Configuring radio streams with minimwatch

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(16-08-2014 11:02)simoncn Wrote:  

(16-08-2014 09:51)jamief Wrote:  Simon / Joerg

Did you get anywhere with this? I have the same issue. Tried transcode to L16 and WAV, both show up in BubbleUPnP interface, but no sound through Oppo and same symptoms as Joerg's.

Thanks

Jamie

Yes, there has been some progress. You need to do the following:

1) Install the latest updates for MinimServer (update 35) and MinimStreamer (0.4.1) if you haven't already done this.

2) Make sure the radio stream is routed through MinimStreamer as described in this section.

3) Add stream audio information to the stream entry in the playlist. This is described in the last part of this section.

4) Restart MinimServer

With these changes, the transcoded L16 stream should play. If the stream format is MP3, the nontranscoded MinimStreamer stream (with [] in the playlist) should play as well. To test this, remove the stream.transcode option and restart MinimServer.

I also have a OPPO BDP105 and I can transcode some stations using *.L16. As an example BBC3 with the addition of the rate of 32000. However, it is not clear to me what specific information is the OPPO requiring, so I wanted to verify with you since I seem to be having inconsistent results. From the Minimstreamer use guide it says:


NEW] Some control points and renderers are unable to play streams unless additional stream audio information is provided in the playlist entry. If you need to provide this audio information for your control point or renderer, you can use one of the following formats for the stream name:
[id;type] name
[id;type,samplerate] name
[id;type,samplerate,channels]

Does the OPPO fall as a renderer in this category and if so what additional info (as an example type) should be coded?