[email protected] wrote: > On Fri, 2018-08-31 at 08:48 +0000, squeezecenter- > request (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com wrote: > > > I'm based in the UK and finding that BBC iPlayer will not play > > 'Listen Live' streams - again since about 13 August. 'Listen Live > > (Non UK)' plays fine as do streams from the Radio plugin - it just > > seems to be BBC iPlayer 'Listen Live'. > > > Like you, I'm in the UK. > > > When a Listen Live station is selected LMS finds the station and it > > looks as if it's starting to play but then aborts before anything > > plays. > > > These haven't worked since the BBC decided to hang a password on > iPlayer. > > My Touch has no problem playing live streamed BBC radio, but won't > touch any 'listen again' recordings, i.e. anything that shows up in the > BBC website schedules or programs linked to by 'Listen now' tags on web > pages. > > However, I can listen to these on my laptop (Firebird/Fedora Linux on a > Lenovo T440) BUT I have to log into the BBC to do that (requires > signing up and a password) and I think this is the issue - you can't > login from a Touch. The result is listenable (just - on its builtin > speakers) but is obviously hugely inferior to my main listening set-up > (Touch, Quad 33/303/FM3, Celestion Ditton 44s). > > There is a (partial) workround - many of these programs offer MP3 > downloads at 64kb or 128kb, so grab one of these from the website and > put it where LMS can find it (in my case on an old AMD PC running > Fedora Linux). > > This problem is unlikely to go away until one of the following happens: > > - the BBC gives up on its annoying login-to-listen ideas > > - the Touch maintainers figure out a moderately secure way to store > a username/password combination and send it when the BBC requests it. > > - the BBC reintroduces a radio license that allows, among other things, > unlimited, unpassworded access to programs on 'listen again' for > subscribers. I'd prefer this because (a) it would be a permanent > solution and (b) the (small) cash flow would remind the BBC that it > does have radio enthusiasts who shouldn't be ignored as they seem to > be at present. > > Personally, I'm not holding my breath for any of this to happen, but I > do miss the BBC's 'listen again' service. > > Martin > > PS: Tried just now (31Aug18 12:55) to verify that the Touch still > streams internet radio and failed - 'RADIO' vanished from the menu > after doing nothing for a while and 'Favourites' is also inoperative, > so it looks very much as though Logitech's support server has gone > TITSUP (Total Inability To Stream User-selected Programs).No one else is > having issues. The post you quoted was an issue with a VPN not BBC iPlayer.
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