Radio bitrate within Roon

[Damien_Longson]

Hello
I’ve successfully added some BBC radio stations using the TuneIn URL. Is there any way of viewing the radio bitrate from within Roon, as it’s not clear what rate TuneIn is using. I guess m question also relates to the wider issue of seeing radio bitrates in Roon
Many thanks
Damien

[DaveN]

This doesn’t answer your question, but I have the URL’s for the BBC’s 320kbps streams for Radio 1, 2, 3 & 4 if you’re interested:

http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_one.m3u8
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_two.m3u8
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_three.m3u8
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_fourfm.m3u8

[Damien_Longson]

Thanks very much David

I’d found those (Radio 3, specifically), but then can’t work out if the TuneIn url https://tunein.com/radio/BBC-Radio-3-913-s24941/ is the same bitate, or a lower one. I hoped Roon might report on this…

I think that the Tunein iOS app allows me to choose a bitrate, but I’m getting the relevant url from the web browser which doesn’t …

Cheers
Damien

[Grump]

Is Roon not showing you the bitrate when you click the Signal Path? It does so over here:

[Grump]

By the way, I believe the 320kbps streams are UK only. My BBC World Service News is much lower:

[Kevin_Owen (FTBoomer)]

What’s the link for that Audiophile Jazz station you have listed in your ScreenShot?

[DaveN]

@Grump

By the way, I believe the 320kbps streams are UK only. My BBC World Service News is much lower

As far as I’m aware there isn’t a higher bitrate World Service stream - mine is 128 too. And it never occurred to me to check the Signal Path, so thanks for that.

[Grump]

I found it on TuneIn. Just type Audiophile Jazz. There’s also an Audiophile Classical, Audiophile Baroque, an Audiophile Rock and Blues and some more. Thanks to @RBM for sharing these

[Rugby (aka Daniel or Big Dan)]

Don’t forget this thread:

Internet Radio URL Swap Meet

With Roon 1.2 users will be able to add Internet Radio as a source by entering the URL of an MP3 or AAC stream (or a TuneIn web page). Many stations have multiple streams of varying quality. This thread is for people to swap info for favourite stations; particularly alternative higher quality streams that TuneIn may not be using. There will be other threads for general discussion, feature requests or support issues associated with Internet Radio, please keep this one as a repository of URL inf…

[Grump]

Thanks @Rugby, hadn’t come across this thread yet

[Damien_Longson]

Thanks @Grump - the signal path was the solution…
Good stuff!
D

[Simon_Williams]

I’m not able to Add stations using any of the link examples above -

What am I missing?

[BrianW (Brian)]

If you are referring to the BBC 320k links, they are only available to UK listeners. The Tunein link should work for you.

However, the generally available BBC Radio streams are already all in the main database.