Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SC7: AlienBBC - Podcasts - unsupported format

2008-03-28 Thread peted
Many thanks bpa The point of my previous post was that data from the same URL plays OK as a simple MP3 file in the songs directory but not as a radio stream. Doesn't this point to mishandling within the radio streams processing (plugins?) ? Tne radio streams go via Mplayer don't they? Using v

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SC7: AlienBBC - Podcasts - unsupported format

2008-03-28 Thread bpa
Tne radio streams go via Mplayer don't they? No they don't. MP3 stream go direct from source to the player - Squeezecenter will do nothing unless proxied has been selected for the player. Mplayer is only used for those format which are not supported by SB such as RealAudio and AACplus (

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SC7: AlienBBC - Podcasts - unsupported format

2008-03-27 Thread peted
I had another play with this: That sample podcast bpa posted, when Tuned In, does not work. We get the (Softsqueeze) message javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileException: not an MP3 file bla bla bla, as I posted earlier (this thread). The player checks stream, connects, buffers (too fast)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SC7: AlienBBC - Podcasts - unsupported format

2008-03-27 Thread bpa
That sample podcast bpa posted, when Tuned In, does not work. We get the (Softsqueeze) message javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileExceptio n: not an MP3 file bla bla bla, The tune-in method has nothing to do with AlienBBC - you will get the same error if AlienBBC is not installed.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SC7: AlienBBC - Podcasts - unsupported format

2008-03-26 Thread chrislayeruk
I cannot play BBC Podcasts on my SB3 or softsqueeze. I get all BBC stuff except podcasts. Also, Wiki Radio and Virgin dont work although they are listed in AlienBBC. You get the program listing and everything, just the program times out. Help anyone, I would love to be able to get BBC Podcasts

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SC7: AlienBBC - Podcasts - unsupported format

2008-03-26 Thread bpa
Please only post in one thread. It is not good to cross/multiple post - otherwise it is hard to follow progress if there are replies on many threads.. New thread are opened by going into a specific forum and clicking new Thread (I think). BBC (and many other MP3) podcasts will not work with

[SlimDevices: Plugins] SC7: AlienBBC - Podcasts - unsupported format

2008-03-25 Thread peted
SC7.0, SoftSqueeze 3.6, Jre 1.6.0_05, Win XP Home SP2 Hi, I just tried to play an AlienBBC podcast - From Radio 3: CD Review - Building A Library (UK only) Building a Library reviews all available recordings of a work from the classical m... Sat, 22 Mar 2008 (45 Mins.) Got the following