BBC radio streams not working

[simoncn]

(17-02-2015 13:48)Pastim Wrote:  I've never had a lock-up with minimserver or a need to reboot. All very odd. Simon - any thoughts?

This is generally caused by a thread deadlock within MinimServer. I would need to see a debug log and/or thread dump to find out what is causing it.

[rk1919]

(16-02-2015 21:54)simoncn Wrote:  

(16-02-2015 20:38)rk1919 Wrote:  Hi Simon
I've updated Minimstreamer and made an .m3u playlist containing your BBC URLs above. These show in my Naim control app, eg as [R3] BBC Radio 3, but won't play on my NDS. Is there something else I should be doing?

It seems that Naim streamers can't play ADTS AAC streams served by MinimServer. This might be caused by a MIME type mismatch but I can't find any information on this.

The stream will play if you transcode it to L16. To do this, add the 'aac' stream type to the playlist entry, for example:

#EXTINF:-1,[*R3;aac] BBC Radio 3
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_three.m3u8

and add the following to the stream.transcode property:

aac:L16

After making these changes, do a MinimServer rescan and clear the Naim app's UPnP cache.

Thank you Simon.
It works!
Showing as PCM 48kHz 1536kb/s.
May I share this on the Naim forum?
Best wishes
Ray

[Pastim]

BBC R3 HD is back on aac! See http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entr...3303f2887e

[simoncn]

(17-02-2015 14:05)rk1919 Wrote:  Thank you Simon.
It works!
Showing as PCM 48kHz 1536kb/s.
May I share this on the Naim forum?
Best wishes
Ray

Yes, please do!

[DaveWr]

(17-02-2015 14:16)Pastim Wrote:  BBC R3 HD is back on aac! See http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entr...3303f2887e

True but only on a temporary basis until manufacturers catch up !!

[Pastim]

(17-02-2015 13:56)simoncn Wrote:  

(17-02-2015 13:48)Pastim Wrote:  I've never had a lock-up with minimserver or a need to reboot. All very odd. Simon - any thoughts?

This is generally caused by a thread deadlock within MinimServer. I would need to see a debug log and/or thread dump to find out what is causing it.

I don't think the user has enough energy to try. He, like many of us, is well tired of trying to find solutions to the problems the BBC has made for so many of us. I think he only tried minimserver/streamer because I suggested it to him since it works for me. There must be something odd about his win setup, or reciva.

[davids]

(17-02-2015 15:07)simoncn Wrote:  

(17-02-2015 14:05)rk1919 Wrote:  Thank you Simon.
It works!
Showing as PCM 48kHz 1536kb/s.
May I share this on the Naim forum?
Best wishes
Ray

Yes, please do!

Hi Simon

+1 Many thanks for a brilliant solution. I was already using MinimServer with my Naim mu-so for music and now it works for BBC radio as well including Radio 3 HD. Plus switching stations is now instant. What a breakthrough

David

[castalla]

(17-02-2015 15:19)Pastim Wrote:  

(17-02-2015 13:56)simoncn Wrote:  

(17-02-2015 13:48)Pastim Wrote:  I've never had a lock-up with minimserver or a need to reboot. All very odd. Simon - any thoughts?

This is generally caused by a thread deadlock within MinimServer. I would need to see a debug log and/or thread dump to find out what is causing it.

I don't think the user has enough energy to try. He, like many of us, is well tired of trying to find solutions to the problems the BBC has made for so many of us. I think he only tried minimserver/streamer because I suggested it to him since it works for me. There must be something odd about his win setup, or reciva.

I'll give it another try when the BBC debacle is over ... look forward to the Listen Again nightmare bearing down by the end of the month.

[simoncn]

(17-02-2015 17:13)castalla Wrote:  I'll give it another try when the BBC debacle is over ... look forward to the Listen Again nightmare bearing down by the end of the month.

OK, thanks! If this is a MinimServer bug, I would like to fix it.

[simoncn]

(16-02-2015 23:57)castalla Wrote:  UpnpPlay and stock dlna renderer on android 4

I have received information that the Android media player can't play AAC streams of unlimited length. This means it is necessary to transcode these streams to wav or L16 to make them play on an Android device.

Quote:Without ffmpeg, how are the hls streams decoded?

There is code to do this inside MinimStreamer. It assembles the AAC data inside the HLS stream into a "normal" AAC ADTS stream.