Thread: iPlayer Won't Play BBC Listen Again on QNAP

Quote: Originally Posted by Triode I've updated the main BBCiPlayer version to include the workaround in the RTMP.pm file, so you should not need to install this manually now - just install 0.9h and it should work on the problem architecture. I have updated to 0.9h on my previously problematic QNAP, and the Listen Again functionality works. Again, many thanks to Triode and bpa for their time and effort to get this fixed.

It is interesting to note the AACplus at 48k has a higher CPU load than 128k AAC. It looks like the psychoacoustic additions of AACplus are processor intensive. I had assumed the slower speed link would be less of a system load than a higher speed link.

Quote: Originally Posted by flipflip 7.4.1 != 7.4-trunk Let's see what we find in the tarball of the next stable release (7.4.2). I wouldn't be convinced there will be a 7.4.2 as development has moved to 7.5 and it depends on the number of bugs found in 7.4.x. It does seem well known that fixed point faad uses lower cpu on these devices so I would recommend including a fixed point version in the builds. It seems to be dependant on...

It is interesting to note the AACplus at 48k has a higher CPU load than 128k AAC. It looks like the psychoacoustic additions of AACplus are processor intensive. I had assumed the slower speed link would be less of a system load than a higher speed link.

Quote: Originally Posted by Triode For people having a problem with NAS cpu load, try the latest iPlayer (0.9j) plugin and set the "prefer wma" preference on the settings page. Brilliant. I can also now listen to BBC outside the UK using iPlayer on the QNAP without rebuffering. Thanks for this simple solution.

It's definitely using faad - you just have to find it. Enable logging with os.paths set to DEBUG and also set player.source to DEBUG and then try to play an AAC file or stream. Check the log for faad - there should be one line where a full command line with path to faad is shown.

Quote: Originally Posted by Parky Hmm - that's a bit strange. Looking at the SVN repository it builds it with -DFIXED_POINT in the buildme-crosstool.sh script but doesn't with buildme-linux.sh which suggests the ARM builds are now being done natively? I'd really recommend building/delivering a fixed-point version for ARM, I'd even be willing to put my copy on a server somewhere but know that many people would be wary of an...

bpa, Here's the log you requested with AAC enabled under the iPlayer settings. Thanks for your help. 5.29980882362664e-315 does seem to be a very odd but remarkably precise number for streamId! I googled it and it does pop-up quite often, so it probably has significance to those in the know.

Quote: Originally Posted by bpa It's possible SSOTS has set up AAC decoding to use something else. Confirm by looking at WebUI/Settings/Advanced/Filetypes/AAC Settings there are as follows: AAC AAC Native AAC FLAC faad/flac AAC MP3 faad/lame AAC PCM faad Is there any logging I can do to confirm what's happening? By the way, if I use the Logitech BBC app (under MyApps) then I can listen to live BBC streams without problems (but...

Quote: Originally Posted by Triode For people having a problem with NAS cpu load, try the latest iPlayer (0.9j) plugin and set the "prefer wma" preference on the settings page. Brilliant. I can also now listen to BBC outside the UK using iPlayer on the QNAP without rebuffering. Thanks for this simple solution.