Whatever the BBC sound quality when broadcast live in the UK, having
listened to most of the Proms 4.0 broadcasts over the past two years,
I am not convinced that the sound over the internet is to be sneezed
at. It sounds excellent here in central Europe.
This is the link to one of the
I believe one, possibly two, items due to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4
on Saturday 31 October as part of a 'Fright Night' strand, were recorded
in binaural stereo.
22:00 GMT "The Stone Tape" A story by Nigel Kneale (he of 'Quatermass'
fame)
23:00 GMT "Ring" An adaptation of Koji Suzuki's
I am pretty sure Radio 4 is in stereo.
This was extracted from someones TS (transfer stream). Although I still love
FM! :)
BBC Radio 1 MPEG-1, Layer2, 48000Hz, stereo, 192kbps
BBC 1XtraMPEG-1, Layer2, 48000Hz, jstereo, 160kbps
BBC Radio 2 MPEG-1, Layer2,
Many thanks for the heads up. I think i'd best warn folks hear in the K this
will be best heard on the FM service, as the broadcasts via DAB, Freeview and
Satellite use Jstereo to help reduce bandwidth usage. Apart from the damage it
does to standard stereo material, it will seriously damage
Richard wrote:
From the program link David gave - the binaural version is
website/iplayer only.
Many thanks for the heads up. I think i'd best warn folks hear in the
K this will be best heard on the FM service, as the broadcasts via
DAB, Freeview and Satellite use Jstereo to help reduce
