# BBC High Bitrate URL won't play

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/bbc-high-bitrate-url-wont-play/1746>\
**Category:** Misc\
**Created:** [July 14, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/bbc-high-bitrate-url-wont-play/1746 "2017-07-14T17:38:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Graeme\_Hutcheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f6c823/32.png) [@Graeme\_Hutcheon](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Graeme_Hutcheon)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/bbc-high-bitrate-url-wont-play/1746/1 "2017-07-14T17:38:45Z")

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I have been trying to play the BBC High Bitrate in Mopidy through Musicbox weblient and also from the mpc command line - this URL works on my Linux box with Rythmbox / VLC and on another Pi running OSMC.

[BBC 6Music High Bitrate](http://as-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/pool_6/live/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8)  
[http://as-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/pool\_6/live/bbc\_6music/bbc\_6music.isml/bbc\_6music-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8](http://as-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/pool_6/live/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8)

In the mopidy log I receive

> 2017-07-12 17:01:58,012 WARNING [792:StreamBackend-6] mopidy.internal.http: Download of ‘bbc\_6music-audio=320000-234358331.ts’ failed: Invalid URL ‘bbc\_6music-audio=320000-234358331.ts’: No schema supplied. Perhaps you meant http://bbc\_6music-audio=320000-234358331.ts?  
> 2017-07-12 17:01:58,014 INFO [792:StreamBackend-6] mopidy.stream.actor: Unwrapping stream from URI ([http://as-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/pool\_6/live/bbc\_6music/bbc\_6music.isml/bbc\_6music-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8](http://as-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/pool_6/live/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8)) failed: error downloading URI bbc\_6music-audio=320000-234358331.ts  
> 2017-07-12 17:01:58,016 WARNING [792:Core-16] mopidy.core.tracklist: Track is not playable: [http://as-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/pool\_6/live/bbc\_6music/bbc\_6music.isml/bbc\_6music-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8](http://as-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/pool_6/live/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8)  
> 2017-07-12 17:01:58,019 INFO [792:Core-16] mopidy.core.playback: No playable track in the list.

Any thought or advice gratefully recevied, did a search but could not find anything similar to my eyes.

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/bbc-high-bitrate-url-wont-play/1746/2 "2017-07-14T17:56:10Z")

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This looks a lot like an [issue we had recently](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/assertion-gst-uri-is-valid-uri-failed/1709) which was specific to HLS streams. I tracked the issue down to our scanner being unable to find the duration of the the stream, at which point it mistakingly tries to treat it like a normal m3u8 playlist (which it isn’t). It seemed like it was specific to the particular HLS stream but I guess it’s more widespread than that. I’ll dig out my hacky fix.

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**Author:** ![Graeme\_Hutcheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f6c823/32.png) [@Graeme\_Hutcheon](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Graeme_Hutcheon)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/bbc-high-bitrate-url-wont-play/1746/3 "2017-07-15T15:27:48Z")

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Thanks - read all the pieces - sounds like hacky fix now and just wait for the update - seems like it’s a known issue

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**Author:** ![jussbba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/jussbba/32/1020_2.png) [@jussbba](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/jussbba)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/bbc-high-bitrate-url-wont-play/1746/4 "2019-01-11T22:52:16Z")

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Hey,

Did you ever get the HLS stream working?

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**Author:** ![Graeme\_Hutcheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f6c823/32.png) [@Graeme\_Hutcheon](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Graeme_Hutcheon)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/bbc-high-bitrate-url-wont-play/1746/5 "2019-01-12T13:25:36Z")

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[http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr\_high/llnw/bbc\_6music.m3u8](http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/llnw/bbc_6music.m3u8)

The link I originally pasted does not appear to be valid anymore but this one works for me.  
I have since moved to using Volumio and this works as a webradio if I have dns-trick running.