> Ah! I think that might be the problem. I assume so. I mean, I would be glad
> to troubleshoot this further if you relocate your computer to the UK and can
> still reproduce the download failure, but non-UK IPs are unsupported.
:-) No, that's fine, I'll stick with downloading and converting.
> You might find that the AAC files are better, one way or the other, than WMV.
> AAC is an open format, and open-source media software tends to like it, much
> better than WMV. I would tend to assume (rightly or wrongly) that the quality
> of the AAC versions would be higher, and lots of portable music players play
> them, too, now.
Okay, noted. I think for the time being I stick with MP3 as the final
format, but might switch to AAC->MP3 rather than the current WMA->MP3.
> >> You would help me out a great deal if you're able to determine whether
> >> this file plays ok on a Mac or Windows. I would hazard that it plays fine
> >> on just about every Linux media player (although if you use speakers &/or
> >> a GUI in Linux and you've never tried double-clicking on one of
> >> get_iplayer's .aac files then I'd be grateful if you'd try that, too).
> >
> > For MAC and Windows, I can get back to you tomorrow to confirm (no
> > MACs or Windows at home).
>
> Thanks. That would be very helpful.
I coopted a colleague with Windows and Mac access to check this, the
results of which were:
only plays in vlc
on which platform?
win mac
and what other players did you try?
itune, windows media player, quictime
HTH and thanks again!
Alexis
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