BBC HLS streams outside the UK

[Cebolla]

(09-11-2015 23:11)simoncn Wrote:  

(09-11-2015 23:02)Cebolla Wrote:  Ok that's certainly unexpected, as I'd assumed that the external decoder was being used by MinimStreamer just to transcode the AAC stream to L16. That is, in addition to the decoding done by MinimStreamer to reconstruct that AAC stream from the BBC HLS AAC source stream in the first place.

From what you're saying, it sort of implies that the external decode is actually dealing with the original BBC HLS AAC source stream directly and at the same time producing the L16 output. Could be wrong, though, on all counts!

MinimStreamer decodes the BBC HLS stream internally and produces an AAC ADTS stream. If *:L16 transcoding is specified, the AAC ADTS stream is passed to ffmpeg for transcoding and the transcoded L16 output is sent to the renderer. If no transcoding is specified, the AAC ADTS stream is sent to the renderer.

Ok this is what I originally thought, so it's strange that Paul says he is experiencing a greater frequency of dropouts via the NAS without using *:L16, given that it'll be doing less work. This of course assumes he's correctly set MinimStreamer for no transcoding and that the dropouts are caused by the NAS being overly stressed.