760 WJR Detroit not Streaming

[mikerr]

Why is my favorite station 760 WJR Detroit, a giant blowtorch of an AM station not streaming on my squeezebox boom?????

[bpa]

Because they have changed from using MP3 to AAC which is not supported by Boom when using mysb.com - you need a local SBS server to transcode.

Development of new firmware feature for Boom has stopped but for a long time there has not been enough space in the older ip3k based player's firmware for new feature and so AAC format cannot be supported.

[Mike Meyer]

you need a local SBS server to transcode.

bpa,

Is there a setting I should check/uncheck in the web UI for this transcoding? I also have a Clear Channel radio station that plays on all my Squeezeboxes except the Boom as of a couple weeks ago. I never connect to mysb.com (unless it happens without me knowing it).

Feel free to point me at another post if it's been covered already. I know it's a popular issue these days.

Thanks.

[bpa]

The same transcoding happens for all older Squeezeboxes (i.e. SB1, SB2, SB3/Classic, Transporter, Boom) so if it works for SB3 then it will work for Boom. Transcoding results in a Flac stream which will have higher bandwidth requirments so maybe a wireless issue is happening.

What is the problem station ?
What is the server platform ?
What version of SBS ?
What model is the working player ?

[Mike Meyer]

The same transcoding happens for all older Squeezeboxes (i.e. SB1, SB2, SB3/Classic, Transporter, Boom) so if it works for SB3 then it will work for Boom. Transcoding results in a Flac stream which will have higher bandwidth requirments so maybe a wireless issue is happening.

What is the problem station ?
What is the server platform ?
What version of SBS ?
What model is the working player ?

KFAN 1130 in Minneapolis MN http://www.kfan.com/main.html
I'm running 7.5.0 on Windows XP
Station works on SB2, SB3, and Radio but not on either Boom.

Thanks.

[bpa]

Unfortunately it is a US only station and I cannot test it.

If using wireless, is signal strength weaker on Boom than other working player ?

Do any "interesting" messages in the log file when you try to play on Boom ?

I think getting a log with player.source and player.streaming set to DEBUG and comparing the log of a SB3 starting and Boom starting might show something.

[Mike Meyer]

Thanks bpa, that helped a lot.

The logs reminded me that I had Bitrate Limiting turned on for the Booms. So I have turned that off and it is working. Must have been something with Lame.

Much appreciated.

[Mike Meyer]

Unfortunately I spoke too soon. I have been able to get the station to play a couple times out of about 30 attempts. So I do still have the problem and will have to check out the logs again. Probably didn't make sense that Lame was the issue anyways.

[toby10]

Unfortunately I spoke too soon. I have been able to get the station to play a couple times out of about 30 attempts. So I do still have the problem and will have to check out the logs again. Probably didn't make sense that Lame was the issue anyways.

WJR 760 is playing fine on my Boom.
Tried numerous attempts, switching from WJR to other stations then back to WJR. Each connection attempt works fine.

WinXP, SBS 7.5.1

[Mike Meyer]

WJR 760 is playing fine on my Boom.
Tried numerous attempts, switching from WJR to other stations then back to WJR. Each connection attempt works fine.

WinXP, SBS 7.5.1

Toby, I actually hijacked this thread from the OP. The station I'm having problems with on my Booms is KFAN 1130 in Minnesota.

Let me know if you get that one to work.

Thanks!

And my apologies to the OP!