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Radio3 listen Live 3rd UK Bandwidth ?! 48, 128 & 192 kbps !!!

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• Message 1. Posted by John99 (U13871221) on Wednesday, 26th May 2010 permalink

  What bandwidths are now used in the UK for Radio3 Listen Live FlashPlayer streams, as Default iPlayer streams.
  
  I was under the impression it was 128 or 192Kbps in the UK with 48kbps being available overseas. I did notice this at an earlier date and may have commented in another thread.
  
  I currently seem to see three options. I am guessing one is wrong either because
  - the display is wrong,
  - or because the wrong stream is showing.
  
  What I can get displays as follows:
  
  __ 48 kbps
  From the iPlayer page
  URL: www.bbc.co.uk/iplaye... {... .bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlive/bbc_radio_three/]
  BBC Media Player v.2.24.18269.19216
  bbc_radio_three | 48kbps | aac | AK
  
  __ 128 kbps
  From the bbc home page
  URL www.bbc.co.uk/iplaye... {... .bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/radio3/
  BBC Media Player v.2.23.18182.20020
  bbc_radio_three | 128kbps | aac | AK
  
  _ OR _ 192 kbps
  www.bbc.co.uk/iplaye...
  BBC Media Player v.2.23.18182.20020
  bbc_radio_three | 192kbps | aac | AK
  
  To be truthful on an effectively mono lo-fi computer system, this does not real matter to me, but obviously some users are getting the wrong information and/or the wrong streams and may be disappointed.
  
  I also noted recently that, some overseas users were apparently reporting two bandwidth options on iPlayer Radio, I was under the impression overseas users get only one FlashPlayer bandwidth option.
  
  John
  
  
  
  

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• Message 2. Posted by matt (U8621220) on Wednesday, 26th May 2010 permalink

  I think the UK low bandwidth and overseas streams were 48kbps and standard streams were either 128 or 192 depending on the station.
  
  Maybe they're going to offer 3 standard bandwidths for stations now.

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• Message 3. Posted by John99 (U13871221) on Thursday, 27th May 2010 permalink

  I wonder if problem is linked with iPlayer Beta v3
  I also get
  
  from: beta.bbc.co.uk/iplay...
  BBC Media Player v.2.24.18269.19216
  bbc_radio_three | 48kbps | aac | AK
  OR
  BBC Media Player v.2.24.18269.19216
  bbc_radio_three | 192kbps | aac | AK
  
  I think I saw 128kbps also from the same URL but did not manage to copy that
  
  
  Also a possible bug in V3 Beta on my particular setup I do not see the option to change bandwidth if I click the link and open as a console.
  If I open as a browser tab I see a longer page and have a scroll bar allowing access to the link to toggle bandwidth.
  
  This may be an oddity of my setup, I am again using a low resolution CRT at present 800 x 600 px
  with Win XP pro SP2, FF3.6

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• Message 4. Posted by John99 (U13871221) on Sunday, 6th June 2010 permalink

  Any comments BBC, this appears to be a fault.
  
  There is no point in using the contact form they get ignored and are limited to 350 characters.
  
  I note a user outside the UK is reporting seeing two bandwidth options. Again this may well be a fault.
  We Have been told by BBC's Alan Ogilvie that that should not happen.
  
  Latest overseas user with two bandwidth options:
  www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb...
  

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• Message 5. Posted by Alan Ogilvie (U11945512) on Thursday, 17th June 2010 permalink

  For UK users there are two streams for simulcast Radio 3 on iPlayer - 192kbps AAC-LC, and 48kbps HE-AAC v1
  For International users there is only 1 - 48kbps HE-AAC v1
  
  I believe that the playlist for Radio 3 for UK users of iPlayer currently attempts to use Adaptive Bit-rate. But there is not a 128kbps stream for Radio 3 - so it wouldn't physically be possible.
  
  However - the mnemonics used when you right-click on the EMP aren't always accurate.
  
  In this case - there may well be a bug, and this thread has certainly been noted with the iPlayer team.

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• Message 6. Posted by John99 (U13871221) on Thursday, 17th June 2010 permalink

  Alan,
  Thanks for the comments
  John

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