If it only happens on live streams *and* not on Listen Again *and* the
streams continues after the pop and gaps - then it could be the BBC
server bank handling your area dropping packets because of network
load/congestion. With R4 this will be worse at peak hours such as
Mon-Fri 7.30-10.00 and
DickSpittle;165048 Wrote:
...It all works beautifully... except, for Radio 4 FM listen now, which
suffers from annoying clicks and pops and short drop outs.
Try tuning SS directly to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/wm_asx/aod/radio4.asx
This is a WMA stream for BBC Radio 4 (FM) which seems
The BBC URLs in the thread I just cited resolve into mms streams.
Squeezenetwork does not accept the http:// URLs, but it does work with
the mms streams, which, for Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4 are as
follows:
BBC Radio 2:
mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/radio2/radio2_nb_e1s1