On 18/11/2007, Christopher Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've noticed for a few weeks now that the BBC news stream has really gone > down in quality. It looks overexposed and awfully washed out; prior to this > it looked great, just like a pure digital feed should. Also, the stream is > apparently being encoded at 29fps (according to WMP) but it's playing back > at 23.9/24fps - why not encode at 24fps? Surely it's wasting bits, even if > the perceived fps is incorrect and the actual fps is correct... But there's > still no reason for this incorrect setup. >
Givem the original is at 25fps, why not encode at that in fact? > The odd 400x224 resolution is puzzling too, but better than nothing - as > is the (dismal) 32 whole kilobits per second of bandwidth devoted to the > audio stream. Is there ever going to be a decent high quality stream of N24 > available via the web site (or maybe be rolled out with a future incarnation > of iPlayer?) > iPlayer is a peer-to-peer downloadsystem. If you want another steaming option, try http://www.livestation.com/ N24 is mono and low-bitrate on Freeview as well. > Either way, I'd still appreciate it if some attention was paid to the N24 > stream, so if someone's reading this who knows someone who can get someone > else to take a look, that'd be great! > > Christopher > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
