[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Alien BBC poor radio 4 FM performance

2006-12-27 Thread bpa
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

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Alien BBC poor radio 4 FM performance

2006-12-27 Thread Diana
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

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Alien BBC poor radio 4 FM performance

2006-12-27 Thread Diana
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