48 kHz is pretty well the international standard sample rate for broadcast
organisation and has been since they started upgrading from the 32kHz used
(by the Beeb) for distributing audio to FM transmitters back in the late
60's.

    Dave


On 19 March 2014 16:47, Aaron Heller <[email protected]> wrote:

> I downloaded the MPD file on the FAQ page with
>    wget http://rdmedia.bbc.co.uk/dash/ondemand/channel_test/1/5.mpd
>
> If I'm reading it correctly, the channel announcements are 320 kbits/sec,
> 48k sample rate.
>
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:01 AM, Kees de Visser <[email protected]
> >wrote:
>
> > On 19 Mar 2014, at 07:33, David Pickett wrote:
> > > I suspect that most of the problems last night were at the originating
> > end, though there were cases when there were beats missing as the stream
> > caught up, which seemed more likely to be delays in the Internet.
> >
> > from the BBC blog:
> > > 21. Rupert Brun, 18TH MARCH 2014 - 22:20
> > > I am sorry we lost the stream before the end of the concert this
> > evening, this was due to a problem with the internet connection to the
> > server at the Southbank.
> >
> > What would the bitrate be ? I'm also curious about the delay. Has anyone
> > been able to compare the streamed audio to "fast radio" ?
> >
> > Kees de Visser
> >
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The University of York
York YO10 5DD
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