Restriction of BBC Radio HLS/DASH to authorised third parties

[Ballingdon]

(05-09-2023 16:50)simoncn Wrote:  I will do everything possible to enable MinimStreamer to continue to be able to provide access to the BBC 320k MPEG-DASH and HLS streams. At this stage I don't know whether it will be possible for MinimStreamer to get a token or whether it will be possible to get access to the new streams in some other way.

I am very surprised at how quickly this is happening and how little advance notice has been given by the BBC to the user community and third-party applications that depend on having access to the current streams.

I think it started in August 2019. I had just bought a NAD M10 streaming amplifier, with an embedded TuneIn radio tuner. The BBC announced, IIRC, that they needed stats to prove that they were meeting their public service commitments - so everyone would have to sign in to the BBC to access the streams. Apps like TuneIn couldn't provide the stats, so there was a threat that users of such tech would be left stranded. There was some protest. Now it looks like the BBC has found a better technical solution - in their eyes!