Deutschlandfunk | DLF | AAC 192k

Deutschlandfunk | DLF | AAC 192k is one of three entries in Germany whose names are the same but for a number, and this one's number is one hundred and ninety-two. A broadcaster numbering its streams like that is separating feeds, not stations, so read the number as the part that matters.

Out of 1,409 entries in Germany, this one ranks 6. The upper quarter of a national list is an interesting place to be: well known enough to have accumulated opens, not so well known that it is the station everybody already had.

Deutschlandfunk | DLF | AAC 192k carries 143 recorded opens in the public directory, which puts it among the small group of streams that directory clients open constantly. Counts at this level are rare: the great majority of the 14,425 stations with pages here are in single or double figures.

The stream is encoded at 256 kbps, more than twice the 128 kbps median for Germany. Bitrate is the one quality figure the public directory carries, and on this entry it is unambiguous.

The stream is served from st01.sslstream.dlf.de, an address six other entries in Germany use as well. A small shared host is usually a group of stations under one owner or one technical provider rather than a platform.