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I have owned a BeO Sound/BeO Master 5 for over two years and have frequent problems streaming BBC radio problems. Broadband speed is up to 60Mgbt download and B & O still blame the broadband. Any answers welcome. Help!!
BeoNut since '75
MikeTTech: I have owned a BeO Sound/BeO Master 5 for over two years and have frequent problems streaming BBC radio problems. Broadband speed is up to 60Mgbt download and B & O still blame the broadband. Any answers welcome. Help!!
It's more than likely that you have encountered a BBC created problem.
Here's an explanation from The Guardian.
I encountered the same issue using my Olive One for streaming. I'm in the UK so I just gave up and used the BBC Freeview radio broadcasts via my BV11. It's amazing that the BBC could make such a hash of their streaming, yet that one man band at Radio Paradise can stream in every format and quality imaginable.
Graham
vikinger: Here's an explanation from The Guardian.
"Also, FM radios start cheap (£10-£20) and can work well, especially with aerial assistance."
Oh the times we're living in...
--mika
tournedos: vikinger: Here's an explanation from The Guardian. "Also, FM radios start cheap (£10-£20) and can work well, especially with aerial assistance." Oh the times we're living in...
Thanks for your reply. I am considering going to old reliable FM radio, but I payed a lot of money for my BeO 5 system for it not to work.
MikeTTech: Thanks for your reply. I am considering going to old reliable FM radio, but I payed a lot of money for my BeO 5 system for it not to work.
Hi Mike,
Hopefully the BBC will eventually sort out its streaming broadcasts.
I currently cannot access the BBC radioplayer using the BV11 web browser because the BBC are now using a flash player wrapper for this service!
Hello There...
Strange as I can play BBC via NRADIO on my beosound 5!
All stations seem to play including 1,2, 3, 4 and all international and various language stations.
Regards
David
Beovision 8-40, Beocentre 6-26, Beocentre 2, Beolab 9's, Beogram 7000, Beogram 9500, Beo 5, Beolit 1000, 800, 700, 600, 400, Beocom 6's, Beotalk 1200
I can stream any BBC prog to a simple Aulna Internet Radio (70€) with no problems whatsoever and as previously said, our internet is old style as we are in the forest in Eastern France at a whopping speed of up to a max of 5.2MBps. I bought it for my elderly father so he can listen to his UK radio stations whilst having his breakfast. Nothing to do with your internet/broadband speeds I suspect.
Dave.
The Guardian article summarises the problem. Some Internet radios will be able to pick up the new streams without difficulty.
The Olive One works off a library of programmes loaded by Olive (and based on user submissions). I guess B&O upload similar libraries that may now be out of date.
Checked my Olive One programmes list this morning and every BBC stream has gone. This means that I will have to manually find the new streams (assuming they are, for example, not in a Flash wrapper and inaccessible as is the case with the BV11 BBC radio catchup service), save them and wait for Olive to distribute the new station information via an update. Of course the BBC should have done this if they consulted major manufacturers as claimed in the Guardian article. I guess that the likes of B&O and Olive are too niche to be consulted, although as far as the BV11 is concerned, this should have been picked up by the Smart TV consortium.