JohnB wrote: > This business of what bit rate is available seems rather odd. > > On Radio 3 and Radio 4 (the only two I have looked at) the BBC iPlayer > flash client indicates that the stream is 320 kbps, HDS from the > limelight server. That usually (but not always) tallies with the > bandwidth I measure with a utility. > > I've just looked at what seems to be available for HLS and DASH for > Radio 3, using the BBC's AOD availability link and then the > mediaselector links given: > > The DASH stream has two "Adaption Sets" - one giving a min/max of > 128/320 kbps (perhaps for UK users?) and one giving a min/max of 48/96 > kbps (perhaps for non-UK users?) > > But the HLS stream only has 128 kbps available. > > (Forgive me if I am talking nonsense as I am not very knowledgeable and > am feeling my way.)
This tallies with my understanding. Radio 3 is available at 320kbps EXCEPT when using HLS. Which is a shame, because the current iPlayer app only uses HLS. I use iPlayerExtras to play Radio 3 using RTMP (which you don't mention) and that too is 320kbps. This format is legacy and may disappear at any time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Owen Smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42371 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
