BBC HLS streams outside the UK

[pwsheridan]

(09-11-2015 21:57)simoncn Wrote:  

(09-11-2015 17:53)pwsheridan Wrote:  I have an update Simon to my streaming problem and as I read Johns previous post regarding using a Windows 7 machine. I decided to stop the Minimserver on the QNAP NAS and run the Minimserver from my Windows 10 Asus N550Jv Laptop. I also had to install ffmpeg on the Laptop. I have been running all BBC Radio channels since this morning and I have had no dropouts. Would the Qnap Nas Minimserver App be the reason for the dropouts? Anyway I am very happy that the Streams are all working perfectly at the moment. The Qnap Nas is the TS 410. Regards Paul

I checked the specs on the TS-410. It has a low-powered CPU and this might be the reason for the dropouts when transcoding to L16. You can confirm this by using Resource Manager on the QNAP to display the CPU usage. If it reaches 100% when the dropouts occur, this is the cause of the problem.

Yes John I have carried out the suggestions you made and dropouts are more frequent with not using *:L16 I also do not use it for other streams I will report back about Simons suggestion about the Qnap resource manager CPU usage.