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Tony BaechlerJul 5, 2013
 

 
My understanding is that WMA streams are lower quality than Flash.
Get_IPlayer has an option to automatically pick the best quality stream from
those available which is usually what I use and it never picks the WMA
streams. Besides, it doesn't support WMA directly. However, I'll try it
for my own curiosity. Perhaps I misread something in the documentation. I
know it doesn't support mms streams which is what WMA uses. Of course none
of this is an issue if you can download from within the UK.

Perhaps I'm too picky, but regardless of format, I find most low quality
streams unlistenable, especially for dramas produced in stereo. So much
depth is lost that it really isn't the same listening experience. I would
actually consider buying a pass to get X high quality versions of Afternoon
Drama if it was offered. In other words, for a reasonable fee, I could get
my daily Afternoon Drama, Saturday Drama, etc as a high quality, 256 K
stereo download without DRM. I admit that I haven't looked, but I've never
seen sets of those for sale. As someone mentioned here, you can buy JAM,
but it's expensive most of the time and you can't get a complete collection.
I saw a JAM series with Paul Merton on Amazon US for around $15 to $20 USD.
I don't remember the exact price, but it's too expensive for me. I think
the BBC issues some on CD, but from what I've seen, they're the best of 2009
and aren't the complete series.

On 7/5/2013 1:12 AM, charles_rooke wrote:
> Why not? I believe that's what others in the US download. Could that be why you can't get programmes that others in the US can and/or why you get poorer quality than others in the US? WMA might not be as good as our 128 kbps AAC, but seemingly its better than what you're getting.
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>> I don't bother with the WMA streams,
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