Radio Paradise FLAC feed

Anyone else notice the pumped up bass? Sounds to me like RP is doctoring the signal.

As a RP/Roon/Devialet fan/devotee, I hope we get FLAC streaming from RP sooner than later. So if there is any way to promote this effort, I wish to add my vote to it.

As for bass enhancing, I hadn’t really noticed it. Will pay more attention to it this evening.

Here here, I second the motion to support Radio Paradise FLAC stream as well as displaying the the cd cover track etc directly through Roon Bridge and Roon Clients. Right now I am having to use LMS (On mac mini) and my old Squeezebox Classic (2007 technology) connected via S/PDIF. This is connected to my Benchmark DAC1 and Bang and Olufsen Beolab 3 powered Speakers to listen to Radio Paradise losslessly. It sounds fantastic, like really awsome. But cannot do it with Roon (sigh).

For all my other music (Tidal and local), I pipe Roon to my DAC1 through Roon Server (on same Mac mini) via USB. It sounds and works great. But the two shall not meet. We really need to do something about the Radio (Internet Radio) Roon. Several Internet Stations are Transmitting in FLAC. I listen to my Radio stations 80% of the time.

Mp3 128, is that really all you can get for the time beeing through Roon?

Radio paradise will give you AAC 330

Further development of Internet Radio is on the roadmap. Brian has noted support for OGG/FLAC as being a matter of scheduling the effort.

But Radio Paradise has an individual way of serving up FLAC (see post 31 from Bill Goldsmith of RP on this JRiver Forum thread) that imposes some requirements on the player and creates development issues.

If RP were amenable to providing a usual OGG/FLAC stream in addition to their own API (which serves up metadata and a slideshow) that would put them on the same timing for support of that format in Roon as other stations. But the issues raised by their individual approach is likely to result in delay of RP until a later development stage if the API remains the sole access to a FLAC stream from RP.

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Yes read that as well, but I dont for reason I cant figure out.

Screenshot appears to be for DR P8 Jazz rather than RP.

Try this URL:

https://www.radioparadise.com/m3u/aac-320.m3u

Wrong screenshot, but fixed now, thanks!

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Internet Radio FLAC support is included in Roon 1.5. Some stations that currently work for me are listed in this thread. As set out above Radio Paradise has an unusual way of implementing FLAC support that will delay it being available in Roon.

You can not use it now with Roon, but if a hobbyist can make something like that, then I think it should be a piece of cake for the Roon software specialists.
https://marco79cgn.github.io/radio-paradise/

Any news on a date for the RP FLAC feed?

Thanks,

There is also an app now for the Shield TV.

Radio Paradise now has different flac streams one can choose. Great options for RP. (LMS updated to access these new streams. I know we don’t yet have RP flac streams in Roon, but when we do, these new options will be nice.)

Mellow
Rock
Groovy
Main

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Allocating development time to enable compatibility with a FLAC streaming implementation peculiar to one station is always a difficult ask, even if that station is quite popular. If you want to make @brian wince, just mention the variety of experimental FLAC implementations by the BBC.

The natural inclination and hope would be to expect that RP could eventually adopt the format now common with all other FLAC streaming stations, even if in parallel with its own player. However such a hope probably underestimates the capacity of radio folk to be as idiosyncratic as the audio industry.

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Roon users who want RP to offer a standard FLAC feed should consider emailing Bill Goldsmith with a request. Since RP is commercial free and listener supported, it would also be good if you were a contributor to RP, and mention that in your email to Bill.

Bill@radioparadise.com

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I’m an RP sponsor so will mail and ask.

I just did too:
Hi Bill,

We have regular forum discussions and feature wish lists in the Roon community.

There are many RP listeners & supporters in the Roon community.

Roon has made great strides in implementing many FLAC radio streams but keeps stating that RP needs a standard FLAC stream and then could be integrated.

Please consider adding this functionality and the Room community will all be turned on to RP due to recommendation in the very active forum. You would gain main more contributing supporters.

I think it would be a win win…

Heres hoping…

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Thoughts and prayers going out to those in Paradise, CA that have lost their homes and businesses in the Camp fire.

Still streaming! They posted on the main site, thanks for the concern, they’ve moved from Paradise but are saddened by the loss.

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I am on board with this. To me, Roon’s major shortcoming is its lack of internet radio functionality.

Awesome otherwise, however, keep up the great work.

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