If you look further down the thread that was linked above, someone else has figured out how to access the HLS streams using minimserver and minimstreamer -
http://www.runeaudio.com/forum/bbc-radio-t546-20.html#p5633.
This approach involves a bit more work initially to set things up, but offers the following advantages:
- Eliminates the drop-outs that occur in the MP3 streams.
- More future-proof, since the BBC has already stated that the MP3 streams are only intended as a temporary stop-gap.
- For listeners in the UK, much higher quality (320 kbps).
- Once you've got streaming set up, you can use it on other upnp clients on your network, instead of configuring the radio streams individually on separate devices (phone, tablet, etc).
So far we've been discussing running minim on the same device (RasPi) as RuneAudio. However, it should also be possible to run minim on a separate device, if necessary. Check the compatibility on the minim site (
http://minimserver.com/downloads/index.html), it seeems pretty broad. The developer of minim has gone to quite some effort to describe how to use the HLS streams (
http://minimstreamer.com), so you should find a way to get it working for your set-up.
I've had it running for a few days now, streaming to the Rune and to Avia on my phone, and it seems pretty stable.