Check your version.
3.0.7  and 3.0.8  don't work reliably.

The 3.0.9  nightly  works  or you can go back to 3.0.6

More info here:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=149790



 neonsox wrote:
 

We really dig RP here at the office and run the stream 24/7. It's kind of a thing with us to see how long we can keep the stream going. 

Anyway, I can't get the FLAC stream to load in VLC. Being the free service that this is, I'm not complaining since the other streams are fine, and browsers have no trouble with FLAC. Any ideas? VLC is supposed to support FLAC with no add-ons. 

 BillG wrote:
 

Working fine here.  No drop outs; seems to be keeping pace with the AAC stream.

 antakar wrote:
 

Unrelated stream relay server issue this morning. Should be fine now.

The old link is indeed dead. 

 BillG wrote:
 
I was using the "old link"  http://audio-3.radioparadise.c....

The new link you just provided gives me that:

The following error(s) occurred during loading of the location(s):
Internal Server Error (500)

 antakar wrote:
 

Working fine. Are you using the updated URL? 

http://stream.radioparadise.com/flac

It seems the stream is down again. Is there something that can be done to resurrect it?

Thanks.

Damn!  It just fell over ... before it did, the stream went choppy and had the slow speed issue for about 30 secs.

 BillG wrote: 
Just playing the stream and sounding really clean and solid. Thanks Bill!!

 ncarus wrote:
 

Yes. Back up tomorrow. For good, hopefully. 

 dcginc wrote: 
Been away for a few days and just tried to load the flac stream today without success. Am assuming it's down again Bill?

Well...here is an audiophile and RP lover. I am struggling with the fact that I can't have all my favorite stations in *one* playback format. I am a bit nuts and I use a variety of different playback methods, depending on my mood, location and subsequent availability of devices. Let's start:

Home
1) RPI3b+/Digi One transport/DAC/Audio System - using LMS with RP plugin = PERFECT FLAC performance 
2) USB DAC/Audio System - using W10/Foobar2000 = NO FLAC. Limited to 320k MP3 <sad face> because, in Foobar2000 I upsample to DSD128 which typically results in much better sound quality. 
3) USB DAC/Audio System - using Win10/Chrome browser = FLAC is OK, but is limited to the Win10 audio, cannot upsample or do other conversion tricks.

Mobile:
1) LG V30 (w/ built-in ES9218P DAC) - using RP Android app = OK FLAC performance. But....the audio performance is not as good as a dedicated DAC. 

Bedroom:
1) Mac laptop (no FLAC natively) - using Chrome = OK FLAC performance, but limited to OS X Coreaudio. This is really an Apple limitation. 

Really, the only thing is missing (and HIGHLY desirable) is a Radio Paradise FLAC URL, so I can add RP FLAC to all my other hi-res/FLAC station inventory in Foobar2000....and Roon for those folks. 

Hi all, I am using a Bluesound Vault 2i and a pair of 2i Reflex players. I listen to RP a lot during the day, swapping from one Mix to another. I have noticed that around 17:00 UK time that all the stations begin to buffer and stutter. Is there anything I can or do or set to stop this happening? Any advice will be welcomed. 

 BillG wrote: 
hmm, can't get this URL to work, http://audio-3.radioparadise.com:8000/flac am I missing something? Tried pasting into Roon, no go, won't play on its own via a webpage either. must be missing something. thxs.!

 ncarus wrote:
 

It'll be back tomorrow. Metadata in the flac stream looks like a no-go, unfortunately. 

Hi Bill!  Missing the flac stream already!  Thanks for all the effort to try and get the tech behind the stream all sorted for us (relative few) audiophiles who really appreciate its superb quality. Gone back to the 192_ogg stream - still sounds great though!
What chances we'll be getting track info meta via the stream one day? Is that in the plan?

 antakar wrote:
 
It will be back up tomorrow - late afternoon California time. 

 BillG wrote: 
Thank you, the link when it worked was really great! The downside is that it started to stutter and then stopped working altogether. Perhaps there is something that can be done about this?

 antakar wrote:
 

TRy this URL:  http://audio-3.radioparadise.com:8000/flac

 westslope wrote:
 

 As a rule, the lower the bitrate, the less CPU.  But in most cases none of the streams use enough CPU to impact other uses.