Quality Variation

[bat guano]

> 
> I want to download all five episodes of Composer of the Week (26-30 
> September) on Radio 3. Monday and Wednesday (c.26.6 MB) have a bit rate of 
> 56kbps and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (c.100MB) have a bit rate of 
> 192kbps.
> 
> Doeas anyone know a way of getting a higher bit rate for Monday's and 
> Wednesday's editions?
> 
Hi
I've just downloaded the five shows using these commands:-
get_iplayer --get --type=radio --pid=b0151ppx --force
get_iplayer --get --type=radio --pid=b0151q5d --force
get_iplayer --get --type=radio --pid=b0151r55 --force
get_iplayer --get --type=radio --pid=b0151rx6 --force
get_iplayer --get --type=radio --pid=b0151s18 --force


It's like you said, Monday and Wednesday's shows are currently 56Kbps, the other three are 192Kbps.
Maybe the BBC will do something about it if they receive complaints.

In the meantime, if you want consistency, all the shows are available in flashaaclow mode at 49Kbps.
 
These are the commands:-
get_iplayer --get --type=radio --pid=b0151ppx --force --mode=flashaaclow
get_iplayer --get --type=radio --pid=b0151q5d --force --mode=flashaaclow
get_iplayer --get --type=radio --pid=b0151r55 --force --mode=flashaaclow
get_iplayer --get --type=radio --pid=b0151rx6 --force --mode=flashaaclow
get_iplayer --get --type=radio --pid=b0151s18 --force --mode=flashaaclow