Re: Virgin's Broadband Streams

Richard Evans wrote:
> DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:
>
>> Rusty wrote:
>>
>>> "DAB sounds worse than FM" <dab.is@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:D3A0f.8946$hP.8402@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>> I haven't got broadband, so could someone comment on the audio
>>>> quality of Virgin's broadband streams for its various stations:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.virginradio.co.uk/thestation/listen/streams.html
>>>> http://www.virginradioclassicrock.co.uk/thestation/listen/streams.html
>>>> http://www.virginradioxtreme.co.uk/thestation/listen/index.html
>>>>
>>>
>>> They sound pretty anedoidal to me, just like the BBC internet. Best
>>> not to play it through a HiFi or you'll get nightmares.
>>
>>
>>
>> Can't say it surprises me, because Virgin don't seem to take much
>> care of their audio.
>>
>> It's a shame really, because they've got a 160kbps Ogg stream, which
>> could sound very good if they bothered to feed it with decent audio.
>
> Trying to play the AAC stream for Virgin Radio. Real Player says it
> "needs to download some software to play this clip". Then when I click
> OK it says there are no updates available.
>
> Why can't they make it a bit easier to get these things to work
> Auggaahhhh!!!!!!!


Yeah, I frequently have problems downloading things using Real Player.
Normally it says file not found, or whatever message it uses when it
can't find the media file. It might be the case that the file isn't
there, but I've frequently seen other people comment on the file, so it
must be there and I just can't download it. IMO, the sooner Real Player
is ostracised the better.


--
Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info

Please sign the petition asking the BBC to provide better audio quality
on its radio stations on DAB, Freeview, satellite and cable:
http://tinyurl.com/a68e4


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