The xml files for the "Listen Again" in BBCiPlayer were not parsed but shown as a stream (web interface) or not at all (iPeng) Solution: The clock on the server was completely off - 1970 something. I reconfigured ntp

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread Verulamius
Bpa Thanks for the update; working well. Verulamius's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53119 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104672

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread TheLastMan
bpa wrote: > > Do you operate an IPv6 home network ? I used to have terrible DNS > problem/delays until I turned off IPv6 DNS lookups in the modem - my > ISP's modem used to IPv6 lookups first and then IPV4 lookup. I suspect > since you moved to fibre, it will try to use IPv6. Thanks for that.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread bpa
BobSammers wrote: > I > I note the word "expires" close to a date a month from now. This might > explain (if this is being processed and overriding the 1 hour default > that was mentioned) why the entries are not being removed. The number > before the phrase "content-length" is probably pretty

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread BobSammers
bpa wrote: > IIRC cache.db is a Sqlite data It is, SqLite 3 format. bpa wrote: > I think I have tracked down the growing cache and it may not be metadata > - if BBCIPlayer Extra is used to play different programs cache grow > slowly because Extra has to use http to fetch lots of web pages from

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread bpa
Just quickly looking through your post - one item stands out TheLastMan wrote: > > Code: > > [16-09-15 08:08:26.0559] Plugins::BBCiPlayer::DASH::__ANON__ (204) - DASH asynchttp failed Get from http://time.akamai.com/?iso - Connect timed out: > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread TheLastMan
bpa wrote: > It sound like a problem local to your setup. > Stop LMS and delete cache.db if you haven't already. > Any message in the log ? > Please give more details on fgthe "cannot find ..." as there a a number > of message which begin this way - more and complete details always help > if

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread drmatt
Yeah, I like the iPlayer extras categories, very handy. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104672

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread bpa
rkrug wrote: > > Using BBCiplayer playing BBC 2 via DASH (I assume - only DASH selected > in Live Stream and On Demand settings): > > 4.3M cache.db > > What do you mean different programs? > > Now switched to BBC 3, after nearly four minutes still 4.3M I meant different Listen Again

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread Rainer M Krug
bpa writes: > rkrug wrote: >> I am playing BBC iPlayerExtra at the moment (Dash enabled) and don't >> see >> any change in the size of cache.db. Before I played BBCiplayer for a >> few >> minutes and also saw no change. > > Can you check cache size after

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > I've posted a 1.4.9 release due to cache problem with 1.4.8. Essentially > 1.4.9 is 1.4.7 with just one fix to solve the recent no audio issue. > > 1.4.8 caused cache.db to grow to unreasonable size. I've also noticed > on a few occasions the startup delay described by other

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread bpa
drmatt wrote: > FWIW my cache.db grew to over 1GB with a running stream all day > yesterday, but it's small again this morning. cache.db-wal is now 1GB+, > and cache.db is small again. What happened overnight? rescan... > > I assume the -wal file is a temporary backup copy while the rescan >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread Owen Smith
drmatt wrote: > FWIW my cache.db grew to over 1GB with a running stream all day > yesterday, but it's small again this morning. cache.db-wal is now 1GB+, > and cache.db is small again. What happened overnight? rescan... > > I assume the -wal file is a temporary backup copy while the rescan >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread drmatt
bpa wrote: > 1.4.7 still seems to grow the cache.db file but at a much smaller rate - > this needs to be checked. Once cache.db has grown it does not seem to > shrink even after expiry of entries or purging - this needs to be > confirmed. FWIW my cache.db grew to over 1GB with a running stream

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread bpa
TheLastMan wrote: > Regardless of the length of buffer and timeout I have set, iPlayer is > buffering every 5 seconds to the extent it is unusable. > I have had a much milder form of this problem for a few months now. > Most programs would not play all the way through without buffering to >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread bpa
rkrug wrote: > I am playing BBC iPlayerExtra at the moment (Dash enabled) and don't > see > any change in the size of cache.db. Before I played BBCiplayer for a > few > minutes and also saw no change. Can you check cache size after playing a couple of mins from lots of programs ? Are you using

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread bpa
Owen Smith wrote: > I again had the problem on LMS 7.8.0 on WHS V1 that I couldn't update > the plugin by halt and restart of LMS. This sounds like a sourceforge issue - I can't do anything about it. > I checked cache.db before the upgrade (and then deleted it). It was > still about 700MB, the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread Rainer M Krug
Owen Smith writes: > I again had the problem on LMS 7.8.0 on WHS V1 that I couldn't update > the plugin by halt and restart of LMS. I had to reboot the entire > machine same as last time, and this time I know it was rebooted recently > so it isn't

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-15 Thread TheLastMan
Regardless of the length of buffer and timeout I have set, iPlayer is buffering every 5 seconds to the extent it is unusable. I have had a much milder form of this problem for a few months now. Most programs would not play all the way through without buffering to some extent and often would stop

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread Owen Smith
I again had the problem on LMS 7.8.0 on WHS V1 that I couldn't update the plugin by halt and restart of LMS. I had to reboot the entire machine same as last time, and this time I know it was rebooted recently so it isn't some effect of the machine having been running for months. But I'm now on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
I've posted a 1.4.9 release due to cache problem with 1.4.8. Essentially 1.4.9 is 1.4.7 with just one fix to solve the recent no audio issue. 1.4.8 caused cache.db to grow to unreasonable size. I've also noticed on a few occasions the startup delay described by other posters. This needs to be

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
Still doing test but I think I understand the issue Looking back I only turned on cache for both HSL and DASH in 1.4.8 so cache size should not have been an issue before 1.4.7. I have been using this cache setting for 6 months but I clear cache.db on every LMS startup and I do that often so

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread BobSammers
My cache.db (which is only a couple of days old) has 227 rows in it, even though I haven't listened to anything since about 2pm. It hasn't shrunk at all during observation over the the last hour or so, either. The expiry column in the table is integers, so it's hard without looking at the code

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
Owen Smith wrote: > I've definitely had the cache growth for a long time. I noticed it > because my backups for the server got larger. But I never tied it down > to iPlayer and it levelled off at a level my server can handle (700MB). This seems to indicate not a recent problem - testing with HLS

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
mherger wrote: > > I'm seeing the same - I've a stream running for 2.5hrs and it keeps > > growing. I'll need to check to see if the recent update made things > > worse as nobody reported this issue in the last 9 months. > > I'm not sure how exactly you're pulling in the data, and how it's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread Michael Herger
I'm seeing the same - I've a stream running for 2.5hrs and it keeps growing. I'll need to check to see if the recent update made things worse as nobody reported this issue in the last 9 months. I'm not sure how exactly you're pulling in the data, and how it's beeing cached. But the async http

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread Owen Smith
bpa wrote: > I'm seeing the same - I've a stream running for 2.5hrs and it keeps > growing. I'll need to check to see if the recent update made things > worse as nobody reported this issue in the last 9 months. I've definitely had the cache growth for a long time. I noticed it because my

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread drmatt
Giza2020 wrote: > > I wanted to let you know im also experiencing the play 1 sec, pause 2-3 > secs and then off we go with lovely bbc playing :-) > > Not bothering me really but thought you'd like to know that it's > happening her in the UK for me. > > Latest LMS on synology > Your latest

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > So after 1 hour would you expect to see the cache.db size to level off > if the radio station is still playing or shrink if the radio station is > stopped. Mine never shrinks only increases. I'm seeing the same - I've a stream running for 2.5hrs and it keeps growing.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > I don't know the default LMS cache expiry timeout but if it is say 15 > > minutes - then cache size should level out after 15 minutes. I'm > running > > a test and mayeb later today I'll have some better numbers. > > Default is 1h. But you can override the expiry with every

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread Giza2020
Hi Bpa Thanks again for all your hard work as always! I wanted to let you know im also experiencing the play 1 sec, pause 2-3 secs and then off we go with lovely bbc playing :-) Not bothering me really but thought you'd like to know that it's happening her in the UK for me. Latest LMS on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread Owen Smith
slartibartfast wrote: > Happens with HLS as well. Cache.db increased by 27MB in 10 minutes! > > Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk I've had large cache.db for many months. It's levelled out at around 700MB, whicn isn't a problem on WHS. It's not the recent update to iPlayer which has caused

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
mherger wrote: > Default is 1h. But you can override the expiry with every cached value. 1h is definitely too long for chunked http audio. I'll check if Triode had at any stage a shorter expiry with his HLS imeplemntation. I'll continue my test and see if cache size levels out after 1h. Then

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread Michael Herger
I don't know the default LMS cache expiry timeout but if it is say 15 minutes - then cache size should level out after 15 minutes. I'm running a test and mayeb later today I'll have some better numbers. Default is 1h. But you can override the expiry with every cached value. -- Michael

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
bpa wrote: > Any messages in the log ? I'd like to know if delay is due to slow BBC > or plugin - plugin logs slow BBC responses. As an example while running a test for the cache issue - I just started a LIve R3 test. The 96k stream started within 1 sec but within 1 minute I had two instances

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > It seems like the streamed data goes into cache.db and never leaves. LMS caches HTTP fetches and with chunked http (i.e. HLS, DASH) streams are made up of typically 3-6 sec chunks of audio each fetch with http so you can see there are a lot of http fetches that will be

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > The only thing that changed in HLS was increasing the timeouts to wait > for a response from BBC so plugin waits longer for a response - it > doesn't make an increased number of queries nor does it buffer any more > data than 1.4.7. Images and metadata are unchanged as well. If

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
Owen Smith wrote: > Similar here. I'm in the UK on rock solid 79.6/19.9 FTTC, playing the > Dash 320kbps AAC live streams usually Radio 2. WHS V1, LMS 7.8.0, > Receiver (so transcoding obviously). When I play a channel, it starts > after maybe a second or less and plays for a second or so and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > Happens with HLS as well. Cache.db increased by 27MB in 10 minutes! The only thing that changed in HLS was increasing the timeouts to wait for a response from BBC so plugin waits longer for a response - it doesn't make an increased number of queries nor does it buffer

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread slartibartfast
slartibartfast wrote: > I've just noticed that when I use BBC iplayer the size of my cache.db > file shoots up. After 4.5 hours of Radio 2 in DASH at 320kbps it has > increased from 47MB to 724MB. Yesterday I had to delete the cache.db > file to free space on my 8GB card in my Max2Play server

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread slartibartfast
I've just noticed that when I use BBC iplayer the size of my cache.db file shoots up. After 4.5 hours of Radio 2 in DASH at 320kbps it has increased from 47MB to 724MB. Yesterday I had to delete the cache.db file to free space on my 8GB card in my Max2Play server because it was full. Cache.db was

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread Raymond Woodward
I see the BBC have switched their online commentary player over to HTML5 DASH today ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/37302361 Raymond Woodward's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63990

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread hopeful
Same here, but it only happens on the live stream, catch up is fine. hopeful's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65059 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104672

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread Owen Smith
slartibartfast wrote: > I am in the UK. I actually seem to get rebuffering 5 seconds after a > station starts playing. Not every time but I didn't notice this before > the latest update. Similar here. I'm in the UK on rock solid 79.6/19.9 FTTC, playing the Dash 320kbps AAC live streams usually

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > Comments are always welcome as I cannot test all variation such as UK > streams or OSX systems. > > Beside the fix, there were a few tweaks in 1.4.8 to reduce the > "rebuffering" events and this requires increasing the data buffered but > it should have only increased the delay

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-14 Thread bpa
gegen wrote: > Then when I installed version 1.4.8 with the fix inbuilt, it would take > 3 or 4 secs for audio to play .absolutely not a criticism in anyway > but thought my experience might help in some way. Comments are always welcome as I cannot test all variation such as UK streams or

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-13 Thread gegen
Hi bpa Thanks again for getting everything working, it's fantastic to have you doing this for all of usone observation might be of use to you but I don't have the knowledge to explain it.anyway here goes, on my RPI3 using Raspbian Jessie and LMS 7.9 when I replaced the DashAsyncHTTP.pm

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-13 Thread milk
Thank you for the update. :) milk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65884 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104672 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-13 Thread bpa
The few days after an update to a plugin gives a chance to see the spread of users who are "actively" using LMS & BBCiPlayer plugin. sourceforge provides a nice breakdown of downloads. https://sourceforge.net/projects/bpaplugins/files/BBCiPlayer-V1_4_8.ZIP/stats/map

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-12 Thread bpa
Jed1-62 wrote: > I have set all the IPlayer related logs to Fatal and restarted the > server but I now have a delay to the start of live or listen again > streams. ( Iplayer plugin set to DASH only for both ). I seem to be > getting loads of the errors below until the stream starts playing. > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-12 Thread Jed1-62
bpa wrote: > The message are log message with "error" level - you can suppress them > if you set logging level for BBCiPlayer plugin to "fatal". Message > level of a log message is at the whim of the developer so nothing bad > will happen if you set level to "fatal" - just plugin will not

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-12 Thread bpa
Jed1-62 wrote: > BPA Thanks for the explanation - always appreciated. The message are log message with "error" level - you can suppress them if you set logging level for BBCiPlayer plugin to "fatal". Message level of a log message is at the whim of the developer so nothing bad will happen if

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-12 Thread Jed1-62
BPA Thanks for the explanation - always appreciated. Jed1-62's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104672

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-12 Thread bpa
Jed1-62 wrote: > Updated to the latest Iplayer plugin and the DASH format is now working > again on both the Iplayer plugin and the Iplayer Extra plugin. Just > looking at the logs I can see long chunk fetch times... Is this > something that I should be worried about? Nothing to get worried

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-12 Thread Jed1-62
Thanks for getting the Dash format working again-- Much appreciated Updated to the latest Iplayer plugin and the DASH format is now working again on both the Iplayer plugin and the Iplayer Extra plugin. Just looking at the logs I can see long chunk fetch times... Is this something that I should

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-12 Thread Owen Smith
anotherbob wrote: > Thanks for that. > Another step on the learning curve :) I may have got some of the actual numbers wrong. Owen Smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42371 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-12 Thread anotherbob
Owen Smith wrote: > The Windows 8 is an internal version. Vista and Win 7 both reported 7 > for example, and XP reported 6 I believe. Thanks for that. Another step on the learning curve :) anotherbob's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-12 Thread Owen Smith
The Windows 8 is an internal version. Vista and Win 7 both reported 7 for example, and XP reported 6 I believe. Owen Smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42371 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-12 Thread anotherbob
bpa wrote: > 10-Sep-16 > Release notes for BBCiPlayer 1.4.8 > > Main change is to fix problem playing DASH format "Listen Again". Many thanks. All OK again. I post the following not because it means much to me, but others have done so therefore I assume it might be of some interest :) (I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-11 Thread ericj
bpa wrote: > 10-Sep-16 > Release notes for BBCiPlayer 1.4.8 > > Main change is to fix problem playing DASH format "Listen Again". Main > symptoms no audio & an error message in log which includes text > "Undefined subroutine > ::BBCiPlayerashAsyncHTTP::_removeGzipHeader called" > . Thanks,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-11 Thread Owen Smith
Listen Again and Extras now working on WHS V1 with LMS 7.8.0. One thing, the "Listen Live" and "Listen Live (Non UK)" options are still missing icons. Minor detail, just thought you should know. Owen Smith's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-11 Thread gegen
Thankyou very much bpa all working great on pi2/raspian wheezy/lms 7.9 and rpi3/raspian jessie/lms7.9 bpa wrote: > 10-Sep-16 > Release notes for BBCiPlayer 1.4.8 > > Main change is to fix problem playing DASH format "Listen Again". Main > symptom an error message in log which includes

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-10 Thread dbm204
Working again for me. Thank you for all your work on this. dbm204's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65916 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104672

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-10 Thread bpa
10-Sep-16 Release notes for BBCiPlayer 1.4.8 Main change is to fix problem playing DASH format "Listen Again". Main symptom an error message in log which includes text "Undefined subroutine ::BBCiPlayerashAsyncHTTP::_removeGzipHeader called" Changes: - include _removeGzipHeader routine. - HLS

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-10 Thread BobSammers
bpa wrote: > There is a very very very slim possibility old pages are cached either > in LMS or browser. So stop LMS, delete LMS cache directory templates and > file cache.db, start LMS and clear Browser cache for LMS pages. Thank you very much! Only after I got all the other information you

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-10 Thread anotherbob
PasTim wrote: > bpa said there should be an updated plugin fairly soon, so if you can > wait just update it in the normal way when prompted to do so. Thanks. I'll do that, but in the meantime I'll turn off DASH in LMS as a quick fix :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-10 Thread bpa
Messing around with the pref file directly may fix this issue temporarily but if you do not have Settings for BBCiPlayer plugin then something is awry in your LMS or how it is run - if you do not find the source other problem may show up in time. Please do not continue debugging the code or the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread BobSammers
I'm wondering about uninstalling both plugins again, manually deleting the prefs files associated with each one and then reinstalling. Is there anything else I should clear out at the same time, or would you recommend a different approach?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread BobSammers
bpa wrote: > Please answer my last question > > In your WebUI Settings/Plugins/BBCiPlayer - do you not have a "Bitrate > for On Demand DASH" drop down box ? > > If not then you have an install or version problem. Sorry bpa, I did, but for some reason I got a message when I submitted it saying

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread bpa
BobSammers wrote: > How is "~" interpreted? You should not need to edit prefs file directly. Please answer my last question In your WebUI Settings/Plugins/BBCiPlayer - do you not have a "Bitrate for On Demand DASH" drop down box ? If not then you have an install or version problem.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread BobSammers
-[Note: this post could appear out of order, a previous one was kept back for moderation.]- Okay, I've found "bbciplayer.prefs". The first 5 lines of the file are as follows: Code: --- Dashspeed_aod: ~ Dashspeed_live: ~ _ts_Dashspeed_aod: 1473455545

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread bpa
BobSammers wrote: > Whether this preference exists, I think, determines the sort order of > the different feeds based on their bandwidths. I'm a bit lost at this > point (and I need to be somewhere else now). My guess is I'm getting the > feeds sorted the opposite way to what I want. Just to be

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread bpa
BobSammers wrote: > I've had a look in DASH.pm and the function that prints the log message > I referenced above. If I understand what's going on, part of the > algorithm for determining the best speed is to use a system preference > set against 'plugin.bbciplayer' for the value of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread bpa
Man in a van wrote: > Here you go Not necessarily - some users can have custom installations. Best to check WebUI Settings/Information - at the bottom of the page are the plugin directories - use the one with "Cache" in the path. Anyhow, I had hoped to get around to updating the plugin but

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread Man in a van
BobSammers wrote: > I'm sure someone else may be able to help with the location of the file > you need to replace (or you could just use the Windows search function > with the filename of the file BPA has provided - it's just a straight > swap, but make sure you keep a copy of the old one). > .

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread BobSammers
I've had a look in DASH.pm and the function that prints the log message I referenced above. If I understand what's going on, part of the algorithm for determining the best speed is to use a system preference set against 'plugin.bbciplayer' for the value of "Dashspeed_aod". I don't have such a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread BobSammers
bpa wrote: > The GZIP issue just prevent playback. Any bitrate issue is separate. > To understand what is happening you need to turn on the logging for the > plugin and pick a different program for each test otherwise caching may > distort results. Yes, sorry, I should probably have written

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread bpa
BobSammers wrote: > However, I've reverted to switching off the DASH streams again because > they currently only seem to give me 48k (at least, as reported on the > web interface and in the player's info) for all streams. If I switch > DASH off, I get 339k for live streams and 128k for listen

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread BobSammers
anotherbob wrote: > I wonder if it's a solution to my problem too? Unfortunately I don't > know how to carry out the instructions. Can someone explain it in simple > language. It sounds like the same problem. This is exactly what was happening to me and BPA's updated code fixed it. You have a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread anotherbob
castalla wrote: > What OS is LMS running on? Windows 10. anotherbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=51459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104672

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread castalla
anotherbob wrote: > Came to try iPlayeron my Touch today. Used to work fine but now can only > get Play Live using my remote control or the touchscreen. Listen Again > just shows "connecting" and doesn't. oddly, when I open web remote > control in LMS I can get the Listen Again content. I see

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2016-09-09 Thread BobSammers
Thanks for providing this fix, BPA, it's solved the main problem I had (which had symptoms similar to everyone else). However, I've reverted to switching off the DASH streams again because they currently only seem to give me 48k (at least, as reported on the web interface and in the player's

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