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BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Anyone else here find it gone?  I've been listening for about a year, and miss it.  I recently reloaded my whole system; I don't think that's the problem, but I can't find any news on the matter, anywhere.

Thanks in advance.
N.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #1
Isn't 320kbps overkill anyway (unless it's MP2  )?

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #2
the page here says it's 320kbps. but whether it actually is or not, i don't know because my media player (foobar2000) doesn't show the bitrate

http://www.listenlive.eu/uk.html

edit: the WMA streams display the bitrate just fine but the AAC streams do not

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #3
Thanks.  But this is the stream that has changed.  Won't even play on Foobar, because it's at 32,000.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #4
because it's at 32,000.


i have no idea what you mean by this. it plays ok for me but then i am in the UK. if you're not, that probably explains it? perhaps they allowed overseas listeners access previously but have since stopped it?

edit: doing some crude measurements using a program called aida64, it's measuring my bandwidth at a constant 42-45KB/s usage while foobar2000 is playing the stream. as there are 8bits per byte i'm guessing that's about right for a 320kbps stream

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #5
Thanks for looking into it.  I am not in the UK, but I used to be able to listen using "Add location" (in Foobar) with the below link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r6_aaclca.pls

Perhaps I've been listening illegitimately.  For about a week or two now, this has not been working.  I get this error message:

Unrecoverable playback error: Sample rate of 32000 Hz not supported by this device

This may reflect limitations of my sound card, but the stream has definitely changed.  There is also this stream:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r3.asx

It will play, but it is only 49 kbps.  Not the same at all.  All the BBC radio streams were at least 128 kbps, but not those I am able to access now.  Either they are having trouble, or they are trying to quarantine non-Uk listeners.

N


BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #7
Just listening now to BBC Radio 3 from Italy (airing "Words and Music"), with TuneIn Radio on my iPad. They let me choose between a 320kbps and a 48k streams AAC which both work and a 48k WMA which doesn't.

Edit: but, listening carefully, the 320k SQ is way too low and looking at the bandwidth usage of my connection, both choices score about 8kb/s: the 320 is actually a faked 48! Now, what does this mean?
... I live by long distance.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #8
Thanks.  Strange.  And you are listening in Foobar?  (I'm using 1.1.12 beta 2).  I think I must be being shut out, then (for a non-UK ip address), whereas I wasn't before.

I'm going to miss the programming.  But thanks for looking into it.

N.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #9
Hmm.  So perhaps there is a problem on my end after all.  Needs looking into.  Thanks.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #10
It will play, but it is only 49 kbps.  Not the same at all.  All the BBC radio streams were at least 128 kbps, but not those I am able to access now.  Either they are having trouble, or they are trying to quarantine non-Uk listeners.

N

Yes, it seems to be a separation to UK- and international listeners.
I'm in Russia, listening Radio6 and my link is bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_lc_6music_q?s=1333898347&e=1333912747&h=59e64c289898d8bae2e30df387df564e, so we can see the phrase "intl" here, unlike marc2003's link.
Quality of the stream: ~56K, 32KHz

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #11
Thanks again.  Or maybe the distinction is EU and non-EU, since Nessuno has access in Italy (I'm in the US).
N.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #12
Thanks again.  Or maybe the distinction is EU and non-EU, since Nessuno has access in Italy (I'm in the US).
N.


I apologize for being too rash: as you can read for the edit I made to my own post, I just realized that in spite of what is diplayed in the stream choice menu, I'm actually able to listen at 48kbps only!
So the distinction is actually between UK and rest of the world.
... I live by long distance.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #13
I apologize for being too rash: as you can read for the edit I made to my own post, I just realized that in spite of what is diplayed in the stream choice menu, I'm actually able to listen at 48kbps only!
So the distinction is actually between UK and rest of the world.

Well, the happiness wasn't long-lasting, they say in Russia


BTW, Nordfinn, you can use some resampling plugins in Foobar2000 to playback the new BBC streams.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #14
Thanks, Vosiley.  Which plug-in do you use?

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #15
Thanks, Vosiley.  Which plug-in do you use?

so, i'm using Foobar2000 0.8.3 and  "Secret Rabbit" plugin, but You can use any Foobar2000 with standard included SRC plugin, I think. This needs to be included to Foobar2000 DSP chain.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #16
thanks much.  I'll look into it.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #17
Daum PotPlayer shows the bit rate. The "320" is AAC LC VBR 64.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #18
something else i've noticed today is that the AAC streams go stale after a while. in foobar2000, i'm getting 403 forbidden errors on streams i added yesterday. re-downloading the .pls file works fine so i guess the URL inside changes a bit each time (i haven't compared them as yet)

previously i used the WMA streams and they've been active in my playlists for months.


BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #20
any idea why?  i can't see what is to be gained and it just inconveniences the end user.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #21
any idea why?  :huh: i can't see what is to be gained and it just inconveniences the end user.


Complete newbie speculation here, but perhaps BBC is trying to prevent people from using audio stream recorders on a schedule to record favourite programs--some content may only be licensed for broadcast.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #22
Daum PotPlayer shows the bit rate. The "320" is AAC LC VBR 64.

Tested it too, playing via VLC having clicked on “BBC Radio 3 National 320 Kbps Classical”.
The spectrum is cut off at 13 kHz. The Windows TaskManager displays ?70 Kbps.

BBC Radio 3 320kbps stream

Reply #23
New international streams:

BBC Radio 1
LQ WM:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1.asx

HQ International AAC+ 48kbps 44kHz (SBR!)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_he_radio1_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_he_radio1_q

LQ International AAC+ 56kbps 32kHz (this is really stupid)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_lc_radio1_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_lc_radio1_q

BBC Radio 1xtra

LQ WM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1x.asx

HQ International AAC+ 48kbps 44kHz (SBR!)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_1xtra_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_1xtra_q

LQ International AAC+ 56kbps 32kHz (again, this is really stupid)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_lc_1xtra_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_lc_1xtra_q

BBC Radio 2
HQ International AAC+ 48kbps 44kHz (SBR!)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_he_radio2_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_he_radio2_q

LQ International AAC+ 56kbps 32kHz (again, this is really stupid)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_lc_radio2_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_lc_radio2_q

BBC Radio 3
HQ International AAC+ 48kbps 44kHz (SBR!)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_he_radio3_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_he_radio3_q

LQ International AAC+ 56kbps 32kHz (again, this is really stupid)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_lc_radio3_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_lc_radio3_q

BBC Radio 4
HQ International AAC+ 48kbps 44kHz (SBR!)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_he_radio4_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_he_radio4_q

LQ International AAC+ 56kbps 32kHz (again, this is really stupid)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_lc_radio4_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmed...ntl_lc_radio4_q

BBC Radio 5 LIVE
HQ International AAC+ 48kbps 44kHz (SBR!)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_5live_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_he_5live_q

LQ International AAC+ 56kbps 32kHz (again, this is really stupid)
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_lc_5live_p
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_intl_lc_5live_q