Deutschlandfunk Nova | DLF | OPUS 64k

Deutschlandfunk Nova | DLF | OPUS 64k is one of two entries in Germany whose names are the same but for a number, and this one's number is sixty-four. A broadcaster numbering its streams like that is separating feeds, not stations, so read the number as the part that matters.

Deutschlandfunk Nova | DLF | OPUS 64k is at 623 in a listing of 1,409. Read the rank as a rough position rather than a standing: the click counts in the middle of a long national list are close enough together that a handful of opens moves a station several places.

Deutschlandfunk Nova | DLF | OPUS 64k streams at 64 kbps against Germany's median of 128, which is less than half the local norm. On a dial where 62% of stations reach 128 kbps, a rate this low stands out, and it usually means either a speech station that never needed more or an encoder that has not been touched in years.

Deutschlandfunk Nova | DLF | OPUS 64k streams in OGG rather than the MP3 that most of Germany's dial uses. Uncommon codecs are worth noticing for a practical reason as well as a nerdy one: browser support for them is thinner than for MP3 and AAC.

Its audio comes from st03.sslstream.dlf.de. Five other stations in Germany stream from the same host, which is a smaller sharing than the big platforms and often means the same people run them all.