Is there a problem with the i-player?

[Don Petter]

Exactly! Why should we have to install something we don't need just to get something that the BBC should be providing in useable form? (I tried the normal R3 stream just now, and there were frequent drop-outs.)

[french frank]

Exactly! Why should we have to install something we don't need just to get something that the BBC should be providing in useable form? (I tried the normal R3 stream just now, and there were frequent drop-outs.)

Absolutely no reason at all (it tends to come ready installed with Macs) other than that the BBC sometimes isn't doing what it ought to do and you then have an alternative. Of course, it won't be an alternative if you have a PC and don't want to install iTunes - though many PC users do.

[Word]

Exactly! Why should we have to install something we don't need

I ask the same question about Adobe Flash (and that's a truly evil bit of software ).
As for the non-Flash alternative; I thought iTunes was just a convenient way for people with a Mac or Windows PCs to access the BBC's AAC streams, which otherwise could be accessed directly by any player complying with the AAC standard.

That said, I'm currently listening to the Lunchtime Concert live via the Flash-based iPlayer without any problems, and did the same yesterday and the day before for Afternoon on 3.

[diddy]

the HD AAC feed is now playing fine on my windows pc(flash based?) but still no luck on the squeezebox touch,and as others have posted, it plays fine through itunes.

correction:the feed on the pc has started stuttering!

[Don Petter]

Just trying The Jacobin on HD via the R3 site. Pretty good, but still getting a brief 'blip' of interruption every minute or so.

[jayne lee wilson]

I really don't recognise this description of iTunes. I don't use it for download storage/playback on my 2007 Macbook (I use the slick and beautiful XBMC), I tend only to stream classical radio through it, and I'm never bothered by - or even see - the things you mention. Occasionally I've been invited to do a free software update (usually a good idea) but most of the time I just connect and play...

Again, no problems with Adobe Flash here... Word, have you tried installing the latest (or at least a later) version?

BEWARE all sorts of commercial stuff comes with iTunes! and incessant updates and store connections and monitoring .... not a light decision!

[Word]

Again, no problems with Adobe Flash here... Word, have you tried installing the latest (or at least a later) version?

My hatred of Flash is mainly for historical reasons; in part down to the way it was used (lots of stupid little animations and intrusive adverts that did nothing but waste clock cycles) and the fact that when Safari crashes it's almost invariably due to Flash.

The latest versions are much better, more stable and they include GPU acceleration on the Mac, but I would strongly recommend the ClickToPlugin Safari extension, which stops Flash and other plug-ins from running except when you specifically allow them.

[Jonathan Swain]

Suggestion for diddy and anyone else currently having problems with the live HD R3 stream via iPlayer on the Squeezebox Touch. Apologies if you already know this.

Go to your ‘mysqueezebox.com’ page - click on favorites - under ‘add favorite’, paste in this address:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r3_aaclca.pls

Name it what you like, click on ‘add’…. After you’ve done this, you’ll need your SBT to be connected to the mysqueezebox.com server. Then go to favorites, either on the Touch home page, or using the remote control function on the mysqueezebox.com page - and it should do the trick (it does for me). …No flash, so you won’t get the live text, but you should get a quick connection to the stream (at 320kbps aac), and get it without blips, skips, glitches, and remote host resetting the connection.

I’m a newbie where the Touch is concerned, but I discovered this ‘cure’ searching through the various online forums about Touch owners having problems with the HD live stream over the past year or two.

All best wishes
J

[diddy]

Suggestion for diddy and anyone else currently having problems with the live HD R3 stream via iPlayer on the Squeezebox Touch. Apologies if you already know this.

Go to your ‘mysqueezebox.com’ page - click on favorites - under ‘add favorite’, paste in this address:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r3_aaclca.pls

Name it what you like, click on ‘add’…. After you’ve done this, you’ll need your SBT to be connected to the mysqueezebox.com server. Then go to favorites, either on the Touch home page, or using the remote control function on the mysqueezebox.com page - and it should do the trick (it does for me). …No flash, so you won’t get the live text, but you should get a quick connection to the stream (at 320kbps aac), and get it without blips, skips, glitches, and remote host resetting the connection.

I’m a newbie where the Touch is concerned, but I discovered this ‘cure’ searching through the various online forums about Touch owners having problems with the HD live stream over the past year or two.

All best wishes
J

many,many thanks for that,jonathan problem solved. but has anyone an idea why the usual route via the iplayer live stream isn't working?

tks

D

[notinajumalainukhaju]

Hey everyone! Don't forget you can connect to R3HD320 via iTunes! It's never failed me yet, including tonight when tuning in for the LPO/Alsop concert (great Martinu 6 performance!), when the R3 homepage live stream refused to work.

Go to iTunes, and choose:
Radio>Classical>BBC Radio 3 High.

(and don't forget to press play...)

Hey, thank you very much for this, Ms Wilson; it is wonderful. And can you get Listen Again also through i-tunes?