philipbergman wrote: > I haven't been able to keep up with the current BBC iPlayer thread nor > am I technically qualified enough enough to follow all of it. > Nevertheless I am really awed by the depth of support for LMS. Would > someone mind summarising for me a) where we are with this and b) what > should I install/update, which version(s), what should my settings be to > take advantage of the work that's been undertaken for BBC iPlayer?
This thread deal with a test version of BBCiPlayer currently 1.4.x . As it is a test version, a new release may break functionality. There are two issue: 1. BBCiPlayer maintenance 2. Addition of DASH protocol support to ensure plugin longevity and ensure no panic when BBC stops supporting some of the current protocols. Since Feb the 1.2x version of the BBCViPlayer plugin has need a few updates. The updates have had to be applied by hand because only Triode can update his repository and he has not been contactable for many months . The V1.4.x of the plugin brings all the updates together so that a single install brings the plugin up to date. To install the plugin read first page but essentially you need to add the repo URL to the Settings/plugins page, delete BBCiplayer plugin 1.2 and probably restart LMS. Then you will be given options to install 1.4 The 1.4.x plugin implements the DASH protocol but as a default the 1.4.x plugin will not use DASH as default. The default protocol is HLS so a user should have any problems after installation - if there are problems then it is an installation issue. To use DASH change the BBCiPlayer settings so that DASH is the preferred format (i.e. left most). If you have only DASH as the supported format - some Listen Again program may not work. BBC have not publicly announced DASH so as such the current availablity of DASH on BBCiPlayer is a "beta" trial whose characteristics may change when it goes into production. So at the moment DASH offer higher audio quality than HLS but the higher quality may be part of the beta trial (e.g. testign load, rebuffering) - the higher quality could go away. The most experimental (and as such problematic & buggy) feature of the plugin is the ability to go back up to 2 hours on live streams. The UI for this feature will also change a bit in next version. The BBCiplayerExtras plugin has also been upodated to make use of the DASH availability. If using Extras the most safe setting has DASH, HLS, MP3 and Flashaac. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104672 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
