[SlimDevices: Radio] BBC on SB Radio

[colantra]

I was thinking of buying a SB Radio, but I'm starting to be concerned
that I won't be able to listen to any of the BBCstations live - is this
the case?   

Reason for asking is that I have upgraded server to 7.4.1 and installed
Squeezeplay Beta on my PC and can't get the BBC stations to play.  I've
tried installing the iPlayer plug in and can listen to the recorded
programmes, but nothing live.

I want to use the radio as an alarm with BBC as the waking channel, is
this possible am I worrying about nothing?

Thanks

Coin


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC on SB Radio

[bpa]

The BBC live stations are available on WMA streams for both UK and non
UK users. These stations can be played natively on SB3, Boom,
Transporter, SB Radio and Touch so there is no need for a  server to be
running.

The BBCiPlayer plugin is used for BBC Listen Again and to get  the
better quality Flash/AAC streams which are not supported natively on the
players.

I think the soft players such as Squeezeplay on PC cannot play WMA
natively and so need server support. This support is standard on Windows
based servers but has to be added for Linux, OSX and many NAS based
servers.

So there is no problem playing BBC live stations on SB players.  

When using an internet station as an alarm sometime network connections
are not made for various reasons and so depending on station and network
there is a possibility that the station will not play and the alarm
backup should be used instead.


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