hi bpa, forgot to say a big thank-you in my previous post for all your hard work on AlienBBC, and also thanks for your speedy response to my post....
bpa;327244 Wrote: > I think this is one instance and not an indication that BBC is treating > RealAudio as 2nd Class service. in some ways maybe, but from using the iPlayer in my browser, they seem to be treating RealAudio as the "Dial-Up Modem" option, so presumably if the MP3 is higher bandwidth it should be higher quality, which would be nice? bpa;327244 Wrote: > > The MP3 streams are UK only > this seems a bit odd in one way, in as much as if they are happy to deliver the RealAudio stream anywhere geographically, that implies they are happy to let the actual programme content be delivered anywhere geographically, so why not let the MP3 stream be delivered anywhere? bpa;327244 Wrote: > > there has been no incentive to reverse engineer. > (if I had the ability) the incentive to me would be to reverse engineer it for the potential quality improvement.... and choice where there are "issues" like the one I experienced where I couldn't actually hear what I wanted to. incidentally that was the first programme I tried after we'd listened again to the Archers, so pretty bad luck ;-( bpa;327244 Wrote: > > Given the restrictions and the breaches in terms of use, I feel a > solution cannot be provided publicly and so it is not worthwhile > persuing this approach. > > As BBC says RealAudio will still be provided - AlienBBC will have to > stay with this format. I understand totally what you're saying, but am really frustrated that the BBC could not have architected this in a more open way for those who don't wish to use a browser based plugin to listen to their content. thanks again Matt -- MattC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MattC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4127 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49830 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
