First off, let me apologise for taking so long to reply. I've been working away for a while.
bpa wrote: > OK. I think there could be two problems. > > 1. Transcoding and netwoprk load since 2 Touches/Radios have nopp[roblem > but problems happen whren Boom is in the mix. > 2. Windows affecting the BBCiPlayer handling - not clear what part of > Windows but problems with Windows have been reported. > > To separate the two problems - need to test with an AAC stream and no > "chunked " http. > > Can you play a play an "ordinary" AAC http stream (e.g. > http://www.somafm.com/illstreet32.pls ) > 1. On a single unsynced Boom. No glitches, plays ok. > 2. On synced Touch and radios group (no Boom) No glitches, plays ok. Also no problem with 3 groups playing the same - Boom, 2x Touch, 2x Radio simultaneously. > 3. Include Boom in group when synced with Touch and Radios Synced with 2 x Touch - no glitches, plays ok. Synced with 2 x Radio - no glitches, plays ok. > Also need some more info on BBC iplayer streams been played, settings > and setup. > > 1. What are the streams being played ? ListenAgain vs Live, bitrate, > R3 vs others, give example of problem programs. All problems as described are with Live streams, mainly Radio 6 and 4, displays as 339kbps CBR, AAC LC. > 2. What are the BBCiPlayer settings (i.e. are you playing HLS, DASH) Live Stream Preference HLS > DASH > MP3 > FlashAAC > FlashMP3 I have also tried the DASH > HLS > MP3 > FlashAAC with no difference in performance. > 3. Are you in the UK ? if not in the UK are you using a VPN or other > network trickery to make you appear to be in UK ? In UK, no VPN, standard Netgear R7000 router > 4. What speed is your ISP link ? Is your ISP link a satellite link ? 80Mb FTTC connection that is pretty much full speed as I'm only about 50m from the FTTC cabinet. Lastly, I have been looking at the server CPU usage whilst testing and it rarely get above 1%. Even when playing the BBC streams it only occasionally blips higher than 1%, up to 5%. Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=88 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104672 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
