Peter, Thanks for putting me right about the needs of some people for better than 96kb/s. It was something of which I was totally unaware. Rgds Simon Morgan
> -----Original Message----- > From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On > Behalf Of Peter Corlett > Sent: 18 August 2017 12:55 > Cc: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > Subject: Re: World Service podcast bit rates > <SNIP> > Not everybody perceives and comprehends speech the same way; it is > known that people on the autistic spectrum have difficulties separating > speech from background noise even when they have otherwise excellent > hearing, for example. > At low bitrates, high-frequency components are mangled by MP3, > introducing errors that manifest themselves as sibilance, pitch shifts, > and in extremis an electronic "chattering" in the background which can > be quite distracting. > > If your hearing and brain are able to filter out the artifacts, well, > good for you. Others aren't so lucky and need higher-bitrate audio to > be able to hear and enjoy it properly. The BBC presumably agree, given > they now make 320kb/s audio available. <SNIP> -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 645 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try a Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
