320kbps radio audio available via MPEG-DASH

[Owen Smith]

(Damned mailing list! I intended this to go to the list, not Jim, mutter, 
the way this list's replies work will NEVER make sense to me! Rant over...)
-- 
Owen Smith <owen.smith at cantab.net>
Cambridge, UK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Owen Smith" <owen.smith at cantab.net>
To: "Jim web" <web at audiomisc.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: 320kbps radio audio available via MPEG-DASH


Logitech Media Server for the SqueezeBox range already has a development 
version of it's BBC iPlayer plugin which uses DASH (plugin is a public 
domain effort, nothing to do with Logitech). The purpose is a) use of DASH 
as the BBC have indicated that's where they want to go long term, and b) to 
get 320kbps AAC. It seems to work, I've had no trouble with it.

So I'd say yes it would be worth have get_iplayer use DASH for radio 
stations.

-- 
Owen Smith <owen.smith at cantab.net>
Cambridge, UK

> On 31 Dec 2015, at 09:19, Jim web <web at audiomisc.co.uk> wrote:
>
> In article <56848C79.2030303 at jls-radio.com>, James Scholes
> <james at jls-radio.com> wrote:
>
>> I've been investigating the BBC's offerings that they're making
>> available via MPEG-DASH today, specifically for radio content.  It
>> appears that audio is available in 320kbps AAC for most radio programs
>> (possibly all but I wouldn't want to claim such).  The files aren't
>> DRM-protected, can be grabbed over HTTP, and joined together using
>> ffmpeg.
>
> May be worth my adding:
>
> When I was talking to some people at the BBC months ago to write about the
> then-new "Audio Factory" changes they told me that the end-aim was to
> provide 320k aac streams for all the 'UK' radio stations - i.e. radios
> 1,2,3,4, etc. Thus ending the situation where radio 3 got special
> treatment. ('Local' and 'Regional' stations may remain at at lower 
> standard
> as they are handled slightly differently.)
>
> From what you say it looks like that has come to fruition. :-)
>
> So if gip can exploit ffmpeg and mpeg-dash as suggested it may be a very
> useful development that I'd certainly welcome.
>
> Jim
>
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