[peel] Peel on Demand

[Martin Wheatley]

  John Bravin asked
 >Has anyone else noticed this drop in quality, and does anyone know what the
 >actually quality is - no where can I find any indication of the sampling
 >rate.  This question becomes less academic when Peel moves to the
 >God-forsaken late night slot and I use this facility rather than stay up
 >till the early hours.
 >

Looking at the BBC player it is clear that the bitrate varies from minute
to minute - presumably dependant on the demand on the overall system

The way to maximize the bitrate is to download the actual Real Audio
  file and then play it on your own Real player.
There are several progs you can use to do this.  My favourite is Net Transport
from    http://www.xi-soft.com/default.htm     which you can use for free
The BBC file names to enter into it are
rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/radio1/peel_tue.ra
rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/radio1/peel_wed.ra
rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/radio1/peel_thu.ra

You may not feel it is worth the bother.   Recording the prog some other
way using a different reception method may be a better option

martinw