bpa wrote: > I'll summarise the situation > > The BBCiplayer v1.3.* in this thread support HSL only and has not been > updated since posting. Patches have been posted but the BBC have made > changes so I'm not sure the situation of V1.3.* > > Your version of LMS is quite old - I only test my version of BBCiPlayer > on LMS 7.8 and 7.9. What version of BBCiplayer were you running before > ? > > I created BBCiPlayerV1.4.* to support DASH which is an alternative non > proprietary format to HLS (Apple). No changes have been made to the HLS > support. > > I am not sure of the status of playing HLS stream on any version as I do > not test or support it. I suspect there may be issues on some Windows > systems. > > V1.4.* DASH has problems when used on Windows system so I created V1.5.* > to overcome these problems. Some non Windows users still use V1.4.10 > but I am not supporting it but users can still install it. > > V.1.5.3 is the latest version in the DASH BBCiPlayer which could be > considered "release". The plugin support skip back of live DASH stream > (e.g. skip back to start of current program) > > BBC are testing streaming Flac over DASH and will be stream the Proms in > Flac (about 400-500kbps) . The BBCiPlayer V.1.5.4.* supports Flac but as > it is test I suspect there may be updates needed when broadcasting > starts in July. V1.5.4 also supports segment/track info for On-Demand > programs (DASH only). So V1.5.4.4 can be considered the "beta" of the > BBCiPlayer DASH. > > At the beginning of May 2017 BBC killed the feeds for BBCiPlayerExtra > V1.9.* so the ougin stopped working. The BBC created two new feeds to > "replace" the oldf feeds but they are funciuotnally very limited. I > have managed to cobble together a new but limited version of > BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 see > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107477-Announce-BBCiPlayerExtra-v2-0 > > To install - Add the required repo to the plugins tab, click Apply and > then as before add BBCiPlayer and BBCiPlayerExtra by checking boxes > etc. > > The BBCiPlayer and BBCiPlayerExtra plugins is available from the > following repo URLs ( I need to consolidate) > BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/betarelease-repo.xml > BBCiPlayer V1.5.3 > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/V153testrelease-repo.xml > BBCiPlayer V1.5.4.x > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/V154testrelease-repo.xml > > Please do not install but for the record > BBCiPlayer V1.4.10 > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/repo-short.xml > > > It would be nice to get users onto one/two versions but for that to > happen I would have to "force" users to update and that may create > flurry of posts from users who updated and then have problems and are > upset. Also I would need to warn that custom menus would be lost If I > were to force the update then by right I need to have the time to answer > the problems - at the moment I cannot guarantee the time. So the status > quo - messy as it is means the majority of BBCiPlayer users are happy > with their setup even it is not the latest version.
I too have not kept up with BBC player developments for Squeezebox, so this is a very clear & helpful explanation. Thank you. ::::Touch x 2, Booms x 2, Squeeze Cntrl on Samsung S5 (Duet Receiver + Controllers x 2 - semi-retired) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ swayzak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16575 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
