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charles_rookeJul 3, 2013
 

 
Tony, I don't know where you are based, but I know that people in the US can get stero, Radio 3 and Afternoon Drama. They are I believe only able to download 48kbps WMA files, therefore not such high quality as the 128 kbps AAC files we can get here in the UK, but mp3 conversions thereof are perfectly listenable to. I suspect your mono + clicks experience is due to something else. Were you downloading files? Or just listening to and/or recording from the sound card an internet stream? The latter could, I imagine, be quite atrocious for many reasons.

Charlie

--- In just-a-minute@..., Tony Baechler <tony.baechler@...> wrote:
>
> Oh sure, you can listen to _SOME_ programs outside of the UK. I thought I
> made that clear, but I apologize if I didn't. However, some programs aren't
> available, like classical music from Radio 3 and some podcasts, like
> Composer of the Week. Even in cases where Radio 4 programs are available
> like The Now Show, the quality is frankly crap. The stream is mono and
> there was an annoying clicking sound throughout, at least in my test. I'm
> sure this isn't an issue within the UK. So yes, you can get some programs
> sometimes, but the quality isn't that good and frankly I consider it
> unlistenable due to the annoying clicking and the mono sound. I believe,
> but stand to be corrected that Afternoon Drama isn't available though as it
> wouldn't let me get it when I tried. Keeping this on topic, I don't know
> specifically about JAM episodes, but I think they're available as podcasts,
> again if you don't mind poor quality mono recordings. Oh, and forget
> programs like Desert Island Discs as the podcasts don't include the musical
> selections and are also low quality mono.
>
> On 7/3/2013 1:51 AM, Simon B Kelly wrote:
> > http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/outside_the_uk/radio_world
> >
> > Can I listen to BBC radio in BBC iPlayer outside the UK?
> >
> > "Yes, you can listen to BBC radio in BBC iPlayer if you are outside the UK. As long as the computer you are using has a recent version of Flash Player correctly installed, you should be able to listen live and listen again normally."
> >
> > So everyone with internet access should be able to listen to JAM or ISIHAC from anywhere in the world. If they want to make a digital copy of what they're listening to then they can record it using Audacity or by connecting a digital recorder to the headphone socket of their computer/internet device.
> >
> > It's true that outside the UK the bitrate is reduced to a 44.1Khz 48Kps stream but this is fine for speech and is certainly better than nothing at all!
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> > --- In just-a-minute@..., "charles_rooke" <charles_rooke@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I believe (but stand to be corrected) that radio can be grabbed from outside the UK but that TV requires a UK IP address ... [stands by to be shot down in flames]
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> Have a good day,
> Tony Baechler
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