BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide

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  • bpa
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 22725

    Originally posted by castalla
    I see.

    On another forum, somebody said they'd received a message from the Beeb about account login being introduced for 'voice assistant' users. Maybe the Beeb is introducing an alexa skill?
    BBC are always experimeting. I think Alexa might be to do with interactive radio not control see "The Inspection Chamber" on the taster website ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/inspection-chamber ). There are also open source projects see https://developer.bbc.com/

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    • castalla
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2008
      • 6512

      Originally posted by bpa
      BBC are always experimeting. I think Alexa might be to do with interactive radio not control see "The Inspection Chamber" on the taster website ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/inspection-chamber ). There are also open source projects see https://developer.bbc.com/
      Thanks - looks all a bit like W1AA .... Cool.
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      • bpa
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2005
        • 22725

        Originally posted by castalla
        Thanks - looks all a bit like W1AA .... Cool.
        They don't need to look far for script ideas.

        Anyhow - it looks like the "Listen Again" problem has been fixed - the programs missing from Sunday onwards are back so at least there are a few people doing "real" work.

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        • castalla
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2008
          • 6512

          Originally posted by bpa
          They don't need to look far for script ideas.

          Anyhow - it looks like the "Listen Again" problem has been fixed - the programs missing from Sunday onwards are back so at least there are a few people doing "real" work.
          So ... that's all good, then.

          cheers
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          • martinshaw
            Member
            • Nov 2007
            • 31

            Panic over

            Panic over - everything seems back to normal this morning and I can resume my habitual ways.

            A bluetooth speaker and a BBC app is definitely inferior to Squeezebox. I started casting round for something else and discovered that there seems to be nothing at a reasonable price and convenience. I was also shocked to learn that even the esteemed and expensive Sonos doesn't do BBC radio listen again. I really don't know what Logitec was thinking when they stopped Squeezebox.

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            • bpa
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2005
              • 22725

              Originally posted by martinshaw
              Panic over - everything seems back to normal this morning and I can resume my habitual ways.

              A bluetooth speaker and a BBC app is definitely inferior to Squeezebox. I started casting round for something else and discovered that there seems to be nothing at a reasonable price and convenience. I was also shocked to learn that even the esteemed and expensive Sonos doesn't do BBC radio listen again. I really don't know what Logitec was thinking when they stopped Squeezebox.
              The "quality" problem with Bluetooth could be the codec used. I haven't looked/tried BT for years but I believe aptX is needed to get good quality. Better alternative technologies would be Airplay or Chromecast.

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              • George_C
                Member
                • Sep 2015
                • 41

                bpa

                With respect to playing the rtmp streams on the squeezebox using the modified BBCiPlayer plugin:

                Originally posted by George_C
                ........................ However several times I got 'Connection reset by remote host'

                gc
                I do get 'Connection reset by remote host' more often than I like. This does not seem to be related to anything at the radio station end, because the connection works properly playing the station on the website, playing with ffplay, or recording/playing with rtmpdump. Could there be any glitch in the BBCiPlayer plugin that accounts for that?

                gc

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                • George_C
                  Member
                  • Sep 2015
                  • 41

                  bpa


                  Originally posted by bpa
                  1. To play the stream you can use ffplay (part of ffmpeg installation).
                  Code:
                  ffplay -rtmp_app ElBernamegElOrobi -rtmp_playpath livestream -rtmp_live live -rtmp_swfverify http://lr.onlinehorizons.net/player.swf  -rtmp_swfurl http://lr.onlinehorizons.net/player.swf  -rtmp_pageurl http://lr.onlinehorizons.net/ElBernamegElOrobi.html -rtmp_tcurl rtmp://liveRadio.onlinehorizons.net/ElBernamegElOrobi -i rtmp://liveRadio.onlinehorizons.net:1935/ElBernamegElOrobi
                  Originally posted by George_C

                  I tried this code but so far without success. I will try to work it out on my own.
                  Originally posted by bpa

                  I just retested it works OK on my system. My ffplay version is "ffplay version 3.3.3-2~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1 Copyright (c) 2003-2017"

                  Version of ffmpeg/ffplay, how it is built, OS and system hardware can all affect playback.

                  I found the problem, or rather I figured what makes it work.

                  Basically, the command works by removing the following parameter: "-rtmp_swfverify http://lr.onlinehorizons.net/player.swf"

                  Many other parameters seem optional. The following code is sufficient:

                  Code:
                  ffplay  -rtmp_live live -rtmp_swfurl http://lr.onlinehorizons.net/player.swf -rtmp_pageurl http://lr.onlinehorizons.net/ElBernamegElOrobi.html -i rtmp://liveRadio.onlinehorizons.net:1935/ElBernamegElOrobi/livestream
                  In all cases I get a message "rtmp server sent error=" but this doesn't seem to affect the result.

                  The version of ffplay I use is:
                  ffplay version N-86383-g4705edb Copyright (c) 2003-2017 the FFmpeg developers
                  built with gcc 7.1.0 (GCC)

                  Thanks again

                  gc

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                  • George_C
                    Member
                    • Sep 2015
                    • 41

                    bpa

                    Originally posted by bpa
                    Please repeat the question here - I'm not going to hunt for a post amongst a load of other posts which I found by accident.
                    .
                    The question does not relate to the BBCiPlayer or to the Logitech Squeezebox. It relates to Applian's Replay Media Catcher and how to schedule with it recordings from rtmp streams. So I'm reluctant to post here. If you suggest a more appropriate forum on another site or on this ste, that's where I will post.

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                    • George_C
                      Member
                      • Sep 2015
                      • 41

                      Originally posted by bpa
                      I found the problem - the BBCiPlayer RTMP implementation didn't support the "pageUrl" parameter which is required by your station but not BBC.

                      Try the following.
                      1. Install the latest version of BBCiPlayer using the following repo:
                      http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...lease-repo.xml

                      2. Replace the RTMP.pm file by the attached RTMP.pm file which has a mod to support "pageUrl"

                      3. Stop and Restart LMS

                      4. Add the following as a favorite (single URL)
                      rtmp://liveRadio.onlinehorizons.net:1935?streamname=bGl2Z XN0cmVhbQ==&app=RWxCZXJuYW1lZ0VsT3JvYmk=&live=MQ== &swfurl=aHR0cDovL2xyLm9ubGluZWhvcml6b25zLm5ldC9wbG F5ZXIuc3dm&tcurl=cnRtcDovL2xpdmVSYWRpby5vbmxpbmVob 3Jpem9ucy5uZXQvRWxCZXJuYW1lZ0VsT3JvYmk=&pageurl=aH R0cDovL2xyLm9ubGluZWhvcml6b25zLm5ldC9FbEJlcm5hbWVn RWxPcm9iaS5odG1s&.mp3

                      5.Try playing the new Favorite.


                      This mod works OK on a Linux system but I know there are "issues" with BBCiPlayer on some Windows systems so there may be a long delay before audio starts.
                      This mod will not work with a player which has the BBCiPlayer App installed (i.e. players with native "rtmp").
                      I think this mod should work with the http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...lease-repo.xml repo but I have not tested it.

                      Hello again bpa,

                      Your fix worked for a long time, but several months ago it stopped working. I don't know what exactly happened. Yesterday, I reinstalled the BBCiPlayer (now v2.0.0) and replaced RTMP.pm with your version. But that still doesn't work. Can you suggest a checklist of things to look for?

                      Thx

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                      • bpa
                        Senior Member
                        • Oct 2005
                        • 22725

                        Originally posted by George_C
                        Hello again bpa,

                        Your fix worked for a long time, but several months ago it stopped working. I don't know what exactly happened. Yesterday, I reinstalled the BBCiPlayer (now v2.0.0) and replaced RTMP.pm with your version. But that still doesn't work. Can you suggest a checklist of things to look for?

                        Thx
                        This thread is dead, it refers the 1.3.x and should not be used for anything and I tend to ignore it.

                        Please open a separate thread for your own special application to continue this conversation as I cannot remember off hand what it is about.

                        Old version of the BBCiplayer plugin will disappear - so I cannot guarantee support for old version. V2.1.0 of the BBCIplayerextra plugin is the latest. V1.6.1 is the latest of BBCiPlayerUse this URL.


                        Changes to RTMP between version cannot be guaranteed but since the RTMP code is not being maintained I doubt if the problem is with the BBCiPlayer.

                        Have you compared the URLs of your station to see if they have changed ?

                        Please please - start a new thread of your own..
                        Last edited by bpa; 2018-12-11, 09:39.

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                        • bpa
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 22725

                          Please do not post to this thread - the version it refers to is dead and no longer supported

                          Post any BBCiPlayer queries to this thread

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