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charles_rookeJul 6, 2013
 

 
Tony - Get_iPlayer certainly supports wma for radio - see https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/modes . As you say, it is supposedly not the best quality available, and isn't in the UK, but it may be better than what you've been experiencing. I'm not sure to what extent US downloaders have (do date at least) used get_iPlayer as opposed to, say, RadioDownloader or NetTransport - but while perhaps not 256 kbps quality they have certainly been getting results much better than those you described. As an alternative source for something popular like Afternoon Drama, you could get 128 kbps stereo from TheBox or (if you don't like torrents) the a.b.s.r.bbc and/or a.b.s.r.british usenet groups.

Charlie

--- In just-a-minute@..., Tony Baechler <tony.baechler@...> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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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> > Charlie
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> > --- In just-a-minute@..., Tony Baechler <tony.baechler@> wrote:
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> >> I don't bother with the WMA streams,
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> Have a good day,
> Tony Baechler
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