BBC Ceases To Use MP3...

[C E Macfarlane]

I'm listening to my get_iplayer download of this right now, and, although
it's not as bad as many, probably most, of the January episodes were, there
were several little pops in Cathy-Ann MacPhee's unaccompanied rendering of
"Fath Mo Mhulad" from about 6 mins in and since ...
	http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b050rjwr


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>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org]On
>     Behalf Of Christopher Woods
>     Sent: 10 February 2015 20:03
>     To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
>     Subject: RE: BBC Ceases To Use MP3...
>
>
>     If you can point me to some examples, that'd be useful.
>
>     Chris
>
>     On 2015-02-10 17:32, C E Macfarlane wrote:
>     > 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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