Restriction of BBC Radio HLS/DASH to authorised third parties

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As I understand it the id in brackets tells the stream to go via minimstreamer not directly to the streamer. That may explain why one plays and one does not. If you add a + before the stream name in brackets it will create 2 entries, one plays via minimstreamer and one directly, that might be a way to test it. There must be a reason why minimstreamer does not like the entry with brackets that is not playing, maybe you need to specify type and samplerate for your streamer to play ball.That would be a question for someone who knows more about the detail of configuring minimstreamer than I do. I have found the user guide very helpful at https://minimstreamer.com/userguide.html.

My entry that plays is;
#EXTINF:-1,[R3;aac,48000] BBC Radio 3
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/man...three.m3u8