Restriction of BBC Radio HLS/DASH to authorised third parties

[simoncn]

(04-11-2023 16:06)FakePlasticDunk Wrote:  I'm sure the URL is correct, but try this for the preceding comment line

#EXTINF:-1,[+R3;aac,48000] BBC Radio 3

I would suggest using R3 in preference to +R3. Using R3 creates a single index selection that uses MinimStreamer to play the stream. Using +R3 creates two index selections, one of which plays the stream using MinimStreamer and another that creates a direct connection from the renderer to the stream provider, bypassing MinimStreamer. The direct connection might not work with all renderers and prevents the use of MinimStreamer for transcoding etc.

It would be even better if MinimServer could infer this information without the user needing to edit the playlist to add it. I am thinking about how this might be supported in a future version of MinimServer.