JohnB wrote: > Yes, PLEASE do that. It is alarming that there are only 1021 ratings so > far. I fear that with ratings at that level the BBC might well think it > isn't worth progressing with FLAC. > > The 320kbps AAC-LC was first introduced as a pilot on Radio 3 during the > Proms in 2010 (I think I have got the year right) so this just might be > a precursor to FLAC being more widely streamed, providing the BBC can > overcome any rights issues and providing there is enough demand for it.
I think the number is lowish but service is v. highly rated by most - Dr. Who game has about 3.5k but only 1 star compared to Concert Sound 1.2k but a rating of about 4.5stars. Binaural has only 135 ratings. I don't think rights issue is a problem given that BBC is broadcasting all of Radio 3 in flac for 2 months. I think the issue is longer term is additional cost and required bandwidth and is there enough users enabled and wanting to listen to a flac stream. The pilot in Mar/April could only really be played in Firefox. Now in addition to browser there are version of vlc, ffmpeg as well as LMS that can play Dash/Flac. BBC should also be able to determine the number of individuals who have listened using Dash Flac. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106409 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
