BBC Radio streaming to Google cast devices

[simoncn]

(19-10-2021 16:02)simbun Wrote:  Yes, handled directly by the device rather than transcoded.

These streams have a protocol that needs to be followed to access the audio data. I presume a Google cast renderer could handle this protocol but there is a lot more involved than downloading and playing the audio data from an HTTP stream. MinimStreamer implements this protocol and packages the audio data into an HTTP AAC/ADTS stream. It is likely that BubbleUPnP is doing the same thing.

Quote:#EXTINF:-1, BBC Radio 1
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/dash/uk/dash_full/ak/bbc_radio_one.mpd
#EXTINF:-1, [;aac;48000]
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/dash/uk/dash_full/ak/bbc_radio_one.mpd

I don't understand why you are duplicating the URL. It should appear once, preceded by this:

#EXTINF:-1, [;aac,48000] BBC Radio 1

Note that 48000 is preceded by a comma, not a semicolon.

Quote:All the google assistant speakers use it, but it's getting integrated into more higher end network streamers/speakers as well e.g. KEF LS50's, Naim ND 555 e.t.c

I don't have any of these, so I am not able to try any experiments.