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France Musique/Vivace back at 256kb/s?
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A few months ago Richard L reported here that France Musique and France
Vivace on Hot Bird had dropped their bitrate to 192 and 128 kb/s
respectively. Now I've looked at
back to 256 kb/s. Can someone confirm this?
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I confirmed it here myself a few weeks ago, Giuseppe. And BBC World
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I searched for "france musique" on groups before posting, but it
only found the posts where you said that the bit rates had dropped. I
thought that posts containing the old station name "france musiques"
(including the one you mention) would also appear, but apparently they
do not.
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The old name was France Musique, and I hadn't spotted that they'd
reverted to it. It's hard to tell just by listening ;-) But I wonder
why they did so. I'd assumed that the plural was for reasons of
inclusivity and political correctness.
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Oh well, glad to hear that bitrates have gone up for once.
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Service is back to 192 kbit/s on HotBird, too.
BTW, if you're interested in surround sound too, you might find this
page useful, though some of it could do with updating:
click the channels for details of forthcoming transmissions.
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I planned on mounting a dual feed system to get a better quality feed
of France Musique than the one I get now on Astra (the radio stations
on Canal Sat's transponder don't sound that good), and also their
new&improved classical station, but if they're still using low bitrates
it's not worth it.
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