I believe I have struck GOLD!
I have discovered the beauty of AAC encoding!
My 32 kbps AAC stream sounds just as good as my 128 kbps MP3!
I believe I have struck GOLD!
I have discovered the beauty of AAC encoding!
My 32 kbps AAC stream sounds just as good as my 128 kbps MP3!
I fully suggesting using AAC for mobile listening, it can’t be beat!
AAC Stream http://75.126.64.105:8443/
AAC Stream #2 Shoutcastv2 http://93.174.93.143:8600/index.html?sid=1
Take a listen for yourself!
AAC +
It’s amazing isn’t it. I’ve been using AAC+ for over 3 years on my station’s 24kps AAC+ 44.1Khz stream and all the iMobile devices love it. Sounds better than the 128 IMO.
There are some streams out there using the AAC on stream bit rates above 64Kps and it really doesn’t do anything at those higher bitrates, sort of a waste. It was intended for HQ audio at the much lower bit rates, primarily for the iMobile environment.
Welcome to the wonderful world of low bit rate HQ streaming!
RFB
Recent TWiRT
For the second time on a recent This Week in Radio Tech program one of the developers of AAC was talking about how specially good it is for streaming.
Very good discovery, The Crow, I may go back to using AAC…… I can’t remember why I stopped…… I think it was because so many common listeners still choose mp3, but they’ll catch up.
A New Wonder
“I can’t remember why I stopped…… I think it was because so many common listeners still choose mp3, but they’ll catch up.”
It is still a good idea to maintain a regular mp3 stream as regular mp3 is cross platform and cross player compatible, even for portable stuff.
AAC is not really new, but there are some players that will not play an AAC stream, such as the very common web app Flash. Flash will play an AAC encoded file, or mp4 video file with H.264 audio, which is AAC, but Flash will not play an AAC audio only stream unless you fork out the 1 grand price for the special server software that merely sends a special header in front of the stream so the Flash player knows what to do with the stream. A Red Hat server can work, but that is not a cheap alternative either to get AAC streams working in Flash players.
Dive into AAC streaming, it’s fantastic and blows away any normal low bit rate stream 64k and lower. But also keep in mind about the compatibility issues and different computer configurations and OS systems, which is why it’s good to also have a regular mp3 stream along side the AAC stream.
RFB
AAC Stereo
The subject of AAC quality has been doing a number on my background thoughts.
Allow me to flash back to about 2007 when I started streaming with a slow old computer and faulty DSL line. In order to conserve bandwidth and maximize listeners I did mono at low bit-rate.
Fast forward to 2012, which happens to be now, and consider the efficiency of AAC streaming, as brought out in this post from The Crow….
Maybe now is the time to put out a stereo stream in AAC Gold Quality!
Do you think?
Go For It!
I say go for it my 32 kbps AAC sounds great.
I’m certainly keeping my 128 kbps mp3 as well.
Now everyone can hear The Crow!