Re: Europe

2018-12-21 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 21/12/2018 22:08, Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip wrote: On 2018-12-21 14:27, Paul Thornett wrote: VPNs are often very slow. Much faster, and a solution that works well for me, is something called Smart DNS, which is essentially a different set of DNS addresses. Do you mean you're using different

Re: Europe

2018-12-21 Thread Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip
On 2018-12-21 14:27, Paul Thornett wrote: VPNs are often very slow. Much faster, and a solution that works well for me, is something called Smart DNS, which is essentially a different set of DNS addresses. Do you mean you're using different (from what?) DNS servers? How does that help? You

Re: Converting AAC to MP3 / FLAC

2018-12-21 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 21/12/2018 13:46, CJB wrote: Thanks Mark. I j=have the latest VLC and will try as you suggest. Have a great Xmas and N.Y. Chris B. Any reason for converting the download? As you have already VLC, this will play the file without difficulty. A --- This email has been checked for viruses

Re: Converting AAC to MP3 / FLAC

2018-12-21 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 21 Dec 2018 at 12:53, CJB CJB wrote: > Hi - someone kindly sent me a download in AAC format. How can I > convert it to MP3 or FLAC. Thanks - Chris B. ffmpeg -i audio.aac -acodec libmp3lame audio.mp3 FLAC ? Why, it won't improve already lossy compressed

Re: Europe

2018-12-21 Thread Colin Law
On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 14:28, Paul Thornett wrote: > > VPNs are often very slow. Much faster, and a solution that works well > for me, is something called Smart DNS, which is essentially a > different set of DNS > addresses. Both VPNs and DNS redirection will cost you a small amount > of money -

Re: Europe

2018-12-21 Thread Paul Thornett
VPNs are often very slow. Much faster, and a solution that works well for me, is something called Smart DNS, which is essentially a different set of DNS addresses. Both VPNs and DNS redirection will cost you a small amount of money - ignore the so-called free offerings, they are usually very slow

Re: Converting AAC to MP3 / FLAC

2018-12-21 Thread CJB
Thanks Mark. I j=have the latest VLC and will try as you suggest. Have a great Xmas and N.Y. Chris B. On 21/12/2018, Mark Goodge wrote: > > > On 21/12/2018 12:53, CJB wrote: >> Hi - someone kindly sent me a download in AAC format. How can I >> convert it to MP3 or FLAC. Thanks - Chris B. > >

Re: Converting AAC to MP3 / FLAC

2018-12-21 Thread Mark Goodge
On 21/12/2018 12:53, CJB wrote: Hi - someone kindly sent me a download in AAC format. How can I convert it to MP3 or FLAC. Thanks - Chris B. VLC media player will convert pretty much anything. Download it from here: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ To use it as a converter: 1. Open VLC 2.

Re: Europe

2018-12-21 Thread Chris Marriott
That's the way it's always been. TV programmes are geo-restricted, but radio programmes are not. You need to use a VPN which makes you appear to be in the UK if you want to download TV programmes. Cheers, Chris -Original Message- From: CJB Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 1:06 PM

Europe

2018-12-21 Thread CJB
Hi - we were in Budapest recently with a fast wifi connection at the IBIS hotel!!! I tried the GiP PVR and did a cache refresh quickly and easily both for Radio & T.V. Then I ran the PVR list and this too went OK. For example it downloaded the latest 'Beyond Our Ken' for 16-12-2018 which ended

Re: Converting AAC to MP3 / FLAC

2018-12-21 Thread michael norman
http://soundconverter.org/ On 21/12/2018 12:53, CJB wrote: Hi - someone kindly sent me a download in AAC format. How can I convert it to MP3 or FLAC. Thanks - Chris B. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Converting AAC to MP3 / FLAC

2018-12-21 Thread CJB
Hi - someone kindly sent me a download in AAC format. How can I convert it to MP3 or FLAC. Thanks - Chris B. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer