Success with BBC streams!

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(15-04-2015 13:42)machare Wrote:  I should add that my Roberts Stream 83i thinks the bit rate is more like 322kpbs, it varies slightly!

I expect that my problem is associated with the Naim.

Can I directly access the streams using UPnP? My Naim equipment can see the stations listed but wont play them. The names begin with [ ] brackets.

The Roberts does not list the stations.

Your Naim probably can't play the streams via UPnP, because it requires the additional stream audio info added to the BBC .m3u playlist, as mentioned in the MinimStreamer user guide:
"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] name

where type is the stream type (mp3, aac, etc.), samplerate is the sample rate (default 44100 if omitted) and channels is the number of channels (default 2 if omitted)."

My Pioneer N-50 streamer also requires this info in the playlist for it to play the BBC streams via UPnP. For example I use the following top line for Radio 4:
#EXTINF:-1,[*R4;aac] BBC Radio 4

This actually produces a stream with a $!stream.aac 'file' added to the end of the original URL, eg for your original Radio 4 URL above:
http://10.0.0.108:9790/minimstreamer/*/R4/$!stream.aac

Interestingly, my N-50 is very similar to your Naim in that it only displays a bitrate of 60kbps when accessing the streams via the vTuner internet radio link and also displays 64kbps when using the UPnP stream, so go figure!
Also, I get the expected of 323kbps for both stream/URL types when using a software player like Foobar2000. So I suspect the N-50 is just not displaying the correct value for some reason (& may be uses a similar playback engine to your Naim), as it certainly doesn't sound of low bitrate quality nor any different to using the software player.