Has anyone made any progress with these BBC streams? They still seem
pretty rubbish to me ... Although I get the impression that the breakups
are generally shorter these days ...
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Verulamius wrote:
I'm currently not experiencing any problems with triode' iplayer. I'm
using the fmpg variation with tplink powerline homeplugs between my
touch and my rpi2 which is hosting squeezeplug/max2play and a 6Meg
broadband connection.
That said, what does drop is the mp3
I spoke to a buddy who uses his Sonos system to stream BBC Radio 4. He
said it drops out about once every two weeks!! Which begs the
question, what is wrong with the Logitech system!?
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rbl wrote:
I spoke to a buddy who uses his Sonos system to stream BBC Radio 4. He
said it drops out about once every two weeks!! Which begs the
question, what is wrong with the Logitech system!?
How is he accessing Radio4? What url is his system using?
LMS Version: 7.9
TranquilPC
I'm currently not experiencing any problems with triode' iplayer. I'm
using the fmpg variation with tplink powerline homeplugs between my
touch and my rpi2 which is hosting squeezeplug/max2play and a 6Meg
broadband connection.
That said, what does drop is the mp3 logitech bbc radio feeds - this
Verulamius wrote:
This is bpa' playhls version per
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103312-BBCiPlayer-plugin-a-guick-fix-guide
which requires the fmpg convertor.
For clarity - it is ffmpeg not fmpg
bpa's
This is bpa' playhls version per
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103312-BBCiPlayer-plugin-a-guick-fix-guide
which requires the fmpg convertor.
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bonze wrote:
Most are trying to get away from relying on the MP3 feeds though.
of course, and I'd love to too, but they don't work! At least these mp3
streams are reasonably reliable. I'll give it another month or so and
try the proper higher bitrate streams and see if the BBC have go their
kesey wrote:
try this:
http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/mypicks/RadioFeedsSBS.zip
I have been using this lately and it does seem a lot better. Bitrate
128Kbps except Radio 3 which is 320Kbps.
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rbl wrote:
I have been using this lately and it does seem a lot better. Bitrate
128Kbps except Radio 3 which is 320Kbps.
Most are trying to get away from relying on the MP3 feeds though.
LMS Version: 7.9
TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - WHS 2011
2x Touch, 3x SB3
Ok i was getting 100% up to 1000kbps and then dropping to 40 - 50% for
1500 and then drops to 20 -30% for 2000k ..need to s3e. What happens
when sync'd but wondering if this is normal. .moved right up next to the
router and the numbers rose but not a huge amount
Giza2020 wrote:
Ok i was getting 100% up to 1000kbps and then dropping to 40 - 50% for
1500 and then drops to 20 -30% for 2000k ..need to s3e. What happens
when sync'd but wondering if this is normal. .moved right up next to the
router and the numbers rose but not a huge amount
So for a
Thanks Bpa
So my lms is connected via homeplugs
Router is an asus rt56u and i just moved to the same room as the router
itself.
I can't look at the squeezelite networks test on the pi because i can't
find the network test option.
So are you saying the boom should be smashing those network
Giza2020 wrote:
So my lms is connected via homeplugs
Homeplugs have their own problems - I have a set as well.
Router is an asus rt56u and i just moved to the same room as the router
itself.
If in the same room better to test with a cable to determine.
I can't look at the squeezelite
Giza2020 wrote:
No I haven't done that for a while!.. I'll give it a try later .. I
guess the higher data rate the better the test?
Yes and No. Expect 100% up to a certain speed but above some speed
connection will deteriorate. You can test if orientation of Boom affects
this. Transcoded
bpa wrote:
Yes and No. Expect 100% up to a certain speed but above some speed
connection will deteriorate. You can test if orientation of Boom affects
this. Transcoded streams into Flac typically need about 50% compression
so required datarate would be about 750kbps (since the BBC now uses
Giza2020 wrote:
I think I'm reaching a similar conclusion. i think my boom is causing
the buffering in my sync'd setup up with a squeezelite player on a pi.
I'm wondering if the boom requires a better wifi signal than the pi due
to the need to transcode the format but the pi doesn't?
bpa wrote:
You cannot compare %'s from different devices as IIRC there is no
standard method.
Have you run the network test on your boom (Boom menu
Settings/Information/Network Test - rotate control to change datarate)
No I haven't done that for a while!.. I'll give it a try later .. I
I think I'm reaching a similar conclusion. i think my boom is causing
the buffering in my sync'd setup up with a squeezelite player on a pi.
I'm wondering if the boom requires a better wifi signal than the pi due
to the need to transcode the format but the pi doesn't?
Boom wifi signal is about
bpa wrote:
Yes typo network.asynchttp and network.asyncdns
And those two network loggers were enabled already and should be in the
log I uploaded. There might be some noise in there as I was playing
with the logs to see what they output. Today, I've just started the
live feed of BBC R1 and
OK, an update from my side. This evening I've had a play and tried a
few things. I'm currently listening to the R1 stream via both my
Logitech Squeezeblox Classic and Squeezeplay on OS X. I've also
installed LMS 7.8.1 on an Ubuntu VM on my server.
Squeezeplay is fine.
My Squeezebox is
I just wanted to add to this thread. I'm seeing the same sort of
dropouts and issues as others here.
I've enabled logging of plugin.bbciplayer.hls. I've been watching the
log stream while I try to listen and the dropouts always seem to
coincide with a larger number of chunks being received.
sjalloq wrote:
I just wanted to add to this thread. I'm seeing the same sort of
dropouts and issues as others here.
I've enabled logging of plugin.bbciplayer.hls. I've been watching the
log stream while I try to listen and the dropouts always seem to
coincide with a larger number of
This is the log after 3 underruns in about 15 seconds.
Code:
[15-06-20 19:39:05.2190] Plugins::BBCiPlayer::iPlayer::_checkStream (245)
consecutiveErrors: 0 songElapsed: 2.93301921081543
[15-06-20 19:39:05.2221] Plugins::BBCiPlayer::iPlayer::_checkStream (249)
stream
It's definitely related to having a chunk list of 5. Every time I get
merged chunklist now 5 chunks it underruns. I've been seeing the
following type of warnings today quite a bit so perhaps there are
requests going on in the background that cause a process to timeout.
I've tried to disable
sjalloq wrote:
It's definitely related to having a chunk list of 5. Every time I get
merged chunklist now 5 chunks it underruns. I've been seeing the
following type of warnings today quite a bit so perhaps there are
requests going on in the background that cause a process to timeout.
Have you seen this : https://www.robertsradiotechnical.co.uk/
Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers
Logitech Radio
Logitech UE Smart Radio
Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LMS + Squeezelite
Cubieboard + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100
bluetooth speaker
Sorry, I assumed that was a typo as I don't have that logger. I'm
running LMS 7.7.2.
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Sorry, I assumed that was a typo as I don't have that logger. I'm
running LMS 7.7.2.
It's in 7.7.x
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I'm also getting the odd bit of buffering now and again.. but what was
really strange the other day was I watched a Youtube clip on my phone
which caused the buffering to start - I'm on virgin fibre connected to a
Asus router (made the vm superhub a dumb modem which links to the Asus
router) so
rbl wrote:
Well I think it is better, but still far from perfect. Whereas
occasionally it re-buffers and no error is shown in the log, usually I
get the following errors:
[15-06-18 10:14:48.1603] Plugins::BBCiPlayer::HLS::_parsePL (199) merged
chunklist now 4 chunks
[15-06-18
Giza2020 wrote:
I'm also getting the odd bit of buffering now and again.. but what was
really strange the other day was I watched a Youtube clip on my phone
which caused the buffering to start - I'm on virgin fibre connected to a
Asus router (made the vm superhub a dumb modem which links to
Well I think it is better, but still far from perfect. Whereas
occasionally it re-buffers and no error is shown in the log, usually I
get the following errors:
[15-06-18 10:14:48.1603] Plugins::BBCiPlayer::HLS::_parsePL (199) merged
chunklist now 4 chunks
[15-06-18 10:14:48.1604]
The log had two sorts of errors which triggered the rebuffering
1. Timeout - this timeout is controlled by WebUI
Settings/Advanced/Network/Radio Station Timeout - if it is 3 or less
can you try increasings it to say 10.
2. Failure to connect but there are Radiovis error functionality around
the
bpa wrote:
Zip file is empty
I'm not sure what you are logging but the following will track the most
common issues.. Note time you start playing and also note time you get
problems.
network.asyncdns to INFO
network.asynchttp to INFO
plugin.bbciplayer to INFO
I am now logging as above,
rbl wrote:
I can't find a Radiovis plugin in Settings\PlugIns, although I searched
my hard drive and found a file ...\Plugins\BBCiPlayer\RadioVis.pm, so it
would appear to be part of the BBC iPlayer plugin itself.
Switching off the two BBC iPlayer settings 'Show Live Text' and 'Show
Slide
bonze wrote:
Switching off the two BBC iPlayer settings 'Show Live Text' and 'Show
Slide Show' will stop RadioVis being used.
Ok - have done that and will see what happens. I also changed Radio
Station Buffer Seconds back to 3s to see if RadioVis is the problem. Now
have to wait and see -
bpa wrote:
The log had two sorts of errors which triggered the rebuffering
1. Timeout - this timeout is controlled by WebUI
Settings/Advanced/Network/Radio Station Timeout - if it is 3 or less
can you try increasings it to say 10.
2. Failure to connect but there are Radiovis error
rbl wrote:
Ok - have done that and will see what happens. I also changed Radio
Station Buffer Seconds back to 3s to see if RadioVis is the problem. Now
have to wait and see - thanks very much for the help. Incidentally,
worth mentioning that I use 2 x SB3s and SqueezeLite 3, and everything
bpa wrote:
Justr in case - keep server.asynchhttp is set to INFO and check for
timeout log message You had one in your log which means one of your
3 rebuffer was caused by timeout and it had no associated Radiovis
error.
The reason why I think 3 secs is too short is because BBC sends
bpa wrote:
Not the Radio Station Buffer Seconds the Radio Station Timeout
Ah - Timeout was already set to 15. Buffer was set to 3. Sounds like
that is all ok then. Well, I'll see how disabling Show Live Text and
Show Slide Show helps things. Once again, thanks for your help...
rbl wrote:
Will do. And I'll set the buffer to 10s then - sounds like that is what
the BBC require ... Fingers x'd!
Not the Radio Station Buffer Seconds the Radio Station Timeout
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bpa wrote:
I agree with this suggestion - you should post on an existing BBCiPlayer
thread as this thread title doesn't highlight your issue is really
rebuffering and not which hardware or URLs.
There is some consensus on what can be done to reduce the rebuffering
effect such as changing
rbl wrote:
IIRC one user reported that Windows DNS caching is reluctant to expire
entries so it's possible on Windows the problem is not resolved merely
by changing DNS server.
Have you enabled logging to see what is happening and the source of the
fault (e.g. DNS problem, http
5 live buffering this am for me
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R4 is better right now, but it dropped out a few minutes ago, a few
seconds before 12.10.00 today. I had enabled logging, and the file is
attached. There are errors at 12:10:23 but the dropout definitely
happened before this. Any idea what this all means?
18264
Zip file is empty
I'm not sure what you are logging but the following will track the most
common issues.. Note time you start playing and also note time you get
problems.
network.asyncdns to INFO
network.asynchttp to INFO
plugin.bbciplayer to INFO
rbl wrote:
Sorry, but it is a nightmare digging through all the endless problems
people have had over recent months with iPlayer / BBC Radio. Just
wondering, what is the currently accepted best way to get BBC live radio
for a UK listener? Currently using BBC iPlayer (v1.3.1alpha3) plugin,
Pi2 setup with max2play which sets up the lms server (and/or squeezelite
if you want it to be a player too )
Works great as its a low power 24/7 setup
Not sure how it would compare to your set up but 1gb ram makes it pretty
nifty and does everything i ask of it
Giza2020 wrote:
I think you're using the best solution so maybe worth posting in the BBC
iplayer to see what's happening
There are a few posts about buffering issues and solutions.. what is LMS
running on?
I agree with this suggestion - you should post on an existing BBCiPlayer
thread as
Yes it does look right... I might have been able to help had you been on
a pi server .. sorry
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Sorry, but it is a nightmare digging through all the endless problems
people have had over recent months with iPlayer / BBC Radio. Just
wondering, what is the currently accepted best way to get BBC live radio
for a UK listener? Currently using BBC iPlayer (v1.3.1alpha3) plugin,
with a good
rbl wrote:
Sorry, but it is a nightmare digging through all the endless problems
people have had over recent months with iPlayer / BBC Radio. Just
wondering, what is the currently accepted best way to get BBC live radio
for a UK listener? Currently using BBC iPlayer (v1.3.1alpha3) plugin,
Thanks. Good to know that at least I am running the right iPlayer
version etc..
Am running LMS 7.7.5 on a Win7 64bit dual core 3.1GHz i3-2100 desktop
with 8GB ram and SSD. It otherwise works very well!
It seems that a lot of people are having buffering problems, and for me
at least there are
I never realised you can run a PI server. Is it easy to setup and does
it run as well as a PC server (and likely to work with Squeezer on my
phone)? Could be a good option ...
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