BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

[C E Macfarlane]

Yes this switch over occurred a few weeks back for Nations programming.

I've no objection per se, but unfortunately the switch over has been
accompanied by a huge increase in burbling and even breaks in the recorded
sound.  Whether that's because m4a encoding takes more system resources and
the system can't keep pace, or some other fault, I don't know enough to
tell.  All that I (burble) really know is (burble) that (break) Radio Nan
Gaidheal (burble) keeps destroying (break) the music with incessant (burble)
glitches, and it's (burble) driving me mad.

>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at 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 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.
>
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