BBC Radio 3 podcast quality

[Simon Morgan]

On BBC Radio 3 last week, the Composer of the Week was Puccini. Donald
MacCleod interviewed Antonio Pappano in between the various clips. All these
interviews are available as a Podcast which I have downloaded. The audio
quality is 128 kb/s while the original broadcast is 320 kb/s. The quality
difference is not critical in my opinion as it is mostly speech but I would
be interested to know if podcasts can be downloaded at a higher quality.

I think that there has been an answer to a similar query in the past but I
can't locate it. Any thoughts or guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks
Simon Morgan


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[Clive]

Post by Simon Morgan
On BBC Radio 3 last week, the Composer of the Week was Puccini. Donald
MacCleod interviewed Antonio Pappano in between the various clips. All these
interviews are available as a Podcast which I have downloaded. The audio
quality is 128 kb/s while the original broadcast is 320 kb/s. The quality
difference is not critical in my opinion as it is mostly speech but I would
be interested to know if podcasts can be downloaded at a higher quality.

[snip]
In my experience podcasts come as they come and they come 128K (and on
occasion, 64K). The original programs can be downloaded via gip and they
are available as 320K.

Clive

[d***@surrey.ac.uk]

Simon

My experience with podcasts is that they are edited down from the main programme and always of a lower quality than the original.

Now, on the 320kbit/s vs 128kbit/s, whilst there is a difference, I do not find the difference as stark as with the "Concert Sound" lossless stream which was running during the Proms. THAT brought a new dimension to my listening!

Wish that was available again...


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Subject: BBC Radio 3 podcast quality

On BBC Radio 3 last week, the Composer of the Week was Puccini. Donald MacCleod interviewed Antonio Pappano in between the various clips. All these interviews are available as a Podcast which I have downloaded. The audio quality is 128 kb/s while the original broadcast is 320 kb/s. The quality difference is not critical in my opinion as it is mostly speech but I would be interested to know if podcasts can be downloaded at a higher quality.

I think that there has been an answer to a similar query in the past but I can't locate it. Any thoughts or guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks
Simon Morgan


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[RS]

From: Simon Morgan
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 8:32 AM

Post by Simon Morgan
All these
interviews are available as a Podcast which I have downloaded. The audio
quality is 128 kb/s while the original broadcast is 320 kb/s. The quality
difference is not critical in my opinion as it is mostly speech but I would
be interested to know if podcasts can be downloaded at a higher quality.

All the BBC podcasts I have seen recently have offered a choice of 128kbit/s
and 64kbit/s, including when abroad. If you want 320kbit/s you will have to
use get_iplayer to get the M4A file. If you are happy with 128kbit/s or
64kbit/s, many podcasts download a lot faster. They are in MP3, so if you
have a player with problems playing AAC/M4A you don't need to convert them.

[Vangelis forthnet]

Post by d***@surrey.ac.uk
but I would be interested to know if podcasts
can be downloaded at a higher quality.
I think that there has been an answer
to a similar query in the past
but I can't locate it.

Fellow list members (Clive, d.lake & RS)
have already covered this beautifully, but FTR
there has been a relevant discussion about
BBC Podcast bitrates last August:

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2017-August/011013.html

Happy listening!
Cheers,
Vangelis.