TuneIn Radio seems to have lost BBC radio stations?

[RTHerringbone]

Per the title - has anyone else noticed this? It appears to have become an issue in the past couple of days.

We got rid of a defunct DAB radio in the kitchen and were streaming BBC radio stations through the Hi-Fi using TuneIn via BluOS. I initially assumed it was an issue with the streamer but it seems like the URLs to those stations have been changed or removed at the TuneIn end.

If I search for "BBC" in TuneIn to try to find the stations we had Favourited, they don't appear (I deleted the Favourites to see if that would help) 🤷‍♂️🤔

 

[nads]

Yes Tunein crap. Every one has lost it.

BluOS don’t care, we have been asking for years for the to sort out sounds but they don’t see it as an earner.

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

yep; its gone from my Bose Soundtouch presets via TuneIn. Rubbish.

 

[RayP]

Lots of complaints on the Bluesound Forums today when I lost the service on my Icon.

A workaround has been discovered. Use the links here to create a URL favourite. You don’t get a nice icon but the service works. 👍

https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/tables/r...yer/bbc-national-and-local-radio-hls-streams/

 

[manicm]

Yes Tunein crap. Every one has lost it.

BluOS don’t care, we have been asking for years for the to sort out sounds but they don’t see it as an earner.

It's not a BluOS problem. Broadcasters decide to opt in their streams to TuneIn. So BBC decided to opt out. Remember Classic FM (UK) was once also on TuneIn, then they too opted out. A workaround is to add a URL, depending on the platform e.g. HEOS enables this. Haven't tried it though.

 

[DCarmi]

HEOS enables this. Haven't tried it though

I've tried with HEOS and it works.

 

[nads]

It's not a BluOS problem. Broadcasters decide to opt in their streams to TuneIn. So BBC decided to opt out. Remember Classic FM (UK) was once also on TuneIn, then they too opted out. A workaround is to add a URL, depending on the platform e.g. HEOS enables this. Haven't tried it though.

I would beg to differ. We have been asking BluOS to intergrate Sounds for 6 years. They said they were an approve source for the BBC. What they did is farm it out to Tunein. Now BBC have decided to separate their streams to sounds for the uk and about 4 weeks out of the uk for sounds users. And a totally different set of steams for the rest of the world BluOS have been hung out to dry.
Meanwhile My Squeezeboxs using Lyron (sp) have full Sounds integration and have had for longer than I remember.

 

[davidf]

BBC has always been a bit of pain when it comes to availability, and it's usually at the discretion of the BBC.

 

[RayP]

The BBC stations are available again. Someone pulled the wrong plug! 🤣

 

[RTHerringbone]

There was a BluOs update a day or two ago as well. Coincidence?

 

[RayP]

There was a BluOs update a day or two ago as well. Coincidence?

Purely coincidentally. Nothing to do with the temporary loss of BBC stations.

 

[Kernicterus]

Hi, I'm new to W Hi-Fi forum as I was hunting for very specific info regarding BBC streaming. I have noticed today (Friday) that the content is back on Heos (TuneIn) but I am trying to find out what their longterm goal is.

I am a fan of Marantz and I am considering the M1 for our new extension in January (possibly with some nice Dali Oberons) but I am concerned about streaming BBC radio as my main listening preference.

It is not possible to manually add the BBC Sounds URLs to Heos as the codec is not supported (I tried yesterday) and I am not keen on constantly using Airplay as I use my device for other stuff whilst listening.

Solutions? Or is it just 'wait and see?'

Thanks.

 

[DCarmi]

It is not possible to manually add the BBC Sounds URLs to Heos as the codec is not supported (I tried yesterday) and I am not keen on constantly using Airplay as I use my device for other stuff whilst listening.

I am listening to a HLS stream of Radio 4 on a Marantz CR612 right now.
You can add streams (HSL or DASH) to the HEOS app. Take a look at: https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/tables/r...er/bbc-national-and-local-radio-dash-streams/

 

[Kernicterus]

I am listening to a HLS stream of Radio 4 on a Marantz CR612 right now.
You can add streams (HSL or DASH) to the HEOS app. Take a look at: https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/tables/r...er/bbc-national-and-local-radio-dash-streams/

Outstanding, thanks. I will try this later just in case everything goes pete tong with tunein.

 

[Kernicterus]

I am listening to a HLS stream of Radio 4 on a Marantz CR612 right now.
You can add streams (HSL or DASH) to the HEOS app. Take a look at: https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/tables/r...er/bbc-national-and-local-radio-dash-streams/

So BBC seem to be off TuneIn again and the Garfnet links don't seem to work with Heos on my iPhone. Looks like we'll never use TuneIn or Heos for BBC radio again - sad face sad face.

 

[DCarmi]

Did you try the HLS streams,? I think HLS should work on iPhone. Both seem to work on Android.
https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/tables/r...yer/bbc-national-and-local-radio-hls-streams/

 

[RTHerringbone]

BBC Stations still seem fine via TuneIn on BluOS.

 

[Fandango Andy]

Per the title - has anyone else noticed this? It appears to have become an issue in the past couple of days.

We got rid of a defunct DAB radio in the kitchen and were streaming BBC radio stations through the Hi-Fi using TuneIn via BluOS. I initially assumed it was an issue with the streamer but it seems like the URLs to those stations have been changed or removed at the TuneIn end.

If I search for "BBC" in TuneIn to try to find the stations we had Favourited, they don't appear (I deleted the Favourites to see if that would help) 🤷‍♂️🤔

I gave up on streaming services for BBC years ago. I now either use my old FM tuner, or BBC sounds via Bluetooth on my WiiM mini. Given the compromised speaker placement in my kitchen the sound quality of these is more than good enough and better than if I used a bluetooth speaker or DAB radio.