BBC now sending radio shows in AAC format instead of MP3

[Andy Bircumshaw]

On 12/3/2011, at 6:09pm, Chris Marriott wrote:
> 
>> I'm worried about this Iplayer replacement the BBC is bringing out at the end of March - Youview, will this sound the death knell for Get_Iplayer on Radio? it sure looks like it will kill the TV downloads, anyone heard anything?
> 
> Oh dear, that IS worrying. You reckon this means the end of the line for "get_iplayer"?

Hopefully so.  :D

We can build something robust and maintainable!

However I don't think get_iplayer will stop working overnight, as there are a number of devices built with the blessing of the BBC (the PS3, for example) that have iPlayer support built-in.

> I hadn't heard about this.

Has been mentioned here repeatedly.

aB.