Loss free radio and TV recording is possible on a PC with with DVB-S tuner PCI cards or USB-satellite receivers. The audio compression codec used as a standard in DVB-S is MPEG1 Layer 2 ("MP2" file extension, but different from MPEG2 which is "MPG"). Bitrates in use are constant 256/224/192/160/128/96/80/64 kbps, usually in combination with a sample frequency of 48 kHz. Some lower bitrates are combined with 32 kHz. Mode is usually stereo (not "joint stereo"), sometimes also mono. 192kbps/48kHz seems to be most common. This is also the standard for ADR. DAB stations (terrestrical digital radio) also use MPEG1 layer 2, often with the same bitrates that appear on the satellite. So it can be assumed that many DAB transmitters retransmit the satellite signal without loss.
The bitrate is a good indicator for sound quality to expect. Compressed signals never reach CD quality. 192/48 is quite close though. Unfortunalely some stations have a bad sound although they use 192/48. A good example is Radio 3 from Spain. It sounds like low 96kbps/32kHz. Either they have a very bad encoder or a highly compressed signal of 96kbps is being blown up. Maybe they use an ISDN telephone line with high compression from the studio to the satellite uplink site.
By the way CDs use samle rates of 44.1 kHz. So there must always be an audio conversion before the satellites are being fed.
Sample frequency is 48 kHz stereo unless indicated
Astra 1:
40 Principales 160 ADO 128 Africa No1 192 Alouette 128 Andalucia 160 Antenne Bayern 192 B5 128 Bayern1 192 Bayern4 256 BBC 96 Beur 192 BFM 96 Cadena Dial 160 Cadena Ser 160 Catalunya Cultura 160 Catalunya Info 160 Catalunya Musica 160 Catalunya Radio 160 Cherie 192 Classic FM (Ned)192 Contact 128 Couleur3 192 Csat 192 DLF 256 DLR Berlin 256 ERF 192 Europe1 192 Europe2 192 Euskadirratia 128 FFH 256 FIP 192 FM4 160 France Bleu 192 France Culture 128 France Info 64 France Inter 192 France Musique 192 Fritz 192 Fun Radio 192 Harmony 256 HR Klassik 192 HR Skyline 192 HR2 192 Jump 192 Kink FM 192 Le Mouv 192 M80 160 Maxima 160 MDR Figaro 192 MDR Info 192 Medi1 128 Media Tropical 128 MM 96kbps/32khz NDR Info 192 NDR Kultur 192 Nordwestradio 192 Nostalgie 192 NRJ 192 Ö2 160 Ö3 169 Österreich 1 192 Oui FM 192 Paris Jazz 192 Planet 256 Radio 10 Gold 192 Radio 538 192 Radio Alpha 192 Radio Euskadi 128 Radio Latina 192 Radio Maria 192 Radio Multikulti 192 Radio Sinfo 160 Radioole 160 Radios ESP 160 RFC/CFN 192 RNW1 192 RNW2 192 RNW3 192 Rock Antenne 192 RÖI SAC 64 mono RÖI Wien 128 RTL (D) 192 RTL (Ned) 192 RVI1 96/32 RVI2 96/32 Sky (Ned) 192 Sputnik 192 SR1 192 Sunshine 192 SWR2 192 Veronica 192 WDR3 192 WDR5 192 XXL 192Astra 2:
Asia Gold 96 BBC 3 192 BBC 4 FM 192 BBC 4 LW 96 BBC 7 160 BBC Scotland/Ulster/Wales 128 BBC1 192 BBC2 12441 192 BBCWS 96 CrossRhythm 96 Family Radio (1&2) 96 Meancountry 192 RTE Europe 96 SBN 192 Solar Radio 96 TWR 96 UCB Talk 96Hotbird:
3ABN 128 ABC Tamil Oli 128 mono Alpha News 192 Anni60 128 Antena 1 Greece 192 Athina 9,84 192 BBC Persian a.o. 192 BBC Russian 128 BBCWS 96 mono Beur FM 128 Blusat2000 192 Cherie FM 192 Denge Mezopotamia 64 mono Discoradio 128 DW German 192 DW int. (various) 128 mono ETBC Tamil 128 Europe1 256 Europe2 256 FD Auditorio 192 FD Leggera 192 FIP 192 Flash 192 France Blue 128 France Culture 192 France Info 128 France Inter 192 France Musiques 256 GR Parlamento 128 Hector 256 Hitwest 128 In Direct Romania 96 mono Isoradio 128 mono Jeronimo Groovy 192 Kiss FM 192 KOL Haneshama 128 Kossuth 256 LeMouv 192 Melodia Russia 160 Nitro 192 Nostalgie 192 Notturno Italiano 128 mono NPR 128 NRJ 192 NSR 192 Orange 192 Padre Pio 128 Petöfi 256 Planet 128 mono Popolare 128 R.Classica 128 R.Greece 192 Radio 1 Rodos 128 mono Radio 2000 128 Radio Adjara 256 Radio Beograd 128 mono Radio Citta Futura 128 Radio Classique 192 Radio Courtosie 128 Radio DJ 192 Radio Donna 160 Radio Eurospin 128 Radio Gold 192 Radio Italia 256 Radio Kolbe-Sat 128 Radio Maria (Ita) 64mono Radio Padania 128 Radio Reporter 128 Radio Rock 128 Radio Speranza 80mono Radio Sport NTW 128 Radio TGN 64mono Radio Thessaloniki 192 Radio Tunis 128 (2 seperated channels) Radio Vaticano 192 mono (unusual!) Radio Zeta 64mono Radio24 128 Radiodue (RAI) 192 Radioradio 192 Radiotre (RAI) 192 Radiouno (RAI) 192 RDS 256 REE 128 RFI 128 RFM 256 Rire&Chansons 192 RNE1 192 RNE2 256 RNE3 192 RNE5 192 Rock FM (Greece) 192 Rock Radio Thessaloniki 192 Romania Musical 192 RTL 102.5 192 RTL France 128 RVI1 96 mono Sfrea 192 Sport FM 128 mono SRG DRS1 192 SRG DRS2 192 SRG DRS3 192 SRG MW531 Musikwelle 192 SRG R.Rumantsch 192 SRG Virus 192 Tamil Radio 128 mono TR Buono Consilio 64mono Vietnamese PR 128
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