Reply to post: Re: Standardised?

BBC bins pricey Windows Media, Audio Factory goes live

Dan 55 Silver badge

Re: Standardised?

They wanted to provide all streaming services by Audio Factory but they say it's too costly to run mp3 and AAC streams at the same time and some devices can't do AAC.

So they've kept some mp3 streams with some Shoutcast servers for those devices.

They also didn't publicise the Audio Factory links so everybody used the Shoutcast links.

Result - Shoutcast servers overloaded and many streams appear missing to many devices.

Bit of a mess.

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