BBC R3 Lossless Stream

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(28-07-2017 00:23)DavidHB Wrote:  If I try to play the FLAC stream without transcoding, the DSM simply does not recognise the stream; no error message appears in the MinimServer log. This consistent with the advice from Linn in this thread on their forum that

"MPEG-DASH format is not currently supported by the DS."

Not really, assuming by 'without transcoding' you mean not transcoding the prototype extracted FLAC stream to WAV as opposed to not using the prototype at all. The BBC's MPEG-DASH stream is precisely what the prototype is not providing the renderer, ie, including your DSM. The whole point of this exercise is to extract the 'pure' FLAC stream from its MPEG-DASH carrier specifically for those renderers that don't support MPEG-DASH streams!

The issue then becomes one of the renderer supporting the FLAC stream that MinimServer/MinimStreamer has extracted from the original MPEG-DASH stream. This broadcast/'live' type of FLAC stream differs from one that comes from a stored FLAC file in that its size is unknown and its stereo channels have been mid-side encoded, both of which the renderer's FLAC decoder will need to support in order to play the extracted FLAC stream.