transcoding BBC has streams

[Peregrino]

(19-12-2015 12:02)Peregrino Wrote:  

(19-12-2015 10:37)simoncn Wrote:  

(19-12-2015 00:19)Peregrino Wrote:  OK, I'm getting the hang of VLC now. Streaming http://10.0.1.2:9790/minimstreamer/*/R3 with VLC to my Mac - and through that to the same DAC I was using with the Renderer - changes the situation. Now I can do aac:wav and it works converting to all output rates up to and including 24/352. So its something with how the Renderer reacts to the wav stream that is the problem?

Yes, this confirms it is a renderer issue.

There is one more thing you can try, although you might have tried it already. In stream.transcode, change aac:wav to *:wav without changing anything else, then restart MinimServer. This will add a .wav extension to the end of the stream URL, which might be necessary for this renderer.

If this doesn't work, the step would be to contact the renderer manufacturer and ask them what is causing the problem.

I'd tried *.wav, and now I've tried it with all the other permutations we've been through. No go. Thanks very much for your time: I'll contact the renderer manufacturer.

(19-12-2015 15:05)simoncn Wrote:  I looked at your log again and I noticed something quite strange. The renderer sends the HTTP GET request at 12:23:14 and MinimStreamer doesn't respond until 12:23:31. This long delay might be causing the problem.

The long delay is caused by loadMediaPlaylist (at 12:23:14.765) taking 16 seconds to complete. This request from MinimStreamer to the BBC server should take less than a second. Do you always get such a long delay at this point in the debug log when you try to play this stream?

Here is the log showing me:

1. Selecting and successfully playing a BBC stream (without transcoding).

2. Adding aac:wav to stream.transcode.

3. Rescanning/starting MinimServer.

4. Attempting (and failing) to play the same stream.

5. Deleting aac:wav from stream.transcode.

6. Rescanning/starting MinimServer.

7. Selecting and successfully playing the same stream again (without transcoding).

There is always a fairly long delay when I first select one of these streams. If that stream plays and I then select another stream, the second stream starts to play without real delay.