File:BBC World Service Big Ben 1-1-2009.ogg
BBC_World_Service_Big_Ben_1-1-2009.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 1 min 28 s, 51 kbps, file size: 548 KB)
Summary[edit]
- This media file has an associated English-language subtitle file TimedText:BBC World Service Big Ben 1-1-2009.ogg.en.srt
| Description |
This is 1 minute and 28 seconds of audio from the BBC World Service, which consists of an announcement that it is the BBC World Service, the Westminster Chimes, then an announcement that Big Ben would be heard at "Midnight Greenwich Mean Time", followed by 12 bell strikes indicating midnight. |
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| Source |
Recorded from their Internet transmission 00:00 GMT on 1 January 2009. |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
1 Minute 28 Seconds |
| Low resolution? |
Sampling frequency reduced from 48 kHz to 32 kHz, and bit rate reduced from 126 kbps to 51 kbps |
| Purpose of use |
The purpose of this is to demonstrate the sequence which occurred at the start of the hour and the start of 2009, and show how it was played in the BBC World Service. |
| Replaceable? |
There is no way to demonstrate the sound used without reproducing it |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of BBC World Service//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BBC_World_Service_Big_Ben_1-1-2009.oggtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
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A more detailed fair use rationale should be provided by the user who uploaded this sample.
Any other uses of this sample, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. If you are the copyright holder of this sample and you feel that its use here does not fall under "fair use", please see Wikipedia:Copyright problems for information on how to proceed. To the uploader: If this is a free, non-copyrighted audio recording, please post it to Wikimedia Commons instead. |  |
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 00:32, 4 February 2010 | 1 min 28 s (548 KB) | HairyWombat (talk | contribs) | Reduced sampling frequency and bit rate. |
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Transcode status
Update transcode status| Format | Bitrate | Download | Status | Encode time |
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| MP3 | 138 kbps | Completed 03:10, 25 December 2017 | 3.0 s |