Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

[majones]

I tried BBC 3 HD in BBC iPlayer which connects.

In BBC Radio it won't connect - something about the parser in the 'more info' option.

I gather that you are in Spain.

[castalla]

i stopped the server and restarted.

Tried iPlayer 3HD which connected. The BBC Radio - just connecting.

Seems nothing in the server log

Just a line saying the server has started.

[castalla]

By the way - the same outcome when trying Special Events.

[castalla]

In spain but using a VPN.

Didn't you frequent the Reciva forum?

[castalla]

I'm using VPN and get 3 HD okay.

[Triode]

I'm using VPN and get 3 HD okay.

So is the player also connected and routing _all_ traffic through the VPN? The BBCRadio app sends traffic direct from the player rather than via the server. I very much suspect interaction with the vpn is the problem.

[castalla]

Hmm ... you could be onto something.

If I don't have the VPN running then iPlayer won't play 3 HD.

I assumed that BBC Radio follows the same route - but maybe not?

With VPN I get 3 HD on iPlayer but not BBC Radio.

It's late here - tomorrow I'll switch to the linux sbs server (with and without VPN) and report the outcome.

I'm pretty sure it worked without issues in 7.5.5 - but the last few days have been so chaotic, I could be mistaken ...!!!???

[castalla]

I've tried BBC Radio now on two different server (Win & Linux) - 3 HD doesn't connect on either. iPlayer 3 HD connects and plays.

So, it seems the two work differently in accessing the streams?

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As a side issue: I switched from the local server to mysqueezebox.com - this removed BBC Radio from the menu.

On switching back to the local server, BBC Radio was also missing. When I did a cold reboot, it re-appeared in the menu.

A side effect of all this switching was that all the presets were also lost.

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I'm raising this because I recall that 3HD in BBC Radio worked in 7.5.5 via VPN.

I accept that there are so many confounding variables, it's well-nigh impossible to track anything down.

Now I'm on 7.6 I don't relish resetting everything back to 7.5 to check back.
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I guess the moral of the story is don't start delving into the inner workings!

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Thanks for the advice and patience!

[bpa]

To test your VPN access with a different service can you play "UK only" podcast from the BBC such as "Composer of the week". I think a live radio test of UK only would be to listen to a sports program on 5Live / 5 Live Extra such as Grand Prix or Cricket - try the WMA stream direct and then proxied through server PC (Web UI Settings/ Player/Audio/MP3 Streaming Method)

All the BBC podcast can be accessed using the Podcast App and creating a Podcast entry for "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/opml/bbc_podcast_opml.xml" on your mysb.com podcast account.

[castalla]

Okay - I added that url to podcasts.

It shows up as BBC Station List. I open that and choose a station - gett a list of podcast. None of which play - just get a description page of details.

How's it supposed to work?

the existing Podcast Alley entries just return 404 Not Found