Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-14 Thread Jim web
A new puzzle springs out at me as I try to negotiate the current 'segmentation' problems. I decided to try the hvfhd1 mode and chose some of the sections of the Wilson / Gershwin Prom check this out. The 'Rhapsody in Blue' snippet file the BBC offer is fine. 50fps 1280x720 with a 125k stereo

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-14 Thread Jim web
In article <000101d1f62e$5c323da0$1496b8e0$@macfh.co.uk>, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: > ... and, as Jim has said, it's a legacy system, so why would they be > changing it? It's not impossible of course, but doesn't seem likely if > it's deprecated and due to be

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-14 Thread Jim web
In article , tellyaddict wrote: > That's not a good sign if these errors are starting to creep into DASH > as well. DASH is on the "current" system so shouldn't have problems. > Is it PID

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-13 Thread Jim web
In article <DC0EBF91E2704547A989A38363E6EF1F@RJCDESK>, RS <richard...@zoho.com> wrote: > >From: Jim web Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 09:37 > >BTW This morning an mpeg-dash fetch of the 320k version of yesterday's > >"More Or Less" (R4) threw up

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-13 Thread Jim web
In article , RS wrote: [snip useful info, with thanks] > >My main problem wrt experimenting is that I tend to aim at doing tv > >fetching before 9am when also preparing breakfast. I avoid doing too > >much of this during the day to

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-12 Thread Jim web
In article , tellyaddict wrote: > Hi Jim, How many times did your first command fail? The command strings I use with my simple programmable fetcher are: sprintf(commandstring,"%s

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-12 Thread Jim web
In article <4C29776002E74A67945930E970693176@RJCDESK>, RS wrote: > For testing or if there are problems I prefer to specify the precise > --tvmode I want HLSHD, HLSvhigh FlashHD, Flashvhigh HVFHD, HVFSD, > HVFvhigh is there a list showing which of these give what actual

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-12 Thread Jim web
This morning I had increased problems fetching a TV programme. The item has pid b07nwk5h. I initially tried using an 'old' method to avoid the difficulties with HLS that were causing fetches to end prematurely. However this morning before 9am this 'old' method using --type=tv --mode=best

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-11 Thread Jim web
In article <2026D7176DE24F86817D234855EE9CDF@RJCDESK>, RS wrote: > Many thanks for getting this information, and for getting permission to > pass it on. Do we know why there is so much emphasis on 50fps? I will ask. My ignorant guess at this point is that the details I was

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-10 Thread Jim web
In article <000d01d1f31b$9b0ca9e0$d125fda0$@macfh.co.uk>, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: > iPlayer is using the new servers whenever a browser doesn't have Flash > installed, and the legacy ones for Flash browsers. The new servers are > geared up for the demand from

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-10 Thread Jim web
In article <55ad6f4cbb...@audiomisc.co.uk>, Jim web <w...@audiomisc.co.uk> wrote: > I have had some more info. I'm just checking what I'm allowed to pass > on! Once that's clear I'll do so. But the people I am talking to may not > know programme-specific details. OK, I c

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-10 Thread Jim web
In article , RS wrote: > Is it possible to ask your contacts whether there is a log of what > changes were made to the HLSHD stream for that programme between 4 and > 7 days after I have had some more info. I'm just checking what

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-10 Thread Jim web
In article , Vangelis forthnet wrote: > > HLS stream corruption has spread to radio > it would appear that radio downloads (hls radiomodes) are also > affected; I haven't noticed such a report in the list/forum about >

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-10 Thread Jim web
In article <238C6171E4414FD5888BC6417F946FE2@RJCDESK>, RS wrote: > The first Segment not found error reported here was Forces of Nature > with Brian Cox episode 3 The Moth and the Flame (b07l1zvw) It was > broadcast on Monday 18 July 2016 at 2100. I think that was my first

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-10 Thread Jim web
In article <55ad0a8fa5...@audiomisc.co.uk>, Jim web <w...@audiomisc.co.uk> wrote: > I know someone I can ask at the BBC. However he would probably have to > ask someone else. Worth a try, though. I've just had a reply. I can't give all the details but can make some comments.

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-09 Thread Jim web
In article <002401d1f1b0$b14237a0$13c6a6e0$@macfh.co.uk>, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: > This and my previous post prove that the blips can occur even when no > errors appear to occur in the download, and that, unlike some other > errors such as 'busy' pictures

Re: Olympics Might be hvf Only

2016-08-08 Thread Jim web
In article <4D07CFF5F3BB4F32B73058618E74B4AD@RJCDESK>, RS wrote: > If I right click on the image I get > 1.1621.1764404-SMPFlash 2908kbps | HDS (akamai_hds) | p0424zwc | 960x540 > Setting... Global settings... About Adobe Flash Player 22.0.0.209... > which suggests it is

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-07 Thread Jim web
In article <604314c0-d408-a82b-4520-89052e20b...@soulman1949.com>, Alan Milewczyk <a...@soulman1949.com> wrote: > On 07/08/16 09:32, Jim web wrote: > > In article <5a2b1ab9-4c80-350b-e082-eadc3de1b...@soulman1949.com>, > > > > If there is a synch problem du

Re: OT: why were BBC archives deleted or destroyed?

2016-08-04 Thread Jim web
In article <00494d17-07f7-4d72-9bcc-664a988a5...@cantab.net>, Owen Smith wrote: > Plus nobody thought they were of any value. Before VHS, DVDs, selling > radio series on cassette or whatever, and iPlayer, once something had > been broadcast the only value it had was if the

Re: episode oddity

2016-08-04 Thread Jim web
In article , The Kernel wrote: > On 03/08/16 20:12, Shevek wrote: > > If I then retry using FLASHHD the download completes without error. > Just to say > If you are working from a connection that would have

Re: episode oddity

2016-08-03 Thread Jim web
I encountered this problem again this morning. This time for two programmes with the pids b0085b0s and b07n2hmt. As before my usual hls fetch method ended prematurely without gip reporting any actual errors. But using --type=tv --mode=best then worked for both. Albeit rather more slowly than my

Re: episode oddity

2016-07-28 Thread Jim web
I'd tried twice on the morning after the broadcast. Then a couple of times on later days. Got the same "halt after about 2 mins". I tried again using the same method yesterday after seeing a reply here. Still stopped. I then tried the --type=tv --mode=best and this worked OK. This method

Re: Radio Downloads to m4a

2016-07-25 Thread Jim web
In article , Mike Casswell wrote: > DASH radio downloads are M4A files, but they are still re-muxed with > ffmpeg by default in order to make the files palatable to AtomicParsley > for metadata tagging. Downloading with --raw will produce M4A

Re: Bl**dy Beeb Truncations on iPlayer

2016-07-01 Thread Jim web
In article

Re: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a TV licence to watch to catch up with their favourite shows

2016-05-16 Thread Jim web
In article

Re: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a TV licence to watch to catch up with their favourite shows

2016-05-16 Thread Jim web
In article , C E Macfarlane wrote: > :-( The number of recent BBC changes that have broken or withdrawn > THEIR OWN services such as iPlayer even on comparatively recently > purchased consumer

Re: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a TV licence to watch to catch up with their favourite shows

2016-05-15 Thread Jim web
In article , C E Macfarlane wrote: > > -Original Message- From: get_iplayer > > [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org]On Behalf Of Andy > > Gascoigne Sent: 14 May 2016 20:11 Cc:

Re: How to download 96kbps HE-AAC radio 3 stream?

2016-04-19 Thread Jim web
In article <557357efeb...@audiomisc.co.uk>, Jim web <w...@audiomisc.co.uk> wrote: > *However* the Flash system Adobe provided for Linux wasn't upgraded. So > can only handle 44k. Hence if you get 44k from the Linux plugin (or use > of older ones elsewhere) it is downc

Re: How to download 96kbps HE-AAC radio 3 stream?

2016-04-19 Thread Jim web
In article , ChenZhe wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I am out of UK, so normally I could only download in 'hlsaaclow' and > 'flashaaclow' mode which are of 48kbps HE-AAC quality @ 48kHz. > However, the aac stream embedded in flash player is

Re: Request for BBC Contact - OT

2016-04-06 Thread Jim web
In article , wrote: > There is a MASSIVE market for BBC material outside the UK - I wish that > instead of knocking the BBC, the present muppets-at-the-top realised > what a huge asset is was

Re: Request for BBC Contact - OT

2016-04-06 Thread Jim web
In article <00ff01d18fd9$6e469650$4ad3c2f0$@eycott.co.uk>, George Eycott wrote: > I suspect that as it is not part of their core activities and would be > a legal nightmare to sort out, it goes in the "too hard" pile and they > unofficially turn a blind eye to what is going

Re: Request for BBC Contact - OT

2016-04-06 Thread Jim web
The BBC's basic problem is that they need to buy in material to broadcast it. The IPR owners duly apply pressure on the BBC to prevent the material 'leaking' (as they see it) as they want to maintain control over where and when and how people can access so as to maximise their profits. Thus the

Re: Odd fetching of radio

2016-02-21 Thread Jim web
In article <56c9b1b2.20...@mailsorter.fsnet.co.uk>, J wrote: > Podcasts usually/often have an intro and outro to identify the > series/brand with a 'topped & tailed' version of the programme and > sometimes elements cut out - presumably because of rights issues as >

Re: Odd fetching of radio

2016-02-21 Thread Jim web
In article <EA08698A072B4837AA51CC07A6C637B2@vasonote>, Vangelis forthnet <northmed...@the.forthnet.gr> wrote: > As for the SR of 44.1kHz, I remember asking our own "Jim web" some > months ago why it was still used for shoutcast MP3 live radio, his > "co

Re: Odd fetching of radio

2016-02-19 Thread Jim web
In article <2C200530D85044F3971052FA3FD01818@vasonote>, Vangelis forthnet <northmed...@the.forthnet.gr> wrote: > On Thu Feb 18 12:04:59 GMT 2016, Jim web wrote: [snip version deductions/info] > On Thu Feb 18 11:33:04 GMT 2016, Jim web wrote: > > I did a comparision th

Re: Odd fetching of radio

2016-02-18 Thread Jim web
In article <5553d093e6...@audiomisc.co.uk>, Jim web <w...@audiomisc.co.uk> wrote: > > is of little actual help to hopeful debuggers, if you do not also > > quote the exact snapshot (commit hash) of the main script > > (get_iplayer) (of the develop branch) current

Re: Odd fetching of radio

2016-02-18 Thread Jim web
In article <1D98C654D16843F19F04AD8015EA713D@vasonote>, Vangelis forthnet wrote: > One more note: 2.95 dev is undocumented, unsupported and undergoing > frequent modifications, especially into what affects HLS/DASH downloads. > Simply stating: > > using the 2.95

Re: Using FFMPEG to extract video loses sync between sound and vision

2016-02-10 Thread Jim web
In article , C E Macfarlane wrote: > ... and trying to extract a section of this ... > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06z8cxd > ... with the following command ... > FFMPEG -i CuirmCeltic-2016-1.mp4 -acodec

Re: 320kbps radio audio available via MPEG-DASH

2016-01-09 Thread Jim web
In article <C1115A8B47274A1EBE281C4CEE950C21@vasonote>, Vangelis forthnet <northmed...@the.forthnet.gr> wrote: > On Fri Jan 8 14:41:43 GMT 2016, Jim web wrote: > > I think I now need to sort out switching to HLS for radio fetching > > rather than RTMP! (snip) The 320k

Re: 320kbps radio audio available via MPEG-DASH

2016-01-01 Thread Jim web
In article <56868ec3.60...@jls-radio.com>, James Scholes <ja...@jls-radio.com> wrote: > Jim web wrote: > > When I was talking to some people at the BBC months ago to write about > > the then-new "Audio Factory" changes they told me that the end-aim was &g

Re: 320kbps radio audio available via MPEG-DASH

2015-12-31 Thread Jim web
In article <56848c79.2030...@jls-radio.com>, James Scholes wrote: > I've been investigating the BBC's offerings that they're making > available via MPEG-DASH today, specifically for radio content. It > appears that audio is available in 320kbps AAC for most radio programs >

Re: Why is '-- type radio' needed?

2015-10-16 Thread Jim web
In article <2BB40362A0284287B278E1D63424AB7C@vasonote>, Vangelis forthnet wrote: > So, without inputting --type=radio, no download is performed; as per the > instructions, I have to input --modes=flashaaclow (or --modes=hlsaaclow) > to get it; and mode shortcuts

Re: BBC iPlayer cracks down and blocks VPN users

2015-10-09 Thread Jim web
In article , Fearghas Mckay wrote: > > On 9 Oct 2015, at 07:32, George Eycott wrote: > > > > I agree - was not suggesting otherwise. Though the overseas and VPN > > part of your statement is irrelevant.

Re: Problems with --exclude-supplier=akamai and HD downloads

2015-09-15 Thread Jim web
As per the details in earlier emails on the list I changed to using hls for fetching HD proms, etc. This now works very well. Indeed in the mornings before 9am it fetches over 400 frames per sec. Which is *faster* than when I was using RTMP. I had also found that exclude akamai suddenly lost the

Re: Format of BBC Radio 4 .m4a files

2015-09-12 Thread Jim web
In article <cajeh5c3hnmfjswyci2eyrz1wi-2uh823aqhaamjlp6weu07...@mail.gmail.com>, Jon Davies <j...@hedgerows.org.uk> wrote: > On 9 September 2015 at 12:28, Jim web <w...@audiomisc.co.uk> wrote: > > Why not flac? > because as others have pointed out, the raw data do

Re: Format of BBC Radio 4 .m4a files

2015-09-12 Thread Jim web
In article <55f405d2.5070...@gmail.com>, michael norman wrote: > If you have mp4a files which will not play on a chosen device then you > need to either find a device that will play them or save them and > transcode them into a format your existing device will play

Re: Level3 CDN issue affecting RTMP HD downloads

2015-09-11 Thread Jim web
In article , tellyaddict wrote: [ snip clarifications with thanks :-) ] > > I got about 1/3rd of real time rate. i.e. it would take about three > > hours to fetch an entire 1 hour 1280x720

Re: Level3 CDN issue affecting RTMP HD downloads

2015-09-10 Thread Jim web
In article , tellyaddict wrote: > > 2) That limelight now seems not to serve 1280x720. So if I keep > > excluding akamai I can only get 832x468... But if I include akamai I > > usually now

Re: Format of BBC Radio 4 .m4a files

2015-09-09 Thread Jim web
In article <68D324A8D5C641BF85D17D95E4ECF311@RJCDESK>, RS wrote: > Does anyone know what software the BBC uses to encode its .m4a files? for all recent 'radio' files I've checked ffprobe tells me: aac (LC) (mp4a/0x6134706D) 48000 Hz stereo fltp Major brand M4A encoder

Re: iplayer change or...

2015-09-09 Thread Jim web
In article <20150909114215.7d364388@puffindesk>, SquarePenguin wrote: > On Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:03:14 +0100 Jim Lesurf > wrote: > > In the last couple of days I've experienced some change in the > > behaviour of gip when fetching HDTV. I'm

Re: Level3 CDN issue affecting RTMP HD downloads

2015-09-09 Thread Jim web
In article <20150909144518.344f80b7@puffindesk>, SquarePenguin wrote: > A resolution workaround has been identified by dinkypumpkin[2]. I just tried using tvmode=hlsbest. It did work, but the fetch ran at only about 8 frames per second. i.e. it would have taken

Re: pop art

2015-09-02 Thread Jim web
In article <20150901164651.ge9...@bytemark.barnyard.co.uk>, David Cantrell <da...@cantrell.org.uk> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:53:49AM +0100, Jim web wrote: > > FWIW and IMHO The problem is that the BBC pages are generated by > > people who have no clue ab

Re: Inconsistencies

2015-08-29 Thread Jim web
In article pheaihcmjkhmhmofbpogmelkckaa.c.e.macfarl...@macfh.co.uk, C E Macfarlane c.e.macfarl...@macfh.co.uk wrote: See below ... www.macfh.co.uk/CEMH.html But if someone else finds they can get *all* the Barenboim/Whitacre files as 1280x720 it would show

Re: Inconsistencies

2015-08-29 Thread Jim web
In article 55e1921c.3070...@soulman1949.com, Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: On 29/08/2015 09:50, Jim Lesurf wrote: I've been using gip to fetch various 'versions' of Proms and am often puzzled by inconsistencies. I'm not sure if this is down to the BBC system/team not working in

Re: pop art

2015-08-25 Thread Jim web
In article 55dc5b76.90...@soulman1949.com, Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: On 24/08/2015 09:53, Jim web wrote: Similarly I found some time ago that there are at least *two* versions of the iplayer's schedules day-page listings. One of which only goes back a week, while

Re: pop art

2015-08-25 Thread Jim web
OT alert as previous. :-) In article pheaihcmjkhmhmofbpogaekickaa.c.e.macfarl...@macfh.co.uk, C E Macfarlane c.e.macfarl...@macfh.co.uk wrote: See below for further OT discussion, otherwise please ignore ... What is needed in web-design is KIS (Keep It Simple), not a desire to show off that

Re: Refresher Requested on MPEG4 Container and AtomicParsley

2015-07-29 Thread Jim web
In article CA+L9MasfnGue=MwREotCu+Tms1MpWmRW=f0-ppmxq8x7cyj...@mail.gmail.com, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: Budgie From reading through this thread and it's explanation of the legacy mp3 creation process. I think it's clear the best approach is to put these files through something

Re: Requests For Features

2015-07-26 Thread Jim web
In article 55b3c44d.7010...@errichel.co.uk, Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk wrote: Comments prompted by the Linn reply... Hi Chris, I gave up on this subject due to pressure of work back at the end of 2013 and had forgotten how far I had reached. It appears that for the GiP Radio 3 downloads I

Re: Requests For Features

2015-07-25 Thread Jim web
In article 55b2a529.21363.5819...@peter.kirk.isauk.biz, Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: Is there any quick way to find key frame times? I'd also be interested in knowing that for the DVB-T2 streams. Jim -- Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm

Re: Requests For Features

2015-07-25 Thread Jim web
In article 55b364d4.8060...@errichel.co.uk, Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk wrote: On 22/07/15 09:33, Jim web wrote: In article 55ae85bf.6070...@errichel.co.uk, Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk wrote: 2) You may find that simply passing the file though ffmpeg or avconv adds in sequential

Re: Requests For Features

2015-07-24 Thread Jim web
Thanks, I'll try that. Jim In article CAL=0glt2b8aja52ty2wjnlmq3-esdvmlpc5+5vo1saeq7tn...@mail.gmail.com, Colin Law clan...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 July 2015 at 09:59, Jim web w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: ... FWIW I tend to use this to 'snip' files ffmpeg -ss hh:mm:ss -i infile.ext

Re: Requests For Features

2015-07-23 Thread Jim web
In article 55afbef6.2030...@errichel.co.uk, Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk wrote: Hi Jim, Thanks for the reply. Yes I wondered if passing through ffmpeg would do the trick but was not sure of correct commands. Will try on a copy. No time at present. Book keeping!!! Alastair. FWIW I tend to

Re: Requests For Features

2015-07-23 Thread Jim web
In article 54e79cf8b5...@audiomisc.co.uk, Jim web w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: FWIW I tend to use this to 'snip' files ffmpeg -ss hh:mm:ss -i infile.ext -acodec copy -vcodec copy -t hh:mm:ss output.ext Not sure it is of any interest, but just in case, it occurs to me to add that a while ago I

Re: Requests For Features

2015-07-22 Thread Jim web
In article 55ae85bf.6070...@errichel.co.uk, Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk wrote: The business about the time stamp reference is because I have a number of radio gip downloads that were messed up due to an error with my set up a couple of years back. As a result these play from start to finish

Re: Requests For Features

2015-07-21 Thread Jim web
In article E36DDF41860C42BA9387883FCE2DB3EB@vasonote, Vangelis forthnet northmed...@the.forthnet.gr wrote: Use ffmpeg to perform the remux: ffmpeg -i foo.flv -c copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc foo.mp4 curious to know what thr -bsf option choice does. I'll have a man read. :-) IIRC I always tend to

Re: Paywall for iPlayer?

2015-07-08 Thread Jim web
In article 017301d0b8c5$719850a0$54c8f1e0$@gmail.com, Graham Temple \(gmail\) graham.j.tem...@gmail.com wrote: RFL and fuel duty fund far more than roads, so none of your general taxation pays for roads, quite the opposite. Now look deeper. I don't directly pay RFL or FDF because I don't own

Re: Paywall for iPlayer?

2015-07-07 Thread Jim web
In article 559ae65c.8040...@gmail.com, michael norman michaeltnor...@gmail.com wrote: Forgive me but how does this help us with the present attitude of our rulers towards the BBC. All I said was that they are ideologically opposed to public service, thats not a conspiracy theory its what they

Re: Paywall for iPlayer?

2015-07-07 Thread Jim web
In article 011501d0b8a8$7e46f3a0$7ad4dae0$@gmail.com, Graham Temple \(gmail\) graham.j.tem...@gmail.com wrote: Yes but what about people who never ever watch TV at all. There are some, believe it or not - my parents for instance. They have computers and internet, but why should they pay a

Re: Paywall for iPlayer?

2015-07-06 Thread Jim web
In article CANGN4UPV=DTYdAwn=_crsnpakuqf+z6lfb87yjk69qywby-...@mail.gmail.com, Shevek she...@shevek.co.uk wrote: Some more analysis: http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7034-will-budget-result-in-having-to-pay-for-bbc-iplayer.html Personally, I'm happy to pay for iplayer access. Although I'd

Re: Paywall for iPlayer?

2015-07-06 Thread Jim web
In article 003901d0b80b$66a67380$33f35a80$@eycott.co.uk, George Eycott geo...@eycott.co.uk wrote: equally I would be against any move to make any of the BBC channels to carry commercials. I agree, we visited Canada recently and I am amazed anyone watches TV live there. Basically the

Re: Paywall for iPlayer?

2015-07-06 Thread Jim web
In article 559ac160.9010...@gmail.com, michael norman michaeltnor...@gmail.com wrote: The crucial point I was trying to make in the context of this list was and is how does the bbc plug what they perceive as the iPlayer gap. Its ironic that iPlayer is streets ahead technically of all the other

Re: Linux Mint woes

2015-07-01 Thread Jim web
In article 5593e85a.10...@soulman1949.com, Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: I'd love to like Linux but why is it such a struggle Running a dual boot Win 7 x64/Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca 64 bit system and previously installed get_iplayer v2.92 on the Linux partition. It's Wimbledon,

Re: Massive Failure of PVR List

2015-06-29 Thread Jim web
Apparently xml files not available ... I was meaning to ask about this sometime. I've used wget in the past to fetch the xml metadata files. But haven't bothered in recent weeks. However when I tried yesterday I got 403 Forbidden responses. Jim -- Electronics

Re: My bat_iplayer script now has a problem.

2015-06-04 Thread Jim web
In article 20150604110056.gb29...@bytemark.barnyard.co.uk, David Cantrell da...@cantrell.org.uk wrote: On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 03:01:06AM +0300, Vangelis forthnet wrote: On Wed Jun 3 23:51:38 BST 2015, tellyaddict wrote: Do you think this was aimed at us? Hi - if by us you mean the GiP

Re: THE BBC HAS BLOWN UP TV LISTING FEEDS (WITH WORKAROUND)

2015-06-03 Thread Jim web
Afraid I'm still unclear if what people are reporting at present is two different issues in two distinct topic threads, or one problem with various manifestations. As a result I'm still unclear as to any solution to the problem I'm getting. This has two aspects. One is that some attempts to

Re: Bit rate from --aactomp3

2015-06-01 Thread Jim web
In article EC2BDF4A6709483381C0695921963269@vasonote, Vangelis forthnet northmed...@the.forthnet.gr wrote: [Slightly OT content!] On Sun May 31 17:16:28 BST 2015, Jim web wrote: when I have had to transcode aac or mp3 I convert it to LPCM (wave) or flac so I'm losing as little as possible

Re: Bit rate from --aactomp3

2015-05-31 Thread Jim web
Stereo) and the SR is 48kHz (previously at 44.1kHz). On Sun May 31 12:27:41 BST 2015, RS wrote: Once it has been compressed to 48kbit/s, any higher frequency information is gone. It cannot be retrieved by converting at a higher bit rate. We do have our own audio expert in this list (Jim web

Re: OT Live Streaming Radio 4 News

2015-05-28 Thread Jim web
In article 5566321c.23835.667...@peter.kirk.isauk.biz, Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: Many thanks for the information. Very useful and informative. You may also find this of interest. http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/BBC/AudioFactory/AudioFactory.html Jim -- Electronics

Re: Peter Grimes

2015-05-26 Thread Jim web
In article trinity-09faffe9-13d3-4b74-8e2e-20fda0e36c69-1432564292190@3capp-mailcom-bs13, tellyaddict tellyaddic...@gmx.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 25 May 2015 08:07:05 +0100, Jim Lesurf wrote: I've been trying to get the Peter Grimes opera broadcast on BBC4 last night. But all I can get

Re: Peter Grimes

2015-05-26 Thread Jim web
In article 20150526111732.gb16...@bytemark.barnyard.co.uk, David Cantrell da...@cantrell.org.uk wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 05:14:33PM +0100, Jim web wrote: [1] All I can dream of now is an HD version of Britten conducting the War Requiem. That'd be great. Realise it's a fantasy, though

Re: [Maybe OT]British Library National Audit of Sound Collections

2015-05-19 Thread Jim web
In article 20150518113734.ga21...@bytemark.barnyard.co.uk, David Cantrell da...@cantrell.org.uk wrote: And remember, most recordings are made on media that was cheap at the time. Long-term stability over a period of decades was definitely not a concern of the manufacturers, nor was it a

Re: [Maybe OT]British Library National Audit of Sound Collections

2015-05-19 Thread Jim web
In article 20150519110915.gb13...@bytemark.barnyard.co.uk, David Cantrell da...@cantrell.org.uk wrote: You may have been unlucky. Possibly. [snip] In this case the tapes are whatever unsigned bands consisting of impoverished students could buy in bulk. So cheap crap made out of swarf and

Re: Large downloads slowing/stopping as they progress

2015-05-09 Thread Jim web
In article 54c0749291...@audiomisc.co.uk, Jim web w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: In article 554c2670.90...@internode.on.net, Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.net wrote: I've been downloading parts of the World Snooker Championship coverage. Some of the files are quite large - four hours long

Re: Large downloads slowing/stopping as they progress

2015-05-08 Thread Jim web
In article 554c2670.90...@internode.on.net, Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.net wrote: I've been downloading parts of the World Snooker Championship coverage. Some of the files are quite large - four hours long and over 4Gb if downloaded as HD. I've noticed (this happens with 2.92 on both

Re: secret history of our streets - sd or hd

2015-04-29 Thread Jim web
In article ACBC8768D4904DC0AE77F3DDF0578A1D@vasonote, Vangelis forthnet northmed...@the.forthnet.gr wrote: On Wed Apr 29 14:18:21 BST 2015, Jim Lesurf (aka jim web) wrote: So, is episode 2 available as HD but I failed to fetch it for some reason? Or is this series 'mixed' for some reason

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-27 Thread Jim web
In article CA+L9Mav+WTCNAAL+d6RVJ7+cT+ndXg3V4F+=xaobvqz6gzj...@mail.gmail.com, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: Although this discussion is largely closed I just wanted to draw attention to this show on R4 that investigates the whole art of remastering

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes

2015-04-27 Thread Jim web
In article FD75D69FA9324F3D95C6B6497D5E7EF3@vasonote, Vangelis forthnet northmed...@the.forthnet.gr wrote: On Mon Apr 27 11:09:31 BST 2015, Jim web wrote: I've been told that Many thanks for looking into this, Jim; much appreciated! Apparently the general wish of the device makers

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-27 Thread Jim web
In article ca+l9matp2wjhyypwshx1kvr3mufdpkyn4dljfhfjzdput-b...@mail.gmail.com, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: ...He can see the Frequency response on his Digital Audio Workstation and he's happy to replace the tonal characteristics as he knows what it would have sounded like then. I

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes

2015-04-26 Thread Jim web
In article D8CB30C6888F4F3DB114EA024F7DAD85@vasonote, Vangelis forthnet northmed...@the.forthnet.gr wrote: [snip] As an interim solution, the AF team replaced the killed live streams with ShoutcastMP3 ones. These, again, target Internet Devices, but you can listen to them in the software

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-20 Thread Jim web
This is drifiting OT but since the comments below were made I will respond on this occasion and hope people are OK with that... beyond that if anyone wants to discuss this - take it to uk.rec.audio. :-) In article CA+L9MatjHhgt_m=rrfjozuivedc_zp_v+efhqsnrwxjl3lg...@mail.gmail.com, Kevin

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes

2015-04-19 Thread Jim web
In article 553370da.90...@soulman1949.com, Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: I've noticed that recently the sampling frequency on Radio programmes has changed in the last few months from 44.1kHz to 48kHz. I always thought 48kHz was only used as the audio component of video files

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes

2015-04-19 Thread Jim web
In article 55339c51.9040...@soulman1949.com, Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: The endgame should be that we can now all get better quality 48k. I would have thought that the difference in audio quality between 44k1 and 48k would be marginal, if at all discernible to the human

Re: [offtopic] Re: Recent spam surge...

2015-04-09 Thread Jim web
In article 20150409121319.gt21...@symphytum.spacehopper.org, Stuart Henderson s...@spacehopper.org wrote: On 2015/04/09 10:16, Jim web wrote: Well, my experience is also that almost all the email lists I use do require the posters to register and be approved as a block against spamming

Re: Pay for driving on toll road, invoice #00660545

2015-04-05 Thread Jim web
In article 551fe0e4.1020...@gmail.com, michael norman michaeltnor...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/04/15 13:53, Terry L. Ridder wrote: Hello Next someone will tell me I was caught speeding in my wheelchair. ;-) Sent from my iPad terry l. ridder

Re: radio sample rates.

2015-03-17 Thread Jim web
In article e1yxcgn-ux...@bombadil.infradead.org, Dave Liquorice allso...@howhill.com wrote: Maybe when you see black rectangles you should 'view source' (or whatever NS calls it). Or use Firefox (on linux). Far easier to highlight the text in theblock with right click drag surely?

Re: radio sample rates.

2015-03-17 Thread Jim web
In article mpro.nlbm2n0068cj80...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk.invalid, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer jn.ml.gti...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk wrote: But I did find reading awkward using NetSurf because the definition of code seems on those pages to cause it to render as black text in a black rectangle!

Re: radio sample rates.

2015-03-17 Thread Jim web
In article e1yxt8l-00063l...@bombadil.infradead.org, Dave Liquorice allso...@howhill.com wrote: On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:27:25 + (GMT), Jim web wrote: Maybe when you see black rectangles you should 'view source' (or whatever NS calls it). Or use Firefox (on linux). Far easier

Re: radio sample rates.

2015-03-16 Thread Jim web
In article mpro.nl9kix00g3lj40...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk.invalid, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer jn.ml.gti...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk wrote: Jim Lesurf w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: This is all for *sound radio*... Ah you traditionalist! Don't you look forward to touch sniff radio? In case

Re: radio sample rates.

2015-03-16 Thread Jim web
On 16 Mar, w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: When I measured test stream mumble years ago they showed the levels of artifacts were low. Just checked back, and this may be of interest. http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Linux/Sound2/ListenAgain.html It shows the results I got from the 44.1k output of

Re: radio sample rates.

2015-03-16 Thread Jim web
In article 575c0faa39219d3bb67632d5d8ea7...@custommade.org.uk, Christopher Woods christop...@custommade.org.uk wrote: On 2015-03-15 22:23, Tris wrote: I'm not sure if this is connected but two or three weeks ago I was still on v2.89 (I think) and all radio downloading suddenly became

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