VLC will not stream the newest BBC Radio 4 URL

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VLC will not stream the newest BBC Radio 4 URL

Postby mmsood99 » 12 Feb 2015 08:31

Two days ago, the BBC switched off support for windows media streaming as described here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/28dfd220-7ca1-3683-ac16-3938cfb4b882)

In BBC iPlayer the new stream is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls

But this does not play in VLC 2.1.5

From the error log, there are lots of 404 - Not Found errors

Has anyone been able to stream it?

Here is the error log:
main debug: adding item `http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls' ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls )
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls
main debug: processing request item: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls, node: null, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls
main debug: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls'
main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\Drew\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls' gives access `http' demux `' path `www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' location='www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls' file='\\www.bbc.co.uk\radio\listen\live\r4_heaacv2.pls'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "http": 12 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access 'http' location='www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls', path='\\www.bbc.co.uk\radio\listen\live\r4_heaacv2.pls'
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Drew\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 20 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
access_http debug: querying proxy for http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls
access_http debug: no proxy
access_http debug: http: server='www.bbc.co.uk' port=80 file='/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls'
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: net: connecting to http://www.bbc.co.uk port 80
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Drew\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: art not found for http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1992)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 302
access_http debug: Server: Apache
access_http debug: Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
access_http debug: this frame size=299
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: redirection to http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/mediaset/http-icy-he-aacv2-a/vpid/bbc_radio_fourfm/format/pls.pls
access_http debug: querying proxy for http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/mediaset/http-icy-he-aacv2-a/vpid/bbc_radio_fourfm/format/pls.pls
access_http debug: no proxy
access_http debug: http: server='open.live.bbc.co.uk' port=80 file='/mediaselector/5/select/mediaset/http-icy-he-aacv2-a/vpid/bbc_radio_fourfm/format/pls.pls'
main debug: net: connecting to open.live.bbc.co.uk port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1992)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 200
access_http debug: Server: Apache
access_http debug: Content-Type: audio/x-scpls
access_http debug: Transfer-Encoding: chunked
access_http debug: Connection: close
main debug: using access module "access_http"
main debug: Using stream method for AStream*
main debug: starting pre-buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 341 bytes in 0s - 333007 KiB/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 6 candidates
main debug: no stream_filter modules matched
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 6 candidates
main debug: using stream_filter module "record"
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' location='open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/mediaset/http-icy-he-aacv2-a/vpid/bbc_radio_fourfm/format/pls.pls' file='\\open.live.bbc.co.uk\mediaselector\5\select\mediaset\http-icy-he-aacv2-a\vpid\bbc_radio_fourfm\format\pls.pls'
main debug: looking for demux module matching "any": 63 candidates
playlist debug: found valid PLS playlist file
main debug: using demux module "playlist"
main debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Drew\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.luac
main debug: no meta reader modules matched
main debug: `http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls' successfully opened
playlist debug: pls should have 2 entries
main info: stopping playback
main debug: deleting item `http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_heaacv2.pls'
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: object waitpipe triggered
main debug: finished input
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
main debug: removing module "playlist"
main debug: finished input
main debug: removing module "record"
main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
main debug: removing module "access_http"
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: dead input
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Drew\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
main debug: processing request item: No Title, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 2 items, index 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on No Title
main debug: No Title is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'No Title'
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for No Title
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\Drew\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_p?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=73281b9e6311604cb51d758f20d7187a' gives access `http' demux `' path `bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_p?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=73281b9e6311604cb51d758f20d7187a'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' location='bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_p?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=73281b9e6311604cb51d758f20d7187a' file='\\bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net\stream\bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_p?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=73281b9e6311604cb51d758f20d7187a'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "http": 12 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access 'http' location='bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_p?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=73281b9e6311604cb51d758f20d7187a', path='\\bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net\stream\bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_p?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=73281b9e6311604cb51d758f20d7187a'
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 20 candidates
access_http debug: querying proxy for http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_p?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=73281b9e6311604cb51d758f20d7187a
access_http debug: no proxy
access_http debug: http: server='bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net' port=80 file='/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_p?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=73281b9e6311604cb51d758f20d7187a'
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Drew\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
main debug: net: connecting to bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net port 80
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: art not found for No Title
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Drew\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for No Title
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Drew\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: art not found for No Title
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1728)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 404
access_http error: error: HTTP/1.0 404 File Not Found
access_http debug: switching to HTTP version 1.0
main debug: net: connecting to bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1936)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 404
access_http error: error: HTTP/1.0 404 File Not Found
main debug: net: connecting to bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 2020)
access_mms error: error: HTTP/1.0 404 File Not Found
main debug: no access modules matched
main error: open of `http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_p?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=73281b9e6311604cb51d758f20d7187a' failed
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/2)
main debug: using item 1
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on No Title
main debug: No Title is at 1
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'No Title'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\Drew\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_q?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=302ed243b116481e000b46a32f6e0348' gives access `http' demux `' path `bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_q?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=302ed243b116481e000b46a32f6e0348'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' location='bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_q?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=302ed243b116481e000b46a32f6e0348' file='\\bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net\stream\bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_q?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=302ed243b116481e000b46a32f6e0348'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "http": 12 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access 'http' location='bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_q?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=302ed243b116481e000b46a32f6e0348', path='\\bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net\stream\bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_q?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=302ed243b116481e000b46a32f6e0348'
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 20 candidates
access_http debug: querying proxy for http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_q?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=302ed243b116481e000b46a32f6e0348
access_http debug: no proxy
access_http debug: http: server='bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net' port=80 file='/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_q?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=302ed243b116481e000b46a32f6e0348'
main debug: net: connecting to bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net port 80
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1908)
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 404
access_http error: error: HTTP/1.0 404 File Not Found
access_http debug: switching to HTTP version 1.0
main debug: net: connecting to bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1732)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 404
access_http error: error: HTTP/1.0 404 File Not Found
main debug: net: connecting to bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1932)
access_mms error: error: HTTP/1.0 404 File Not Found
main debug: no access modules matched
main error: open of `http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_radio4_q?s=1423718846&e=1423733246&h=302ed243b116481e000b46a32f6e0348' failed
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2)
main debug: nothing to play
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input

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Re: VLC will not stream the newest BBC Radio 4 URL

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 12 Feb 2015 11:34

404. we cannot do anything.
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Re: VLC will not stream the newest BBC Radio 4 URL

Postby bat999 » 15 Feb 2015 16:45

Two days ago, the BBC switched off support for windows media streaming...

Has anyone been able to stream it?
Yes. :lol:
Look here mmsoood99 ---> https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=124169


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