Re: [slim] Buffering problem with Duet

2012-11-26 Thread k...@ken.net
k...@ken.net wrote: > > I will change this to WMA (versus AAC) but what's the benefit? Both will > transcode to Flac, right? I will also turn off the "allow transcoding" > feature but won't that mean I can't listen to it? I've changed the iPlayer

Re: [slim] Buffering problem with Duet

2012-11-26 Thread k...@ken.net
bpa wrote: > Are you in the UK or outside the UK. If outside the UK are you using > some sort of VPN to get good quality UK stream ? I am in the UK. > > 1. The stream is not "clearly WMA" as if you are outside the UK WMA > streams are 48kbps and AAC streams are 56kbps. Radiotime can insert >

Re: [slim] Buffering problem with Duet

2012-11-26 Thread k...@ken.net
First let me thank all of you (@matka, @bpa, @mnyb) for helping me try and track this problem down. I had secretly hoped that @matka's suggestion of buffering would solve all my problems but last night proved that this problem still exists (at least with buffer set to the default of 3 seconds). Th

Re: [slim] Buffering problem with Duet

2012-11-25 Thread k...@ken.net
Ok that's interesting. I don't actually know. I think if I go down and dig into the remote's menu system it will tell me what type of stream but is there a way from the browser interface to answer this question? Also, why is it that AAC would be transcoded to Flac? That seems wasteful as you can't

Re: [slim] Buffering problem with Duet

2012-11-24 Thread k...@ken.net
Looks promising. I had noticed that under Advanced > Network > Radio Station Buffer (seconds) I could move the setting but it seemed to have zero impact, maybe I needed to switch to proxied streaming as you suggest for that to make a difference. Anyway, will give this a try and report back on how

[slim] Buffering problem with Duet

2012-11-24 Thread k...@ken.net
I have a duet and boom in the house and the boom works 100% fine but the duet is suffering from re-buffering problems that are confounding me. In most cases the Duet and Boom are tuned to a BBC Radio 4 stream (the same config) and the Boom never chokes but the Duet does periodically and by periodi