BBC R3 Lossless Stream

[DavidHB]

(30-07-2017 17:53)simoncn Wrote:  I am getting these errors if I try to play the DASH streams on foobar2000 without the correct version of MinimStreamer installed. See step 4 of this post.

Yes, that was the problem in my setup; using 2 installations of MinimServer, I managed to miss steps in the installation process. Getting the native FLAC and the transcoded streams to play on foobar2000 was the key to resolving the issues with the Linn player as well.

I went through 3 separate installations of MinimServer (2 NASs, Windows 10 PC), rechecking each step of the installation instructions, and fixing errors as necessary. It also seems from posts #42 amd #43 that the stream length fix for the transcoded HLS/AAC streams also has a bearing on the DASH/FLAC stream. Now [R3DASH] is playing on my Linn DSM both as the native FLAC and transcoded to WAV24 (48kHz, 24bit); one of my NAS boxes is transcoding the stream, and the other has transcoding disabled. That will likely change, as I definitely prefer the sound of the system with transcoding enabled.

Similarly, the streams are playing both natively and transcoded on OpenHome Player on my computer, as well as on foobar2000.

A warm thank you to Simon and all who have responded. I now have the best sounding radio broadcasts I have yet heard.

As regards the control issues described by ac16161, I was using BubbleDS for my testing, and all control functions (including pause and stop) were present and working as expected. Kazoo won't run on the Nexus 9 tablet I was using for the tests, so I shall have to test it separately.

David