Re: Format of BBC Radio 4 .m4a files

On Wed, 09 Sep 2015 11:42:19 +0100, David Cantrell wrote: >> get_iplayer could do with a FLAC/"Apple Lossless" output for maximum >> quality. > > There's not much point, because only lossy recordings are available on > iPlayer. As that stands correct but chaining lossy codecs is not a Good

Re: Format of BBC Radio 4 .m4a files

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...

On Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:03:14 +0100, Jim Lesurf wrote: > My impression is that the apparent error reports are so random that they > are just surface signs of a more basic problem. My ignorant guess is that > packets are arriving too fast in too irregular an order, and something > somewhere is

Re: iplayer change or...

Thanks for your reply Dave but I am not referring to the BBC changes some months back but a new event in the last two weeks. I usually copy the url/pid for the individual programme, enter in the the quick url box and press record but I cannot get to that point. I would appreciate advice.

Re: Format of BBC Radio 4 .m4a files

m4a play fine on all my apple iOS devices and Walkman Hires player - although sometimes I've noticed a little distortion on the Walkman. Simply convert to MP3 at high bitrate, it'll give pretty much the same quality: --aactomp3 --mp3vbr 0 get_iplayer could do with a FLAC/"Apple Lossless"

Re: Format of BBC Radio 4 .m4a files

On 09/09/2015 11:35, Roger Rarebit wrote: get_iplayer could do with a FLAC/"Apple Lossless" output for maximum quality. There's not much point, because only lossy recordings are available on iPlayer. -- David Cantrell | top google result for "topless karaoke murders" The test of the

Re: iplayer change or...

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 not sure why it is happening > or what to do. There are a couple of reports of this starting to trickle in over

Re: iplayer change or...

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

Level3 CDN issue affecting RTMP HD downloads

Currently there seems to be an issue with the Level3 CDN that supplies RTMP HD downloads of iPlayer content. This issue was identified by 'tvfan' over in the forums[1]. A resolution workaround has been identified by dinkypumpkin[2]. Hopefully this issue won't last too long and things will be

Re: Level3 CDN issue affecting RTMP HD downloads

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