I understand the need to convert aac that the player won't play. But surely mp3 would be the last choice to convert them to, given converting one lossy format to another is just about the worst thing you can do to audio. Sometimes there are nasty interactions between the different perceptual models.
Wouldn't a better option be to first try converting to flac (something like level 5 compression), then if the player can't handle that try wav (which might need a sample rate conversion if the player assumes 44.1 for example), and then mp3 as a desperate last resort? -- Owen Smith <owen.sm...@cantab.net> Cambridge, UK > On 23 Oct 2019, at 10:55, RS <richard...@zoho.com> wrote: > > IIRC when you sent sample files to Linn they told you they hadn't expected > files to be heavily fragmented, and it would take some time to develop a fix. > Did they ever come back to you? If Linn still do not have a fix probably > your only option would be to convert the files to .mp3. > > You should also aware that for some modes with bit rates less than 96kbit/s > the BBC uses HE-AAC v1. It is even more difficult to find hardware players > to play HE-AAC v1 or v2. Players which cannot handle the SBR or PS > information should ignore it, but you will lose half the bandwidth, and you > may find the files do not play at all. > _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
