Re: BBC Sounds reply, [dap-uk] Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Hi Ray Just a thought, were you listening to Radio 4 using the Humanware playlist or the playlist I made? I have just checked and the URLs are different. Pele
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Sad or what to be to my own message? Just had a short message from HW saying when the Stream stops playing those streams then contact them and someone in Canada will put out another set of streams to
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
You're right of course Pele.? I never did see the point of using apps to listen to commercial stations, but I suppose it serve some marketing need or other. I am not sure the VR players ever did
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Hi Ray Thanks for recording this message about the BBC streams. I listened to Radio 4 just before 1 PM but did not hear it. This seems to be the way things are going. Some commercial stations like
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
You could well be right re. Ootunes being the database HW use for it radio streams, as it does for Podcasts. My limited knoledge suggests or leads me to ask if there is anything related to
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Hi I know the actual service the stream uses is ootunes, I assume the streams hw provides come from there too. It seems this is going to be a bigger issue but will see. Regards Adrien
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Re: BBC Sounds reply, Re: [dap-uk] Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Well you could either link BBC Sounds to a speaker, I have no trouble doing this, or you could enable the BBC Sounds skill on Alexa. All the best Steve
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Re: BBC Sounds reply, Re: [dap-uk] Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Interesting Steve, but this only deepens the mystery for me.? Its precisely because Amazon speakers cannot access TuneIn streams that I am having all the grief I am experiencing linking my Bose Smart
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Re: BBC Sounds reply, Re: [dap-uk] Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
As far as I know, they are using Tune In streams, which I didn't think use Shoutcast. All the best Steve
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Re: BBC Sounds reply, Re: [dap-uk] Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Thanks for that Steve.? so, if they are not using the Shoutcast streams then what are the streams HW are tapping into?? If the Stream players are not using Shoutcast then why these messages being
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Re: BBC Sounds reply, Re: [dap-uk] Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Hi Ray, This gives me a better understanding. If they are only removing Shoutcast, then we have nothing to worry about. Your Stream doesn't use Shoutcast. All the best Steve
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BBC Sounds reply, Re: [dap-uk] Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Hope those following this conversation will find this reply from BBC Sounds interesting, if not very encouraging for some users of specialist players.(Note RNIB's role as advice provider in all this.)
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
It's another database, a bit like TuneIn. All the best Steve
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Interesting Steve.? What is VTuner? Ray.
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Thanks for the clarification Pele.? I might contact you privately as to exactly how you hear the sports streams. I have managed to capture the announcement which is going out just before the top of
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Hi Ray I either listen to BBC on DAB or my Alexa or Google Home. I use my phone or PC to listen to the BBC Sport streams. The VR Stream cannot play these. But, as I said, I like to have the stations
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
I don't know about the Stream, but the Milestone uses VTuner. All the best Steve
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Hi Pele, and thanks for joining this conversation. Wonder how you do listen to BBC radio streams then?? I know higher quality streams can be accessed, not only by smart speakers, but also some
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Well, first off how to avoid political ranker or ensuing political unpleasantness generally which is not what we are here for.? Will only say this in part is down to the emnity displayed by some
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Re: Probability internet players we use will not access BBC streams after mid 2023
Hi Ray I think this is rather sad. I do not often listen to those streams, but am glad to have them. Have you, or has anyone, contacted Humanware about this. I don't suppose it will make any
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