Beoport N.Radio stopped working

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patcherley

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Posted November 8, 2022 at 05:10 GMT

I often listen to this whilst working and if was working fine last week. However, on Friday my Windows 10 PC had a major update which involved me restarting it a number of times after the ones involved in the update. Following this everything seems to be working OK apart from the Beoport N.Radio. The rest of the Beoport seems OK including N.Music, locally, and masterlinking sound from my Beovision Eclipse. Looking at the info for a station I notice that the status is blank, I have not been able to find any other issues. Is N.Radio working? Paul

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Guy

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Posted November 8, 2022 at 18:30 GMT

#695656

Not working for me either. Some stations show 'opened' under status but won't play.

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patcherley

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Posted November 8, 2022 at 19:04 GMT

#695657

Thanks looks like an email to support

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Guy

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Posted November 24, 2022 at 11:07 GMT

#696108

Did you ever get a response from B&O support about this? Now that my Beoport is working (see other thread

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patcherley

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Posted November 24, 2022 at 12:30 GMT

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I did, after they checked various things with me, they said it wasn't supported under Windows 10. Given that it works under earlier versions it does seem a Windows 10 64bit issue, probably a method that was depreciated. Paul

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Guy

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Posted November 24, 2022 at 12:43 GMT ? Edited November 24, 2022 at 12:44 GMT

#696115

Thanks Paul. After about 20 mins of showing 'opened' my n.radio just burst into life playing BBC Radio 2 - I had to mute quickly as it was Cliff Richard's latest Xmas release! But then I am on 32-bit Win10 so perhaps different compatibilities. Makes me wonder how well this new-fangled kit like Stage, Theatre, or even B&O's simple Bluetooth speakers will work in 15 or 20 years!

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patcherley

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Posted November 24, 2022 at 13:03 GMT

#696116

Apart from N.Radio everything else works, including playing a source from my Eclipse. Actually very impressive.

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Guy

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Posted November 24, 2022 at 13:19 GMT

#696117

That sounds promising. I will hang onto my Beoport for when I move house and set up an ML or NL system. I do like the ability to control my PC using Beo4 and I can see the value in listening to ML/NL sources from the computer room/study. I suppose one of the major advantages over BL Active (using PC input) is that you can 'mix', the computer sounds with the ML audio input, thus still getting PC sounds such as email alerts.

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Guy

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Posted November 29, 2022 at 11:32 GMT

#696257

Now that I have Beoport/Beoplayer working I have been listening to BBC radio occasionally. The stream is interrupted every now and then with a message to say that the service will end mid 2023. I think that this may be related to end of BBC support for 'Shoutcast' as explained here:

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SaltineSurfer

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Posted December 10, 2022 at 17:36 GMT

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/recent-changes-to-bbc-sounds/shoutcast-closure I think from the old forum that the BBC did something similar with TuneIn. It would appear that they are trying to force users onto their ‘Sounds’ app and/or BBC’s Radioplayer on PCs.

Hi Guy, I noticed these interruptions listening to bbc on TuneIn on my M5 last month, so being concerned I emailed B&O support letting them know. They emailed back saying BBC were switching to HLS (HTTP live streaming developed by Apple) and that the B&O Radio devices will support this. Maybe email b&o asking for the stream to be updated for the beoport - Im guessing windows media player can play these streams as it appears HLS is nothing new? Here are the HLS stream links half way down the page if you want to try them in media player: https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/tables/radio-frequencies/internet-radio-player/ Rob.

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