RE: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-13 Thread Christopher Woods
On 2015-02-10 20:56, C E Macfarlane wrote: I'm listening to my get_iplayer download of this right now, and, although it's not as bad as many, probably most, of the January episodes were, there were several little pops in Cathy-Ann MacPhee's unaccompanied rendering of "Fath Mo Mhulad" from abou

Re: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-11 Thread Sharon Kimble
"Vangelis forthnet" writes: > On Mon Feb 9 22:24:53 GMT 2015, Christopher Woods wrote: > >> I use (used!) the AAC Shoutcast streams and it'll be a loss to me >> as they're also being canned. >> But it's like arguing with the wind to expect a Shoutcast CDN to be kept >> running >> just so me and h

Re: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-11 Thread J K.Eason
Also see: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/11/bbc_bins_windows_media_for_radio_s treams_from_new_audio_factory/ or http://tinyurl.com/kdwg2s7 for a short link. Regards John ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://l

Re: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-10 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Tue Feb 10 03:42:48 GMT 2015, I wrote: We have retained a single SHOUTcast stream of each service using the mp3 codec For anyone interested, this can be accessed by using mediaset=http-icy-mp3-a; a template URL would be: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/mediaset/http-icy-m

Re: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-10 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Tue Feb 10 03:42:48 GMT 2015, I wrote: There is one notable exception to this at the time of writing: BBC Radio 3! http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/mediaset/http-icy-aac-lc-a/vpid/bbc_radio_three/ http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/mediaset/http-icy-aac-lc-b/v

RE: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-10 Thread C E Macfarlane
> From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org]On > Behalf Of Christopher Woods > Sent: 10 February 2015 20:03 > To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > Subject: RE: BBC Ceases To Use MP3... > > > If you can point me to some examples

RE: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-10 Thread Christopher Woods
) keeps destroying (break) the music with incessant (burble) glitches, and it's (burble) driving me mad. -Original Message- From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org]On Behalf Of CJB Sent: 09 February 2015 14:55 To: get_iplayer-request

RE: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-10 Thread C E Macfarlane
t; -Original Message- > From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org]On > Behalf Of CJB > Sent: 09 February 2015 14:55 > To: get_iplayer-request > Subject: BBC Ceases To Use MP3... > > > ... well - at least for the Radio L

Re: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-09 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Mon Feb 9 22:24:53 GMT 2015, Christopher Woods wrote: I use (used!) the AAC Shoutcast streams and it'll be a loss to me as they're also being canned. But it's like arguing with the wind to expect a Shoutcast CDN to be kept running just so me and half a dozen others can listen to unicast AAC

Re: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-09 Thread Christopher Woods
This is likely because they're now on Audio Factory. As of right now, 22 of the 40 LR stations are now on AF with the rest due to be migrated by Wednesday. This will bring advantages in terms of a reduction in network complexity (seriously, it's a headache-inducing patchwork of different servic

Re: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-09 Thread Steven Carr
On 9 February 2015 at 14:55, CJB wrote: > ... well - at least for the Radio Lancashire folk prog. 'The Drift.' > This used to download in MP3 format along with hundreds of #'s. Now it > appears to be in M4A - the Beeb's usual format for audios. Just an > observation. CJB. I add the following flag

BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

2015-02-09 Thread CJB
... well - at least for the Radio Lancashire folk prog. 'The Drift.' This used to download in MP3 format along with hundreds of #'s. Now it appears to be in M4A - the Beeb's usual format for audios. Just an observation. CJB. ___ get_iplayer mailing list