Sunday, September 2, 2012

The Disco Palace DRM @ 17875 kHz, 2 Sep 2012

Yesterday was a write off, but today is way better with 26 dB max SNR.

Unfortunately the stream is aesthetically displeasing (read: unlistenable) because audio channels are dropping at the input. They probably run their internet stream into a DRM encoder, and the stream is taking packet loss at the encoder input.

I get only left channel, and then only right channel, and then nothing at all, and then things come back but the audio loops twice before proceeding, all symptoms of the encoder trying to interpolate (or failing to interpolate) for lost input audio frames.

Also, the song title message is stuck on "The Boss" by Diana Ross. Guys and/or gals, this isn't amateur hour with a 100 kW transmitter. Get your act together.

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