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Re:Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio by snom380 on Friday January 06, 2017 @01:15AM (#13334349)
It can be set independently per station. As an example, in Norway the NRK Jazz channel transmits at 64 kbit/s, while NRK Klassisk (classical music) transmits at 96 kbit/s.
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Re:Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio by jhasse on Friday January 06, 2017 @06:51AM (#13335609)
96 kbit/s AAC still isn't enough IMHO. 128 kbit/s OPUS would be awesome :)
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Re:Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio by scholia on Friday January 06, 2017 @11:28AM (#13337586)
DAB mandated the use of MP2, which pre-dated MP3. DAB+ uses MP4 aacPlus(HE-AAC v2).

Unfortunately this doesn't improve sound quality because stations use the extra efficiency to switch to lower bit-rates.

Some countries have stations at 48kbps. The UK is leading the drive to lower sound quality with DAB+ stations on the SDL multiplex at 32kbps.

Note that DAB+ also hides a cost increase because stations have to pay Fraunhofer for its patents. Fun, isn't it? ;-)

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Re:Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio by kuschku on Friday January 06, 2017 @12:53PM (#13338425)
> because stations have to pay Fraunhofer for its patents. Fun, isn't it? ;-)

Fun it is, considering that money goes all back to Germany! insert evil German laugh here

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