320kbps radio audio available via MPEG-DASH

[Simon Nash]

KRW wrote:
> On 2/1/16 11:22, Simon Nash wrote; my response is lower down:
>> KRW wrote:
>>> On 1/1/16 23:01, Alan Milewczyk wrote; my response is lower down:
>>>> I would add a plus to having 320k aac available as a norm with GIP 
>>>> radio downloads.
>>>>
>>>> It's brilliant that the BBC are finally seeing sense after years of 
>>>> trying to foist DAB onto us with its inferior bitrates.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>
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>>> I thought BBC Radio iplayer uses the higher pit rate streams if you 
>>> are that bothered?
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>> I tried this a couple of months ago on Android and iOS and I was 
>> disappointed
>> to find that the 128k streams were being used.
>>
>>  Simon
>>
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>>
> Hi.
> 
> I am sorry that I do not know how or where BBC iPlayer Radio stores 
> files on my Android - but the three hour show mentioned in my other post 
> is 420Mb.
> 
> 420/169 is 2.485
> 320/128 is 2.5
> 
> Whilst not identical this implies to me that the feed I am downloading 
> since the last round of changes is at a much higher bitrate or otherwise 
> the file size would not be so large.
> 
> Indeed I can recall warnings that the file sizes would be larger and 
> that downloading should be on wifi only.
> 
> How can I find out the bitrate on my android phone to confirm the matter 
> please?
> 
> I am not a technical expert - but do believe my phone has higher quality 
> downloads simply due to the file sizes.
> 
> Those who can help explain it are welcome.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Richard
> 

When I tried this, I wasn't doing a download.  I was playing a live stream.

  Simon