I've had the problem with the BBC Radio 3rd party app on Squeezebox
radio for the last couple of weeks, that although live radio works, I
get Connection reset by local host for the on-demand service. I have
version 1.11 of the app and Radio version 7.7.1 r9557. I don't use a
local squeezebox
In the last week the WMA versions of Listen again program seem to be
lost (at least outside the UK) - you have to use AAC version.
Are you trying to play WMA or AAC version ?
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Bryan - looks to be working in the uk - can you mail me any debugs if
you think it is a plugin/applet problem, otherwise any details I can
raise with the BBC?
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Triode
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This is not a plugin/applet problem - the same URLs comes from the
plugin/applet as appear in the Beebotron WMA non UK site such as on
this page http://beebotron.org/public3/radio4fm.html
I've tried the link with both mplayer and SB and they do not play.
Is it possible the BBC have mixed up the
bpa;697241 Wrote:
This is not a plugin/applet problem - the same URLs comes from the
plugin/applet as appear in the Beebotron WMA non UK site such as on
this page http://beebotron.org/public3/radio4fm.html
I've tried the link with both mplayer and SB and they do not play.
Is it possible
Reciva listen again not working since yesterday.
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Here is an mplayer log as mplayer tries lots of variations to try to
contact and dumpas all the headers.
Code:
root@linux:# mplayer -v -playlist
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/asx/b01dq54w/iplayer_intl_stream_wma_lo_concrete
Filename for url is now
Looks like you are being directed to the uk geo restricted content..?
wm-acl.bbc.co.uk
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Triode;697251 Wrote:
Looks like you are being directed to the uk geo restricted content..?
wm-acl.bbc.co.uk
You're right
Fail
mms://wm-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_friday_1045.wma
Work
mms://wm.bbc.co.uk/wms/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_friday_1045.wma
This is a BBC problem
You can log faults with the Beeb directly, but due to the volume of
their communications the chap who runs http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/
might be a better path and source of info.
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bpa;697263 Wrote:
You're right
Fail
mms://wm-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_friday_1045.wma
Work
mms://wm.bbc.co.uk/wms/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_friday_1045.wma
This is a BBC problem as the iplayer_intl_stream_wma_lo_concrete
playlist is the source.
Anyway to
Triode;697268 Wrote:
Interestingly I get 403 when fetching that playlists, what happens if
you fetch the program without the specific type, it may be that they
are phasing out that version of the stream:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/asx/b01dq54w
The output of the URL
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BrianG61UK;693145 Wrote:
I notice that the local radio streams (both AAC and WMA) seem to be
disturbed by many nasty pops and clicks tonight, but I think that must
be a BBC problem.
I have also noticed clicking and popping over recent days on Radio 3
WMA stream. The AAC stream does seem to
My BBC Radio app went walkabout again yesterday so here's hoping 1.11
will fix it.
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BrianG61UK;693145 Wrote:
Actually after bedding in that so often seems to be necessary when
something gets upgraded on my Squeezebox Radio (a process of switching
back and forth between MySq.com and my LMS many times interspersed with
rebooting) WMA streams do seem to be working.
I notice
Triode;693274 Wrote:
Old versions available here:
http://code.google.com/p/triodeapplets/downloads/list
However note that the only change between 1.10 and 1.11 is how it
parses a playlist file - so will only change whether it finds a stream
to play or not for wma streams, there are no
I found out how to access the messages log file, so tested out BBC Radio
Solent using all three methods:
BBC Radio app fails :
Code:
Feb 28 14:41:01 squeezeplay: INFO squeezeplay.applets - AppletMeta.lua:146
entering BBCRadio
Feb 28 14:41:09 squeezeplay: INFO
That was it - thanks!
Why is there a specific setting for the different stream encodings, as
opposed to a failover type feature?
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Looks like the BBC started to use a new asx playlist format for wma
local radio - this should be fixed in 1.11. Please update and check it
works for you.
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I tried 1.11 and can confirm that WMA works fine now for BBC local
stations. I noted that 'More Info' only shows Windows Media and not
the bit rate (unlike with AAC).
However it still does beg the question what are the reasons for having
the option to select between AAC/MP3 and WMA streams?
I
mr-b;693118 Wrote:
However it still does beg the question what are the reasons for having
the option to select between AAC/MP3 and WMA streams?
I see that in the equivalent BBC iPlayer plugin, there is an order of
preference e.g. AAC MP3 WMA, which seems to me might be more
resilient to
Worse in what way exactly?
I noted some intermittent glitching on Local stations but apparently
this is a known issue - it occurs with the BBC's iplayer too:
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/announcements/local_radio_audio
The chap at radiofeeds.co.uk thinks it should be fixed by
mr-b;693144 Wrote:
Worse in what way exactly?
I noted some intermittent glitching on Local stations but apparently
this is a known issue - it occurs with the BBC's iplayer too:
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/announcements/local_radio_audio
The chap at radiofeeds.co.uk thinks
Incidentally BBC Worldservice WMA stream is not working and has like
this for at least a few days.
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Because most users simply use My Music to get back to their local LMS
server without needing the Switch Library menu item.
What I think makes more sense is if they would simply make it one menu
item of Switch Server (or Switch Source), this would eliminate all
ambiguity.
When selected, *all*
BrianG61UK;691563 Wrote:
.
Also why on earth does Switch Library dump you straight into music. I
generally do not want to be there, I usually want to be in Music
Folder or back at the Home menu.
Again, because this represents the most common usage scenario. If
someone is switching from
The Case of the Elusive Switch to MSB.com Menu Item:
I also find this item bounces around the Main menu like a rubber ball.
I like to have it at the Top of the menu - on both win7s and a linux
debian server it randomly bounces back to middle of the list when
switching, or it sticks at the top.
Tx for that.
The BBC Radio app installs fine on my Radio but it doesn't appear in
the App Gallery on my controller (controlling a Receiver) - even if I
uncheck the 3rd Party Apps Recommended apps. Any ideas?
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I made the mistake of upgrading to 1.1.10 yesterday.
Now I find BBC Radio disappears from my Home menu after I aswitch
between my media server and mysqueezebox.com. Sometimes rebooting the
radio restores it. Trying to re-add it to the home menu is often
impossible, pressing + sinmply doing
It's not a Logitech app ... it's the effort and work of a volunteer
enthusiast.
I grateful we even have it at all. Switch off updates if you don't
want any upgrades.
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castalla
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1 Logitech Radio +
BrianG61UK;691427 Wrote:
Now I find BBC Radio disappears from my Home menu after I switch
between my media server and mysqueezebox.com. Sometimes rebooting the
radio restores it. Trying to re-add it to the home menu is often
impossible, pressing + simply doing nothing at all rather than
castalla;691430 Wrote:
It's not a Logitech app ... it's the effort and work of a volunteer
enthusiast.
I'm grateful we even have it at all. Switch off updates if you don't
want any upgrades.
Logitech should not be designing their Radio so that the people who
right the applets have to
Triode;691431 Wrote:
The update is intended to make it stably stay in the internet radio
menu. Adding to the home menu is not really supported at present.
Until today it seemed to stay put in the Home menu.
Now Switch to Mysqueezebox.com - that's an example of something that
wouldn't stay
Yes, Logitech can be frustrating ... but they do have a semblance of
support for users - it may not be brilliant, but at least they do
reply.
Compare that with other internet radio outfits who completely ignore
their users - or worse pass resonsability over to brand names (most of
which don't
BrianG61UK;691437 Wrote:
Now Switch to Mysqueezebox.com - that's an example of something that
wouldn't stay where I put it, just moving around seemingly at random...
Do you mean Switch to MySB.com randomly would not appear on the Home
menu at all when it should have been present?
Or
BrianG61UK;691437 Wrote:
Now Switch to Mysqueezebox.com - that's an example of something that
wouldn't stay where I put it, just moving around seemingly at random.
.
Really it would of course disappear when you already are at
mysqueezebox.com and reappear again when switching back to
Mnyb;691441 Wrote:
Really it would of course disappear when you already are at
mysqueezebox.com and reappear again when switching back to your local
server the fastest way to get to the local server from mysqueezebox.com
is to chose my music
It would re-appear in some daft place such as
Any ideas why BBC Radio doesn't appear in the App Gallery on my
Controller?
I checked on my Touch's App Gallery and it does appear when I use the
Touch's screen directly, but it never appears when using the
Controller, no matter which player (Touch, Radio, Receiver) it is
controlling. Obviously
mr-b;691452 Wrote:
Any ideas why BBC Radio doesn't appear in the App Gallery on my
Controller?
Because it does not run on a controller/receiver - it is for Radio and
Touch only.
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Ah, so this is the case even if the controller is controlling the
Touch?
It looks like then I'll have to stick with the BBC iplayer plugin for
those devices.
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Hi
Is there a handy feature comparison between BBC iPlayer LMS plugin vs
BBC Radio App vs mysqueezebox.com BBC app?
I know that the mysqueezebox.com BBC app doesn't have Listen Again
but I'm not sure if there are any other feature differences between
them all.
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BBCiPlayer and BBC Radio are intended to do the same thing - they just
run in different places. So if you have a server always on, use
BBCiPlayer if you don't use BBC Radio.
BBC app is logitch's and only has live streams (and depending where you
are possibly not the highest quality ones
Great, but confused. Installed the app which I think is named BBC
iPlayer by Triode?
It now appears in internet radio but not in my apps, though the BBC app
from mysb.com appears in my apps?!?
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wonder boy
2 Booms, 1 radio, a touch and an SB3...think that's enough?
wonder boy;691100 Wrote:
Great, but confused. Installed the app which I think is named BBC
iPlayer by Triode?
It now appears in internet radio but not in my apps, though the BBC app
from mysb.com appears in my apps?!?
The plugin on the server is BBC iPlayer, this is BBC Radio and it
does
In answer to your request for feedback Triode, yesterday the BBC Radio
app disappeared from the menu again on my radio. This was after
updating to 1.9 the day before.
A reboot of the radio was required to bring it back. I can live with
this to have such a great app available, but it does seem
Triode, no problems with your app in the USA.
Thanks for the great app!
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Triode;690476 Wrote:
Can others see if this repeats - I can probably look at this again.
Yes it does, have had to reinstall it two times in the last days on my
Touch, haven't checked my Radios.
And by the way, are there any differences between the BBC Radio and the
BBC iplayer?
Mikael
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I've noticed the app displays the codec but not the bit rate under More
Info.
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squeeze1234;690440 Wrote:
(By the way, I've installed the 1.9 version and it still disappears from
the apps menu after about a day of use. I have to turn off and turn on
the radio, and then reinstall it, to get it back.)
Can others see if this repeats - I can probably look at this again.
Sorry to be dumb, but where does the update or the option to update
appear?
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There is a new version of the BBC Radio app (1.9) which should fix a bug
which caused it not to display on the My Apps menu when it is the only
app installed.
The listen live streams should use the latest aac urls that the BBC use
and that people have started to post on this forum. If you use
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