Do you have iPlayer? If so, see if that works, since this uses the 320kHz AAC stream too. This is what Roon should be using:
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_two.m3u8
pasted that link into my browser (chrome on windows 10) and it started VLC media player and works fine?
Can you confirm that the link in Roon is the same?
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_two.m3u8
yes exactly the same here
Could it all be this?
AAC 320kbps
https://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_two.m3u8
ā¦ which just points at ā¦
http://as-hls-uk-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/uk/bbc_radio_two/bbc_radio_two.isml/bbc_radio_two-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8
Thanks - I tried adding a manual radio station using the redirected URL you provided, but I get a āRoon could not find a radio station at this URLā message
Get the same message when I try to add a manual station with the original URL, and also when edited to remove the āsā from āhttpsā
As you say you are on a QNAP, and canāt play any aac files, I strongly suspect the codecs. Has anything changed recently?
This thread may help
@tahsu
What do you see if you type ffmpeg on your Ubuntu server?
ffmpeg seems to be missing now (I installed it a long time ago)? Would it have been removed/deleted as part of a roon update???
I donāt know, but re-install and see what happensā¦
Thanks Brian, that was it! Reinstalled FFMPEG and all good nowā¦this is strange though as have been through many Roon server updates since originally installed FFMPEG and this has not happened before - what did I miss this time round???
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Lots of issues with the BBC feeds and a fix was supposed to fix it on the last release.
Yes! My BBC feeds have been relatively well behaved since I had the Openreach engineers out and also hard-wired my endpoints. However, this latest release has made everything worse! Iām absolutely staggered that Roon canāt sort this out when the BBC streams work PERFECTLY with every other flipping method.
I understand Roon are working on a fix but no timescales quoted.
I am on EE, and I believe they are owned by BT.
If I type ffmpeg I get
~$ ffmpeg
ffmpeg version 4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=1ubuntu0.1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=resample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-nvenc --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
libavutil 56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
libavcodec 58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100
libavformat 58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
libavdevice 58. 8.100 / 58. 8.100
libavfilter 7. 57.100 / 7. 57.100
libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0
libswscale 5. 5.100 / 5. 5.100
libswresample 3. 5.100 / 3. 5.100
libpostproc 55. 5.100 / 55. 5.100
If I run sudo apt-get install ffmpeg I get the following
ffmpeg is already the newest version (7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1).
The station EasyRadio has a 320k aac stream - can you play that?
Can you play the BBC link that @mjw posted above in your browser or VLC?
Tried this, it wanted to download and open with VLC, but nothing actually played. But this is on my desktop and not the core.
Yes, this works via roon.
Nothing wrong with your codecs then.
Itās as if the BBC thinks you are offshore - but Roon shouldnāt present you with those high rate options if you are not in the UK.
a) are you using the database version of the BBC site, or your own?
b) and there is no VPN?
I think weāll have to wait for @support.
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Iāve been playing BBC Radio 2 this morning, and the AAC 320 kbps stream continually stops, sometimes immediately, and sometimes after a few minutes. The MP3 stream is fine, and Iām currently using the AAC 128 kbps now without issueā¦ no, spoke too soon, as that just dropped. Same with the 96 kbps stream.
Incidentally, Qobuz high-res streams without issue. So, Iām inclined to think thereās an issue with the BBCās AAC streams.
Iām in the UK and using the database version of the site.
Could be, but doesnāt seem to be affecting me - Iāve been playing the 320k bbc2 stream for 15 minutes without issues.