On 10/04/2008, Andrew Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I presume they do the same for the Daily Service. LW Sport gets > > carried on Five Live Sports Extra, hence it's not a problem. > > From what I recall James Cridland telling me, the 5LSX service is created > out of the general bitrate pool and leaches capacity from a number of > services. > > I'm not a sport person, but I could have sworn Five Live Sports Extra had > a permanent audio stream - sure I've heard promo loops on DAB. Maybe it > used to and it's changed since. >
I thought so as well, because I suggested it should carry the audio from the TV BBC News 24 when it was not broadcasting Extra Sport, but I was told that the bandwidth was scavanged at the next bitrate change point (usually on the hour or half, I understand). Anyway, there's a page about bitrates on the BBC Radio site - apparently > Sports Extra leeches of Radio 3 and sometimes Radio 4. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/help/faq/dab_bitrates.shtml > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
