JohnB wrote: > This business of what bit rate is available seems rather odd. > > On Radio 3 and Radio 4 (the only two I have looked at) the BBC iPlayer > flash client indicates that the stream is 320 kbps, HDS from the > limelight server. That usually (but not always) tallies with the > bandwidth I measure with a utility. > > I've just looked at what seems to be available for HLS and DASH for > Radio 3, using the BBC's AOD availability link and then the > mediaselector links given: > > The DASH stream has two "Adaption Sets" - one giving a min/max of > 128/320 kbps (perhaps for UK users?) and one giving a min/max of 48/96 > kbps (perhaps for non-UK users?) > > But the HLS stream only has 128 kbps available. > > (Forgive me if I am talking nonsense as I am not very knowledgeable and > am feeling my way.)
Yes, HLS on-demand content has been only a maximum of 128 kbps since February (whilst the live HLS has 320kbps streams). There was a brief period when 320kbps HLS on-demand streams were available, but those were withdrawn... The flash browser BBCiPlayer client moved to HDS some time in the spring - and I think has 320kbps on-demand on all channels. There is now a beta program for the HTML browser BBCiPlayer which uses DASH - also provides 320kbps across the board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ utgg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40900 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
