Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-11-16 Thread Dangze
bpa;485996 Wrote: > Both those station (e.g. nostalgie 92.9 ) play OK on an SB3 connected to > mysqueezebox.com (i.e. they have http streams). > > If you are using the SBS Internet Radio (i.e. Radiotime) option to find > the station URL - then WMA will nearly ALWAYS be shown as mms and so it > i

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-11-16 Thread bpa
Both those station (e.g. nostalgie 92.9 ) play OK on an SB3 connected to mysqueezebox.com (i.e. they have http streams). If you are using the SBS Internet Radio (i.e. Radiotime) option to find the station URL - then WMA will nearly ALWAYS be shown as mms and so it is not a definitive way to check

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-11-16 Thread Dangze
bpa;485979 Wrote: > First, http and mms are not mutually exclusive - often station give a > mms URL and in fact they support both mms and http. It would best to > post the URLs of the stations so that they can be checked they are > exclusively mms. > > I would find it very strange that a station

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-11-16 Thread bpa
> > t ! In fact, I am French, and most of French popular radios (that I > want to listen in another European country) are streamed using mms > protocol... Some of them have recently switched from http to mms, > First, http and mms are not mutually exclusive - often station give a mms URL and in

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-11-16 Thread Dangze
bpa;460894 Wrote: > Yes. Most of the common formats are supported. The most common problem > type is "mms". > > mms is a Microsoft format for WMA. Stations have a choice of > supporting mms and/or http as the transport protocol. A few have opted > for just mms and mms is not supported by S

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread radish
pic;460942 Wrote: > Do you use SqueezeCenter or SqueezeNetwork ? > The test I did was with SC. I was planning on testing with SN as well but to be quite honest I could't find the "tune in url" function on the new beta SN site! -- radish 'HELP ME RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH!' (

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread bpa
pic;460942 Wrote: > > Do you use SqueezeCenter or SqueezeNetwork ? > SqueezeCenter because 1. the main radio service I used use RealAudio and Flash/AAC both of which needed transcoding or SC support. 2. I do not use the additional music services such as Napster, Pandora etc. as they are not av

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread pic
radish;460818 Wrote: > Just tested it on the Radio - works fine. As I understand better how things work, I have more questions, sorry. Do you use SqueezeCenter or SqueezeNetwork ? My question is if your Radio plays this stream by itself (if you use SN) or SC is doing some transcodig to "help"

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread bpa
pic;460906 Wrote: > Very clear, thanks. > > btw, are you SB developer ? No - but I've maintained AlienBBC (RealAudio/RTSP and SMIL playlist) plugin and added AACplus support before 7.3 so I've worked my way through a lot of SC code. -- bpa

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread pic
bpa;460904 Wrote: > ASX, SMIL, M3U, RAM, PLS are all playlist formats - text files which > have playable URLs. > > > These are read aread and processed by Squeezenetwork or SqueezeCenter. > After processing - SC/SN will have created a playlist of one or more > playable URLs - I think SN/SC m

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread bpa
ASX, SMIL, M3U, RAM, PLS are all playlist formats - text files which have playable URLs. These are read aread and processed by Squeezenetwork or SqueezeCenter. After processing - SC/SN will have created a playlist of one or more playable URLs - I think SN/SC may have to do an initial connecti

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread pic
bpa;460894 Wrote: > Yes. Most of the common formats are supported. The most common problem > type is "mms". > > mms is a Microsoft format for WMA. Stations have a choice of > supporting mms and/or http as the transport protocol. A few have opted > for just mms and mms is not supported by S

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread bpa
> > This means that I need to investigate not only which codec is used, but > also which transport protocol is used by a radio to know if I will be > able to listen it using SB. Is it right ? > Yes. Most of the common formats are supported. The most common problem type is "mms". mms is a

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread pic
bpa;460891 Wrote: > Internet radio have transport protocols used to transfer the audio > stream across the internet. The list implies support of the transport > protocols. > > For example - there are a few services which send Flac or WAV audio > streams but since the transport protocol is not s

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread bpa
Internet radio have transport protocols used to transfer the audio stream across the internet. The list implies support of the transport protocols. For example - there are a few services which send Flac or WAV audio streams but since the transport protocol is not supported or is non standard - F

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread pic
radish;460818 Wrote: > Just tested it on the Radio - works fine. OK. Many thanks, pic -- pic pic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32949 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread pic
bpa;460803 Wrote: > That is a SoftSqueeze only problem as Softsqueeze can only play MP3 and > Flac natively. If you are using a non Windows based SC - install > mplayer and AlienBBC plugin and it will do WMA transcoding for > SOftsqueeze. Yes, it runs on Ubuntu, I will do what you suggest. Th

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-24 Thread pic
andyg;460743 Wrote: > Native codec support includes MP3, Vorbis, AAC, WMA, FLAC, PCM > (WAV/AIFF) I am very happy to hear this. I only do not understand very well what stated in Technical Specifications web page: Audio formats * MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Apple Lossless Intern

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-23 Thread radish
pic;460740 Wrote: > > I am playing with SOFTSQUEEZE 3.8 on my PC and it is not able to > receive this radio: http://www.radiomontecarlo.net/Radio/asx/rmcfm.asx , > VLC says it is WMA2. Is it a SOFTSQUEEZE only problem ? Can anyone try > to listen it using Boom ? > Just tested it on the Radio -

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-23 Thread bpa
> > I am playing with SOFTSQUEEZE 3.8 on my PC and it is not able to > receive this radio: http://www.radiomontecarlo.net/Radio/asx/rmcfm.asx , > VLC says it is WMA2. Is it a SOFTSQUEEZE only problem ? Can anyone try > to listen it using Boom > That is a SoftSqueeze only problem as Softsqueeze

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-23 Thread andynormancx
That works fine on the Boom. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17417 View this th

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-23 Thread andyg
Native codec support includes MP3, Vorbis, AAC, WMA, FLAC, PCM (WAV/AIFF) -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=6822

[SlimDevices: Radio] internet radio format support

2009-09-23 Thread pic
I am very interested in this radio, particularly I would like to use it as a stand alone radio (no PC connection). Can anyone confirm me that the only format supported internally by the radio are MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC and WMA (no FLAC for example) ? I am playing with SOFTSQUEEZE 3.8 on my PC and