[SWLUG] digital radio & ogg audio player...

[Matthew Moore]

On 29/01/11 19:58, Justin Mitchell wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 17:30 +0000, Matthew Moore wrote:
>>>> Do you really need the DAB?  I've looked into DAB before and it sounds
>>> like
>>>> you don't get much from it, i.e. it's a bit naff.
>>>
>>> a bit???
>>>
>>
>> Like I said, only looked into it a bit, so don't claim to know much.  Is it
>> really that bad then?  Please expand.
>
>
> For starters it uses Mpeg 1 - Layer 2  (aka mp2) audio, which gives
> worse quality per bitrate than mp3 does.
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>
> Ofcom are considering introducing this on MW in the uk in 2012, there
> have been various test transmission running for years (eg BBC World
> Service), but you cant seem to buy a receiver in this country yet.
>

Thanks for all the explanations guys.  Good to know a bit more about it.

Mark,

One thing I did notice was that there were a fair few radios which do 
DAB/Internet Radio and FLAC.  I know it's a massive pain, but FLAC seems 
better supported than OGG is.  So there might be milage in buying a 
device that does FLAC/DAB/Internet Radio and changing your OGGs to FLAC.

Cheers,

Matt