bpa;485996 Wrote: 
> Both those station (e.g. nostalgie 92.9 ) play OK on an SB3 connected to
> mysqueezebox.com (i.e. they have http streams).
> 
> If you are using the SBS Internet Radio (i.e. Radiotime) option to find
> the station URL - then WMA will nearly ALWAYS be shown as mms and so it
> is not a definitive way to check whether a station is actually using
> mms.
> 
> Edit:
> 
> You do not need to change the URL from mms to http - SBS will do that
> automatically when trying a mms stream.  It is why stations use mms URLs
> as players know they can replace mms (and port 1755) with http.
> 
> A benefit of http is that it gets around many firewalls as it uses http
> and port 80 just like a browser whereas mms is usually blocked as it
> uses special protocol on port 1755.  So a station which only uses mms
> will usually lose listeners in offices etc.

Thank you, it's a pretty good new for me ! 
I will try when I receive my Squeezebox and let you know if everything
is OK for me.

Thanks again !

Dangze


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