Triode;478341 Wrote:
You can use an iplayer stream for the alarm, but there is a limitation
on how you need to set it (due to a limitation in the server).
Triode. As far as I know this bug still exists (it seems to for me on
7.5 anyway). As Ben is currently trying to make the alarm reliable it
One of the things I love about my set-up is the ability (here in Texas!)
to wake up to my native BBC in the morning: usually Radio 3.
Under Alien BBC this was easy. Play R3 from Alien; save as a Playlist
(in fact my Playlist folder is called Radio and contains only my 10 or
so favorite live
Do you need to use the iPlayer URL at all? AFAIK, the BBC WMA streams
for R1-4 are now directly available outside the UK.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64577highlight=bbc+url+uk
So http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r3.asx; should work for you
(depending on your precise
Ah-ha! Somehow I'd missed that.. And it worked fine: many thanks.
Even the relatively poor WMA quality is no issue for me, at least so far
as the Alarm function goes, as I pipe that through the whole-house
intercom system (OK, but not exactly hi-fi). Once I've grasped the
morning mug of
The Radiofeeds UK APP has up to date URLs for WMA including many local
Radio ones.
The Logitech ones in the BBC App are a bit out of date but should still
work OK for non UK listeners.
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agbagb;478210 Wrote:
But I've now gradually shifted from Alien to iPlayer (as the RealAudio
feed that Alien so usefully adapted for us is being phased out by the
Beeb...). And - as we are finding out - SC can't use an iPlayer saved
Playlist as an Alarm Sound source.
You can use an
