BBC radio streams not working

[Pastim]

(19-02-2015 11:15)simoncn Wrote:  

(19-02-2015 09:31)Pastim Wrote:  Sorry, I may have misunderstood an earlier post from you.

I thought you suggested, when asking that I don't publicise this yet, that the URL I could add to vtuner might be of a form something like:

Code:

http://192.168.1.10:9790/minimstreamer/ID/R3

where R3 is an ID from a local playlist. That way the complexity of the BBC URLs and any changes they may make in future, would be in my local playlists and easier to change.

I was hoping (with no evidence) that my Musical Fidelity (MF) would be better able to handle this (my Marantz already works with the full form). The addition of stream type was a separate trial of a possible way of persuading the MF to work, but unfortunately without success.

I am working on implementing the short URL feature now. It is purely for convenience and has no effect on whether or not the stream will play. When this support is available, you will be able to use any of the following URL formats:

Code:

http://192.168.1.10:9790/minimstreamer/*/R3
http://192.168.1.10:9790/minimstreamer/*/R3/$!stream.aac
http://192.168.1.10:9790/minimstreamer/*/R3/$!transcode.wav

The file extension in the latter two formats is required by certain UPnP renderers such as the Chord CodeX. It is not required for internet radios.

Note that the '*' in these URLs isn't related to the '*' in the stream.transcode setting. This might have been a previous point of confusion.

The reason I asked you not to publicise this before I have the short URL form working is that I want to make it as simple as possible for users to enter these URLs into their internet radios.

I am creating a web page with brief instructions on how to set this up for an internet radio. When this page is available, I will post the URL here.

Thanks.

I had assumed that the * was related to the * in playlist IDs, not in transcode. Is that right?