http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/higher_quality_podcasts.html en-gb 30 Wed 30 Dec 2009 02:43:31 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/higher_quality_podcasts.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/higher_quality_podcasts.html?page=17#comment6 Filling my Sansa Fuze Mp3 player has been a delight. Not sure about everyone else but the MP3 player does make a difference. And listening to Russell and John is absolutely wonderful. The sound quality is superb. Thanks for introducing all these great content to my stylish Fuze which I am so proud of. To those new to the mp3 player game who want to listen to the top BBC programs and hear Jazz at it's finest, new commentators at their finest. You ahve to download the mp3s and join in the revolutions. Preferably in a Sansa Fuze... cause I haven't found anything better than it. It even allows you to record voice and watch videos on the 1.9" screen.Cheers everyone and thank you BBC. Fri 27 Jun 2008 08:51:19 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/higher_quality_podcasts.html?page=14#comment5 My favourites?Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Film ReviewsThe Russell Brand ShowRussell Howard and John RichardsonBest of the Chris Moyles Show PodcastRadio1 DocumentariesI've never really listen to any music podcasts, purely because 30-second clips aren't that useful when I can use BBC iPlayer to listen to entire programmes that include full tracks. For devotees of these podcasts, however, I think the 128kbps rate will be a welcome and noticeable improvement. Tue 13 May 2008 19:08:17 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/higher_quality_podcasts.html?page=11#comment4 Having stereo does make a big difference to The Archers, and the music programmes - I always thought they sounded strange in mono on my mp3 player.The actual quality now isn't great though: lots of the speech sounds raspy and lispy.The problem might be that you've set your mp3 encoder to "discrete stereo" mode (sometimes labelled just "stereo"). Though the labels makes it sound like it's the one to choose for high quality, at 128kbps, there aren't really enough bits to go around.As long as it's a recent/decent mp3 encoder, you should get far better quality at 128kbps using "joint stereo" mode. That's been the "standard" for 128kbps mp3s for years.Technical issues aside, I love having all this content available when I want it on my mp3 player. Apart from the news, or when one of my favourite programmes happens to be on, I find myself switching off the radio and getting my mp3 player out - to listen to more BBC radio!2GB mp3 players are so cheap now, and it's hard to fill them - so it's great to be able to add interest to a long journey overseas by taking a week's BBC Radio away with me in my pocket!Cheers,David. Tue 13 May 2008 11:57:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/higher_quality_podcasts.html?page=8#comment3 I download Friday Night Comedy (The News Quiz or The Now show) and Look Away Now from Radio 4 and found the old 64kbps very good, so having the quality doubled should be even better.When will some of the classic BBC Radio 7 programmes be made available as PODCASTS ??I'm thinking of programmes such as "Dead Ringers", "Old Harry's Game" and "Dad's Army" for example.These would be good to have. Tue 13 May 2008 07:20:47 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/higher_quality_podcasts.html?page=5#comment2 I enjoy Friday Night Comedy myself. Occasionally listen to Today, though that can get somewhat overwhelming. In Our Time can be very interesting too. Mon 12 May 2008 21:06:54 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/higher_quality_podcasts.html?page=2#comment1 I get Russell Brand's amazing podcast every week (seriously, any Brand haters out there have to listen to his podcast, you'll soon change your mind!). I used to download From Our Own Correspondents but I found it started to become a chore to listen to them and sometimes they'd deal with mainstream issues rather than the unreported world I wanted to hear about. Mon 12 May 2008 16:29:36 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/higher_quality_podcasts.html?page=0#comment0 As an avid listener of BBC R4 podcasts, I welcome the increase in bitrate. However I also listen to these podcasts on my mobile, therefore needs the smallest file possible.Please consider other formats such as AAC+ (supported on latest mobile phones such as Nokia S60) Mon 12 May 2008 16:17:36 GMT+1