BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

[Stoker]

Hi

It's probably operator error on my part but...
I'm having trouble getting programmes from BBCiPlayerExtra to play. I can browse and find the content I want but when I try to play it nothing happens.

When using the LMS web GUI (Orange Squeeze behaves the same) the selected program appears in the right hand pane with a picture of the presenter (or some such) and the time line shows the duration of the program but the progress bar stuck at 0:00. If I press the play button it changes to a 'pause' button but immediately turns back to a play button and nothing plays.

I've had a search of the thread but couldn't find anyone else reporting anything similar. BBCiPlayer feeds seem to work correctly, it's just the BBCiPlayerExtra streams that don't work for me.

LMS is running on PiCorePlayer 4.1 in case that make a difference.

Thanks for any guidance!
--Ian

[d6jg]

Hi

It's probably operator error on my part but...
I'm having trouble getting programmes from BBCiPlayerExtra to play. I can browse and find the content I want but when I try to play it nothing happens.

When using the LMS web GUI (Orange Squeeze behaves the same) the selected program appears in the right hand pane with a picture of the presenter (or some such) and the time line shows the duration of the program but the progress bar stuck at 0:00. If I press the play button it changes to a 'pause' button but immediately turns back to a play button and nothing plays.

I've had a search of the thread but couldn't find anyone else reporting anything similar. BBCiPlayer feeds seem to work correctly, it's just the BBCiPlayerExtra streams that don't work for me.

LMS is running on PiCorePlayer 4.1 in case that make a difference.

Thanks for any guidance!
--Ian

Working here. Cheshire, UK

[Stoker]

Working here. Cheshire, UK

Thanks d6jg! I'm in Hampshire, UK.

I noticed that if I try on my SB+ then I briefly see a message at the top of the screen which says "STREAM REFFERENCE SETTING MISSING FORMAT", I don't think that the entire message, looks like it's truncated by the size of the screen. Do I need to make some transcoding setting somewhere maybe?

SB+ is based on a SqueezeBox 2 or 3 not sure which.

BBCiPlayerExtra version 3.2.0 installed today along with BBCiPlayer version 1.6.8 from BPA's repository.

[bpa]

Thanks d6jg! I'm in Hampshire, UK.

I noticed that if I try on my SB+ then I briefly see a message at the top of the screen which says "STREAM REFFERENCE SETTING MISSING FORMAT", I don't think that the entire message, looks like it's truncated by the size of the screen. Do I need to make some transcoding setting somewhere maybe?

SB+ is based on a SqueezeBox 2 or 3 not sure which.

BBCiPlayerExtra version 3.2.0 installed today along with BBCiPlayer version 1.6.8 from BPA's repository.

The error message means the program you are trying to play is only available in a format which your BBCiPLayer setting say you do not want played.

Change BBCiPlayer Settings Live Stream preference and On demand stream preference to "DASH > HLS > MP3 > FlashAAC"

You must also ensure that "allow transcoding " is checked.

[Stoker]

The error message means the program you are trying to play is only available in a format which your BBCiPLayer setting say you do not want played.

Change BBCiPlayer Settings Live Stream preference and On demand stream preference to "DASH > HLS > MP3 > FlashAAC"

You must also ensure that "allow transcoding " is checked.

Bingo! All working now. Thanks.
--Ian

[prustage1]

Its a few days since I used these plugins but I tried them today and they seemed to have stopped. BBCiPlayer isn't showing any stations but BBCiPlayer Extra is. I can select a recent programme from BBCiPlayer Extra and it appears, complete with image, in the play window but nothing happens when I press play.

Both plugins are shown as active and enabled in the plugins settings page. My repository window is currently showing http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...lease-repo.xml and I have clicked the button to reload it and restarted LMS. Allow Transcoding is switched to ON and for both Live and On Demand streams I have selected Dash>HLS>MP3>FlashAAC.

I also have the BBC radio app and this is working fine at streaming live. Is this the BBC or me? Any help would be appreciated - this was all working fine a few days ago and I haven't made any changes to my system.

Thanks,

Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.1 - 1522157629 @ Fri Mar 30 12:17:59 WEDT 2018
Windows 10 - EN - cp1252
The plugins are versions 1.6.8 and 3.2.0 respectively.
Player: Squeezebox Receiver: Firmware: 77

[PasTim]

Its a few days since I used these plugins but I tried them today and they seemed to have stopped. BBCiPlayer isn't showing any stations but BBCiPlayer Extra is. I can select a recent programme from BBCiPlayer Extra and it appears, complete with image, in the play window but nothing happens when I press play.

Both plugins are shown as active and enabled in the plugins settings page. My repository window is currently showing http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...lease-repo.xml and I have clicked the button to reload it and restarted LMS. Allow Transcoding is switched to ON and for both Live and On Demand streams I have selected Dash>HLS>MP3>FlashAAC.

I also have the BBC radio app and this is working fine at streaming live. Is this the BBC or me? Any help would be appreciated - this was all working fine a few days ago and I haven't made any changes to my system.

Thanks,

Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.1 - 1522157629 @ Fri Mar 30 12:17:59 WEDT 2018
Windows 10 - EN - cp1252
The plugins are versions 1.6.8 and 3.2.0 respectively.
Player: Squeezebox Receiver: Firmware: 77

Working for me (in the UK) same plugin versions.

[kidstypike]

Working for me (in the UK) same plugin versions.

Same versions here, working fine (UK).

[bpa]

I also have the BBC radio app and this is working fine at streaming live. Is this the BBC or me? Any help would be appreciated - this was all working fine a few days ago and I haven't made any changes to my system.

Works OK for non UK.

At a guess a fetch of Listen Again feed has failed and the failure is being cached by LMS. Each time you try you "refresh" the failed cache entry. Timeout for cache usually happens over night or can forced by stopping LMS and clearing LMS cache (I think Windows control panel can do this).

There have been some Windows 10 updates this week which can clog up network feeds - perhaps this was initial cause of problem.

[NMarshall]

Works OK for non UK.

At a guess a fetch of Listen Again feed has failed and the failure is being cached by LMS. Each time you try you "refresh" the failed cache entry. Timeout for cache usually happens over night or can forced by stopping LMS and clearing LMS cache (I think Windows control panel can do this).

There have been some Windows 10 updates this week which can clog up network feeds - perhaps this was initial cause of problem.

Working fine here with same versions (Cambridge, UK)