Re: xPLRioNet Beta v3.8j Released

[Mike <n5pwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony Tofts wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Have just published latest version of xPLRioNet at www.xplhal.com
>
> The changes from previous version are:
>
> a) fixed bug in shoutcast that was causing it to drop out

Works like a champ. I can now set a stream to playing and it continues.
Haven't had a marthon all-dayer yet but I have played long enough to
feel that you have whipped this bug.

> For those wishing to transcode high bit rate mp3's for the rio as a
> temporary fix for the skipping issue i found the following line (add
to
>
> <convert source="mp3" device="rio"
cmd="lame.exe --preset 128 {sourcefile}
> -" />

It appears that your workaround has tamed this beast too. It is handling
my 320Kbs files very nicely. I'm bumping the 128 to 192 though.

Thanks Tony. I'll have to do some cogitating to think what else I would
like to see in RioNet. Like, maybe a pause? When listening to Podcasts
it would be nice if the phone rings to be able to pause it then come
back and pick right up where you paused from. Or maybe a fast forward or
rewind inside a single file (for long files). You and the rest of the
xPLHal guys have already made the Rio and the DAR better than they were
when Sonic Blue produced them. Congratulations and thank you for your
devotion t the program.

Mike