bpa wrote: > The time restrictions are generated whenever you start the pls. > So you have a couple of things to try as afavorite > 1. Use the BBC pls file > 2. Use the raw URL no paramters - > http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4fm_mf_q > 3. Create a playlist file like BBC one but without the parameters. It > means failover to alternate URL (p vs. q) will work. > > Code: -------------------- > > > [playlist] > NumberOfEntries=2 > File1=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4fm_mf_p > Title1=No Title > Length1=-1 > File2=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4fm_mf_q > Title2=No Title > Length2=-1 > -------------------- > > > 4. Try the -plugin iplayer MP3 URL - with 1.6.3 gives you same > metadata & images as DASH/HLS streams. > > Code: -------------------- > > > iplayer://live?mp3=http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4fm_mf_p&icon=http://radio-service-information.api.bbci.co.uk/logos/bbc_radio_fourfm/600x600.png&onair=bbc_radio_fourfm > -------------------- > > > 5. Try the Tune-in BBC R4 MP3 URL - will give some metadata > > > As I said Alarm does effectively a "repeat" when retrying a broken URL > - so it may be piggybacking on the repeat code. > > ABOVE DOES NOT DEAL WITH THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM - YOUR BIG ISSUES IS > WHY ARE THERE SO MANY DELAYED PACKETS - THIS IS NOT GOOD. IS IT THE > BBC/CDN OR YOUR ISP OR YOUR LAN > As a first test - try playing BBC live R3 or R4 via the alternate CDN > menu (Limelight vs Akamai) - 2nd (non UK) or 3rd last (UK) menu item > in BBCiplayer menu. This will use a different set of BBC servers and > network connections. Check log to see if you get the delay messages > when playing the alternate.
Thanks! Will try all that as two separate experiments. Will do the present Alarm issue first, just in case. And then over the next few days will log the various streams. I suspect my LAN (Freebox, here in Paris) which is ultra-quick fibre into the apartment and utter cr*p wifi within the apartment (with no real option to ethernet the radio)...... AGB Logitech Media Server Version: 7.7.6 - 1521467459 @ Thu Mar 29 16:46:01 WEDT 2018 Operating system: Windows 10 Music Library: external SD, exFAT (FLAC music; mp3 voice) USA: LinkSys WRT54GS Router, WPA2 1 x Touch, LAN (Firmware:7.7.3-r16676) Controller: 7.7.2-r9663 France: Sagem Livebox 2FR, or Freebox 1 x SB3, wireless. (Firmware 137) 2 x Touch, 1 wireless, 1 LAN. (Firmware:7.8.0-r16754) Controller: 7.7.1-r9557 3 x SB Radios [2 wireless, 1 usually LAN]: 7.7.3-r16676 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ agbagb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7034 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110274 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
