This doesn't really concern the iPlayer plugins as it is a BBC issue but I thought I would post this in case people aren't aware of the issue. (Forgive me for not having trawled through the previous posts).
The normal bitrate for Radio 3 Listen Again increased from 192 kbps to 320 kbps a few weeks ago (at least for the aac streams which I use). This is a great development. BUT There are seemingly random Radio 3 LA programmes that are encoded as 56 kbps HE-AAC. The number of these varies from day to day. Sometimes it is the odd one but it is usually 2 or 3. Yesterday (Thursday 3rd Nov) was particularly bad with the following being 56 kbps HE-AAC: 06:30 Breakfast: Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch 09:00 Essential Classics: Thursday - Rob Cowan 12:00 Composer of the Week: Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): Episode 4 16:30 In Tune: Neville Marriner, Simon Keenlyside, Marcelo Bratke 18:30 Composer of the Week: Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): Episode 4 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert: Philharmonia Orchestra - Debussy, Bartok 22:00 Night Waves: George Soros I am forwarding the details, on a daily basis, to a contact at the BBC but this has been going on for many weeks but there is, as yet, no apparent sign that the engineers are tackling the issue. -- JohnB ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
