Bit rate
Fri, 02/05/2010 - 21:11
Nice to have Risky.biz back for 2010, thanks
I noticed that towards the end of 2009 the podcast went form 56 to 128kbs.
Seeing as how the show is almost exclusively voice, 128 seems to be serious overkill; especially with Australia's metered internet plans.
Sure, most the people that listen to the show in AUS probably have more generous plans or download it from work, but 45MB for a show that isn't an hour long is still too much.
If you want high quality with a more reasonable size, maybe VBR?
Well there you go, that my suggestion
VBR is more intensive on processors -- kills batteries -- and only saves you around 5mb. Also confuses some players... that's why it's on fixed.
I was getting complaints about the low bitrate... and yeah, I think it's safe to say that the average infosec pro has a download plan that can handle 45mb downloads... ;)