Re: [slim] radio stream not disconnecting squeeze 3 classic

2014-11-02 Thread swet
bpa wrote: > > When the squeezebox is switched off the stream does stop with both > direct and streams that go thro server - the stream just cannot > continue into nowhere but it may take a few minutes server OS will > buffer TCP stream. got it, thanks bpa the significant part was 'a few mi

Re: [slim] radio stream not disconnecting squeeze 3 classic

2014-11-01 Thread bpa
AAC will not work if your server does not have transcoding enabled and necessary app (i.e. faad). SB3 can play OGG direct but not many stream that use OGG. swet wrote: > It seems a bit odd that if it's direct streaming to the squeeze box then > you might expect the stream to stop when the squeez

Re: [slim] radio stream not disconnecting squeeze 3 classic

2014-11-01 Thread swet
thanks bpa I have tried connecting an AAC stream but it doesn't seem to like it(It was radio paradise that alerted me to the problem). I'm now listening to the OGG stream at 192k which sounds very nice but still doesn't disconnect so that must be direct streaming as well. It seems a bit odd that

Re: [slim] radio stream not disconnecting squeeze 3 classic

2014-11-01 Thread bpa
This is standard behaviour and is known as "direct streaming". It happens if you are playing a stream which is "native" to the player such as http/MP3 and http/WMA. This will not happen when the streamis transcoded by server such as a http/AAC stream. This behaviour means stream goes direct from

[slim] radio stream not disconnecting squeeze 3 classic

2014-11-01 Thread swet
I have recently retired a buffalo linkstation, running since early 2006, with a zyxel 325v2 running media server 7.1.1. I have just noticed that when listening to a radio stream when switching off the squeezebox with the remote the stream does not stop. The modem is polling and the network indicat