Radio 3 live (HD)

[richard]

On Mon Jan 16 08:09:45 Vangelis forthnet wrote:

> If you type (from a UK IP):
>
> get_iplayer -i --type=liveradio --fields=pid bbc_radio_three
>
> then in the "modes" line you get:
>
> modes:          default: flashaachigh1,flashaaclow1,flashaacstd1,wma1
>
> where flashaachigh=320kbpsVBR (AAC LC),
> flashaacstd=192kbpsVBR (AAC LC) &
> flashaaclow=48kbpsVBR (HE-AACv2).
> If you don't specify a mode, get_iplayer will try to fetch first the 
> highest possible quality, i.e.  flashaachigh.

Hi Vangelis

That is interesting. Those modes aren't specified in get_iplayer
--helplong

But you can now get 'listen again' at 320 kb/s rather than 192 kb/s, and
it is not necessary to convert flv to m4a.




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$ get_iplayer --type=radio --get 12907 --mode=flashaacstd

12907:	Through the Night - 13/01/2012, BBC Radio 3, Classical,Music,Radio

ERROR: Failed to get iphone URL from iplayer site

INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashaacstd1,flashaaclow1,wma1 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashaacstd1 mode to record radio: Through the Night - 13/01/2012

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$ mediainfo Through_the_Night_-_13_01_2012_b018st9r_default.partial.aac.flv
General
Complete name                            : Through_the_Night_-_13_01_2012_b018st9r_default.partial.aac.flv
Format                                   : Flash Video
File size                                : 5.91 MiB
Duration                                 : 2mn 32s
Overall bit rate                         : 326 Kbps

Audio
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 10
Duration                                 : 2mn 32s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy