Streaming continued with NAS turned off

[paulM]

The Radio Paradise bit in my playlist is:-

#EXTINF:-1, Main Mix
http://stream.radioparadise.com/flacm

I'm fairly sure that I got it from an old post in this forum from a few years ago.

The BBC HLS playlist came from the minimserver website. It was the first one I tried when I upgraded because I thought it would be the most reliable one to make my first test with. Given that it worked first time, it seemed a pretty good choice. The BBC playlist looks like:-

#EXTINF:-1,[R2;aac,48000] BBC Radio 2
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/man...o_two.m3u8

The Radio Paradise one took a little longer, but fell into place when I found the right advice in this forum.

I don't understand the bit about using or not using minimstreamer. Is one better than the other and am I doing something wrong with either of the playlists?

I also still don't quite understand how it can work with the NAS turned off. Like I said, I'm a computer luddite!