BBC R3 Lossless Stream

[simoncn]

I am inclined to agree about R3DASH sounding a bit better than the HLS stream (not sure which is considered "standard" by the BBC now). I suppose it is possible that the BBC is using a different AAC codec for the MPEG-DASH stream.

An interesting benefit of using the R3DASH stream is that the stream can be paused for up to 3 hours. I don't know what the pause limit is for the HLS stream. For the FLAC stream, it is 10 minutes.