BBC HLS streams outside the UK

[simoncn]

(08-11-2015 11:44)pwsheridan Wrote:  Thanks Simon but the Pioneer N50 does not play the file if 48000 is put in the stream. I am going to see if it is a network problem on my end as I am using powerline ethernet adapters to the pioneer N50. Although all my high res Music files( 192 / 24) play flawlessly. Regards Paul

In the thread I referenced above, the OP had the same problem with his renderer (a WDTV Live Hub), which wouldn't play an L16 stream with a sample frequency of 48000.

I don't think you will have any success with investigating network issues. The problem is that the BBC stream uses a sample rate of 48000 and the Prioneer N50 apparently can't handle this sample rate (at least for L16 transcoding). The only solution is to somehow fix this sample rate mismatch.

Can you try transcoding to *:wav instead of *:L16? Does this work?

Another option is to transcode using *:L16;44 instead of *:L16. This will produce a 44100 Hz L16 stream that should work with the N50. If you do this, you don't need to put 48000 in the stream information.