AW: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Oeztunali, Sebnem
... where I actually want to download
the videos before I watch because they're saved on my PC then for subsequent
Viewing...

Don't you just need to hit the play again button for subsequent viewing in a 
flash player?


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Well well, this was snuck out, wasn't it! The first I knew was when Iain
(housemate) rushed into my room earlier and loudly announced that he'd
'gotten his wish', because as a mac user all he's ever wanted to do is
stream the iplayer content to watch then and there (he doesn't want to
download anything beforehand unlike me, where I actually want to download
the videos before I watch because they're saved on my PC then for subsequent
viewing). I have a feeling this'll become a much-discussed point of
contention between us for the next few days...


... I grinned when I found the Spinal Tap easter egg ;)

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
Is the general idea now that the iPlayer migrate to be a Flash-delivered
catch-up service and the archive be moved to Project Kangaroo?

On 12/12/2007, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 12/12/2007, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  asta la vista DRM debate

 I wouldn't be so sure about that; isn't there DRM in Flash video streaming
 too?

  - does it work with gnash, i wonder?

 It doesn't work, although a black to white gradient is rendered and
 that's it, so it doesn't crash or anything too bad.

 The download information section says Sorry, downloading BBC
 iPlayer programmes is currently only available for Windows. (Why?)

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Re: [backstage] iPlayer and TV Anytime Feeds

2007-12-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
Jonathan,

Thanks for doing that, it's great.  It certainly addresses the concerns I
had before.

On 13/12/2007, Jonathan Tweed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 13 Dec 2007, at 00:10, Adam Leach wrote:

  With the annoucement that iPlayer is apparently going live on
  Christmas day, are there any plans to provide links to the programs
  on iPlayer in the TV-Anytime data feeds.

 I really wish I had good news for you here. I'm *still* scraping the
 iPlayer site for discovery within the Facebook app :(

 Talking of the Facebook app, I've just added the embedded video, so
 you can watch the content inside Facebook ;-)

 http://apps.facebook.com/bbciplayer/

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Re: [backstage] iPlayer and TV Anytime Feeds

2007-12-13 Thread Ben Hall
Will it work on Vista?

On 13/12/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Jonathan,

 Thanks for doing that, it's great.  It certainly addresses the concerns I
 had before.

 On 13/12/2007, Jonathan Tweed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  On 13 Dec 2007, at 00:10, Adam Leach wrote:
 
   With the annoucement that iPlayer is apparently going live on
   Christmas day, are there any plans to provide links to the programs
   on iPlayer in the TV-Anytime data feeds.
 
  I really wish I had good news for you here. I'm *still* scraping the
  iPlayer site for discovery within the Facebook app :(
 
  Talking of the Facebook app, I've just added the embedded video, so
  you can watch the content inside Facebook ;-)
 
  http://apps.facebook.com/bbciplayer/
 
  Cheers
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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13/12/2007, Oeztunali, Sebnem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 ... where I actually want to download
 the videos before I watch because they're saved on my PC then for subsequent
 Viewing...

 Don't you just need to hit the play again button for subsequent viewing
 in a flash player?

Your hand held computers have flash players?

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/dec/13/bbc.digitalmedia?gusrc=rssfeed=media

On 13/12/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Is the general idea now that the iPlayer migrate to be a Flash-delivered
 catch-up service and the archive be moved to Project Kangaroo?

 On 12/12/2007, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  On 12/12/2007, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
   asta la vista DRM debate
 
  I wouldn't be so sure about that; isn't there DRM in Flash video
  streaming too?
 
   - does it work with gnash, i wonder?
 
  It doesn't work, although a black to white gradient is rendered and
  that's it, so it doesn't crash or anything too bad.
 
  The download information section says Sorry, downloading BBC
  iPlayer programmes is currently only available for Windows. (Why?)
 
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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Andy
Nice to see the BBC have made sure that it doesn't run on Linux, or at
least it doesn't run on this version. I get a nice blank grey screen.

And a mouse hand with no indication of what it does.
Clicking it informs me I have to enter into a legally binding contract[1].
A contract that states if I want to use a tablet I have to also buy
Windows XP. (it lists a specific version I must have).
How is it in the least bit cross platform if I have to enter into a
contract that says I have to use WindowsXP?
It also states the software can only be used on a PC, so what are Mac
users meant to do? (aside from breach contract).

This is a complete sham. With the contract for the software needed to
access the content it works on very few platforms. And oddly it won't
work on other implementations of Flash.

How about using a non-Windows streaming solution? Or is the plan to
try and trick the Trust into believing that software that states PC
only, and Tablet PCs must run WinXP is cross platform?

[1] http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Sean DALY
Does anyone know, is the Flash-encapsulated video On2-VP6, or H.264? I
suspect it's the latter but support for that is very recent and
compatible players are certainly not widespread yet.

I'm waiting for the day the BBC arranges Dirac encapsulation with
Adobe. There was a precedent with the special Real Player version a
few years ago. The advantages for the Beeb would be fantastic
particularly for simplified internal transcoding. Dirac is an
unencumbered format, H.264 patent licensing issues would be sidelined
so the open development community (in particular Gnash) would likely
embrace it.

Of course, if DRM is used, it's back to square one for platform
neutrality I suppose.

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Re: [backstage] iPlayer and TV Anytime Feeds

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Smethurst
Just to confirm that jonathan tweed has already done most of the work to
make json and yaml representations of /programmes

Once it's reviewed and checked in it'll go live. For the moment /programmmes
doesn't have on demand availability data to reference the iPlayer
downloads/streams but this will also be changing soon

Rss, atom and rdf to follow





On 13/12/07 12:14, Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Adam - had a very interesting chat with Anthony Rose (lead iPlayer)
 yesterday - which is coming out as a podcast in the next few days (when I
 get a moment to drag it off the recorder and encode it). One of the
 questions I asked him was when will we see an improvement in data provision
 - a properly supported API for example.
 
 His reply was that 'coming soon' we'll see a bunch of feeds coming out of
 /programmes and from there an API at a later date.
 
 I think the great thing about this is that Anthony is completely sold on the
 idea of good and deep access to data and that data being in the correct
 places.
 
 m
 
 
 On 13/12/07 00:10, Adam Leach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 With the annoucement that iPlayer is apparently going live on Christmas
 day, are there any plans to provide links to the programs on iPlayer in
 the TV-Anytime data feeds.
 
 Adam
 
 
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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread nick richards
On 12/13/07, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On 13/12/2007, Oeztunali, Sebnem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  ... where I actually want to download
  the videos before I watch because they're saved on my PC then for subsequent
  Viewing...
 
  Don't you just need to hit the play again button for subsequent viewing
  in a flash player?

 Your hand held computers have flash players?

My Nokia S60 phone does. And with Flash Lite v3 (admittedly in
'developer preview' only at the moment) it supports YouTube so I don't
see any reason why a UK located IP wouldn't be able to use iPlayer.
(although I haven't used it yet, obviously)

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13/12/2007, Sean DALY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I'm waiting for the day the BBC arranges Dirac encapsulation with
 Adobe. There was a precedent with the special Real Player version a
 few years ago. The advantages for the Beeb would be fantastic
 particularly for simplified internal transcoding. Dirac is an
 unencumbered format, H.264 patent licensing issues would be sidelined
 so the open development community (in particular Gnash) would likely
 embrace it.

That is an excellent suggestion :-)

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Re: [backstage] iPlayer and TV Anytime Feeds

2007-12-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
Both the Flash and P2P versions now work with Vista.  I've tested them on
Vista Business Standard, Home Premium and Home Ultimate.

I guess I should really sort out a Vista Media Center version, now it can
easily be done with a Flash embed!


On 13/12/2007, Ben Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Will it work on Vista?

 On 13/12/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Jonathan,
 
  Thanks for doing that, it's great.  It certainly addresses the concerns
 I
  had before.
 
  On 13/12/2007, Jonathan Tweed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   On 13 Dec 2007, at 00:10, Adam Leach wrote:
  
With the annoucement that iPlayer is apparently going live on
Christmas day, are there any plans to provide links to the programs
on iPlayer in the TV-Anytime data feeds.
  
   I really wish I had good news for you here. I'm *still* scraping the
   iPlayer site for discovery within the Facebook app :(
  
   Talking of the Facebook app, I've just added the embedded video, so
   you can watch the content inside Facebook ;-)
  
   http://apps.facebook.com/bbciplayer/
  
   Cheers
   Jonathan
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RE: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Jeremy Stone
James Cridland of this parish has also written a blog post here with a
screenshot of it running on Ubuntu.
http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/12/12/iplayer-on-gnulinux/

BBC staffers still recovering from shock of near universal response of
people now saying. iPlayer..its quite good. I might use it now. 

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It does work on my Ubuntu. Adobe Flash Player 9

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Nice to see the BBC have made sure that it doesn't run on Linux, or at
least it doesn't run on this version. I get a nice blank grey screen.

And a mouse hand with no indication of what it does.
Clicking it informs me I have to enter into a legally binding
contract[1].
A contract that states if I want to use a tablet I have to also buy
Windows XP. (it lists a specific version I must have).
How is it in the least bit cross platform if I have to enter into a
contract that says I have to use WindowsXP?
It also states the software can only be used on a PC, so what are Mac
users meant to do? (aside from breach contract).

This is a complete sham. With the contract for the software needed to
access the content it works on very few platforms. And oddly it won't
work on other implementations of Flash.

How about using a non-Windows streaming solution? Or is the plan to try
and trick the Trust into believing that software that states PC only,
and Tablet PCs must run WinXP is cross platform?

[1] http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/

Andy

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Glyn Wintle
It does work on my Ubuntu. Adobe Flash Player 9

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Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

Nice to see the BBC have made sure that it doesn't run on Linux, or at
least it doesn't run on this version. I get a nice blank grey screen.

And a mouse hand with no indication of what it does.
Clicking it informs me I have to enter into a legally binding
 contract[1].
A contract that states if I want to use a tablet I have to also buy
Windows XP. (it lists a specific version I must have).
How is it in the least bit cross platform if I have to enter into a
contract that says I have to use WindowsXP?
It also states the software can only be used on a PC, so what are Mac
users meant to do? (aside from breach contract).

This is a complete sham. With the contract for the software needed to
access the content it works on very few platforms. And oddly it won't
work on other implementations of Flash.

How about using a non-Windows streaming solution? Or is the plan to
try and trick the Trust into believing that software that states PC
only, and Tablet PCs must run WinXP is cross platform?

[1] http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/

Andy

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 13/12/2007, nick richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 12/13/07, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  On 13/12/2007, Oeztunali, Sebnem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   ... where I actually want to download
   the videos before I watch because they're saved on my PC then for
 subsequent
   Viewing...
  
   Don't you just need to hit the play again button for subsequent
 viewing
   in a flash player?
 
  Your hand held computers have flash players?

 My Nokia S60 phone does. And with Flash Lite v3 (admittedly in
 'developer preview' only at the moment) it supports YouTube so I don't
 see any reason why a UK located IP wouldn't be able to use iPlayer.
 (although I haven't used it yet, obviously)


On my Lobster (Windows Mobile 5), I can't use the iPlayer with Opera, I get
a this only works in the UK message.

On the same phone, IE does nothing!

There are a range of Flashes for mobile devices at:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/pocket_pc.html


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Re: [backstage] Please release Perl on Rails as Free Software

2007-12-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 07/12/2007, Sean DALY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Stone free
 The Jimi Hendrix version.

 Smoke free
 All flights.

 fre
 The Tivo version.


 It seems the romance languages avoid the pitfall by sensibly having
 two words for the two ideas, just like for penguins. So I'm on a
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Oh, but people will confuse it with livre, which has two meanings in French,
pound (both weight and money) and book.


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AW: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Oeztunali, Sebnem

 On 13/12/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Don't you just need to hit the play again button for subsequent
 viewing in a flash player?
   
Your hand held computers have flash players?
  
   My Nokia S60 phone does.
 
  There are a range of Flashes for mobile devices at:
  http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/pocket_pc.html

 I was thinking about handheld computers typically used to play video -
 iPods and Archos and such.


Apple have their own players, but I cannot understand anyoneelse not supporting 
flash; If I'd had a hand held and would want to watch anything on that small 
display: it wouldn't be anything else but 3min youtube videos.

Why this repulsion against de facto standards?



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An: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Betreff: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

On 13/12/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Don't you just need to hit the play again button for subsequent
viewing in a flash player?
  
   Your hand held computers have flash players?
 
  My Nokia S60 phone does.

 There are a range of Flashes for mobile devices at:
 http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/pocket_pc.html

I was thinking about handheld computers typically used to play video -
iPods and Archos and such.

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13/12/2007, nick richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Your hand held computers have flash players?

 My Nokia S60 phone does. And with Flash Lite v3 (admittedly in
 'developer preview' only at the moment) it supports YouTube so I don't
 see any reason why a UK located IP wouldn't be able to use iPlayer.
 (although I haven't used it yet, obviously)

I look forward to hearing if it works or not :-)

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13/12/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Don't you just need to hit the play again button for subsequent
viewing in a flash player?
  
   Your hand held computers have flash players?
 
  My Nokia S60 phone does.

 There are a range of Flashes for mobile devices at:
 http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/pocket_pc.html

I was thinking about handheld computers typically used to play video -
iPods and Archos and such.

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Matt Barber
If you're using Opera Mini on the Lobster, it will route your traffic
through a proxy, to cut down image sizes - this server is outside of the UK,
is there a version of Opera you can get that won't cache the content
off-shore? I think in the full fledged version (you have to pay but there's
a free trial) you can turn caching off - this might be worth a go?

I will try it when I get some time on my N95, just got it so want to see
what I can do with it. Anyone else had success or failure with the N95?

--Matt



On 13/12/2007, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 13/12/2007, nick richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
   Your hand held computers have flash players?
 
  My Nokia S60 phone does. And with Flash Lite v3 (admittedly in
  'developer preview' only at the moment) it supports YouTube so I don't
  see any reason why a UK located IP wouldn't be able to use iPlayer.
  (although I haven't used it yet, obviously)

 I look forward to hearing if it works or not :-)

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13/12/2007, Oeztunali, Sebnem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I cannot understand anyoneelse not supporting flash; If I'd had a
 hand held and would want to watch anything on that small display: it
 wouldn't be anything else but 3min youtube videos.

 Why this repulsion against de facto standards?

De facto standards are typically undocumented, controlled by only one
or two organisations, and patent encumbered.

Sometimes, like with PDF, they can become real standards.

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13/12/2007, Sean DALY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  De facto standards are typically undocumented, controlled
  by only one or two organisations, and patent encumbered.

 It's in this context that I think BBC Dirac in Flash would make sense
 for the BBC. The Macromedia Flash container started off with Sorenson
 Spark (rumored to be an early version of H.264) and the addition of
 On2 VP6 and H.264 since the Adobe takeover showed they know how to
 build in a scalable codec.

IMO a better solution than Dirac in Flash is Theora in Ogg. Ogg Theora
was going to be in HTML 5, but appears to have been dropped :-(

If HTML5 does eventually have Xiph formats, the future of web audio
and video will be patent-unemcumbered :-)

there is currently a specification for HTML5 being developed by the
WHATWG including the possibility of including a new video element in
HTML5 with native support for Ogg Theora/Vorbis as a baseline video
format by browsers.
...
The problems facing Ogg Theora/Vorbis are really about usability and uptake.
- 
http://wiki.transmission.cc/index.php/FOSS_Codecs_For_Online_Video:_Usability_Uptake_and_Development_1.2#Future_of_Web_Video


Ogg technology has been removed from the HTML5 spec, after Ian caved
in the face of pressure from Apple and Nokia.
- http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/11/1339251

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Working on my install of Ubuntu to - as well as my Mac - which is the main
thing! Watching Dr Who as I type :-)

Joy.

m


On 13/12/07 13:14, Glyn Wintle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 It does work on my Ubuntu. Adobe Flash Player 9
 
 - Original Message 
 From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:16:23 PM
 Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live
 
 Nice to see the BBC have made sure that it doesn't run on Linux, or at
 least it doesn't run on this version. I get a nice blank grey screen.
 
 And a mouse hand with no indication of what it does.
 Clicking it informs me I have to enter into a legally binding
  contract[1].
 A contract that states if I want to use a tablet I have to also buy
 Windows XP. (it lists a specific version I must have).
 How is it in the least bit cross platform if I have to enter into a
 contract that says I have to use WindowsXP?
 It also states the software can only be used on a PC, so what are Mac
 users meant to do? (aside from breach contract).
 
 This is a complete sham. With the contract for the software needed to
 access the content it works on very few platforms. And oddly it won't
 work on other implementations of Flash.
 
 How about using a non-Windows streaming solution? Or is the plan to
 try and trick the Trust into believing that software that states PC
 only, and Tablet PCs must run WinXP is cross platform?
 
 [1] http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/
 
 Andy

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RE: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Tom Cartwright
Get back to work! 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Cashmore
Sent: 13 December 2007 15:50
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

Working on my install of Ubuntu to - as well as my Mac - which is the
main thing! Watching Dr Who as I type :-)

Joy.

m


On 13/12/07 13:14, Glyn Wintle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 It does work on my Ubuntu. Adobe Flash Player 9
 
 - Original Message 
 From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:16:23 PM
 Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live
 
 Nice to see the BBC have made sure that it doesn't run on Linux, or at

 least it doesn't run on this version. I get a nice blank grey screen.
 
 And a mouse hand with no indication of what it does.
 Clicking it informs me I have to enter into a legally binding  
 contract[1].
 A contract that states if I want to use a tablet I have to also buy 
 Windows XP. (it lists a specific version I must have).
 How is it in the least bit cross platform if I have to enter into a 
 contract that says I have to use WindowsXP?
 It also states the software can only be used on a PC, so what are Mac 
 users meant to do? (aside from breach contract).
 
 This is a complete sham. With the contract for the software needed to 
 access the content it works on very few platforms. And oddly it won't 
 work on other implementations of Flash.
 
 How about using a non-Windows streaming solution? Or is the plan to 
 try and trick the Trust into believing that software that states PC 
 only, and Tablet PCs must run WinXP is cross platform?
 
 [1] http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/
 
 Andy

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RE: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Gareth Davis
The Solaris 10 11/06 machine sitting on my desk is also playing the
streams.
All it needed was the flash plugin downloading from Adobe.

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 -Original Message-
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 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glyn Wintle
 Sent: 13 December 2007 13:14
 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
 Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live
 
 It does work on my Ubuntu. Adobe Flash Player 9
 
 - Original Message 
 From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:16:23 PM
 Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live
 
 Nice to see the BBC have made sure that it doesn't run on Linux, or at
 least it doesn't run on this version. I get a nice blank grey screen.
 
 And a mouse hand with no indication of what it does.
 Clicking it informs me I have to enter into a legally binding
  contract[1].
 A contract that states if I want to use a tablet I have to also buy
 Windows XP. (it lists a specific version I must have).
 How is it in the least bit cross platform if I have to enter into a
 contract that says I have to use WindowsXP?
 It also states the software can only be used on a PC, so what are Mac
 users meant to do? (aside from breach contract).
 
 This is a complete sham. With the contract for the software needed to
 access the content it works on very few platforms. And oddly it won't
 work on other implementations of Flash.
 
 How about using a non-Windows streaming solution? Or is the plan to
 try and trick the Trust into believing that software that states PC
 only, and Tablet PCs must run WinXP is cross platform?
 
 [1] http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/
 
 Andy
 
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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Sean DALY
Ogg is a container format, like QuickTime MOV and Microsoft AVI and
ASF (WMV/WMA). I agree it would be great if browsers recognized the
Ogg container and Theora/Vorbis cidecs natively, the way they
recognize JPG and GIF c. Theora is great and there are powerful FOSS
tools to transcode to it, for example I created the Theora and Vorbis
files on this page:
http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/europe-gplv3-conference.en.html
quite easily from consumer MiniDV with ffmpeg2theora.

Technically speaking, I don't see why Dirac couldn't be offered in an
Ogg container either. Although both Theora and Dirac are scalable to
HD, the great advantage to the BBC with Dirac is that internal video
storage and indexing could be seamless with a Dirac-based frontend.

There's little doubt now that MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 has won against
Microsoft WM9 / VC-1 in the industry broadcast wars. But on the
Windows desktop, anything other than WM9 has a steep uphill climb.
Free codecs will have better chances as Microsoft's stranglehold on
personal computers diminishes.

Sean




On 12/13/07, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On 13/12/2007, Sean DALY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   De facto standards are typically undocumented, controlled
   by only one or two organisations, and patent encumbered.
 
  It's in this context that I think BBC Dirac in Flash would make sense
  for the BBC. The Macromedia Flash container started off with Sorenson
  Spark (rumored to be an early version of H.264) and the addition of
  On2 VP6 and H.264 since the Adobe takeover showed they know how to
  build in a scalable codec.

 IMO a better solution than Dirac in Flash is Theora in Ogg. Ogg Theora
 was going to be in HTML 5, but appears to have been dropped :-(

 If HTML5 does eventually have Xiph formats, the future of web audio
 and video will be patent-unemcumbered :-)

 there is currently a specification for HTML5 being developed by the
 WHATWG including the possibility of including a new video element in
 HTML5 with native support for Ogg Theora/Vorbis as a baseline video
 format by browsers.
 ...
 The problems facing Ogg Theora/Vorbis are really about usability and uptake.
 - 
 http://wiki.transmission.cc/index.php/FOSS_Codecs_For_Online_Video:_Usability_Uptake_and_Development_1.2#Future_of_Web_Video


 Ogg technology has been removed from the HTML5 spec, after Ian caved
 in the face of pressure from Apple and Nokia.
 - http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/11/1339251

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Richard Cartwright
On 13/12/07 16:24, Tom Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Get back to work!

Is iPlayer the BBC website killer? As Facebook is blocked in more and more
workplaces due to the amount of time employees spend using it, will
employees catching up with last nights TV at work cause bbc.co.uk to become
a blocked site too?

Richard

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[backstage] Interview with Anthony Rose - Podcast

2007-12-13 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Well it¹s podcast time again and yesterday I got the opportunity to speak to
Anthony Rose - head of all things iPlayer here at the beeb.

We managed to talk for several minutes before DRM was mentioned, but this is
a great listen if you want to know a little about the man behind the future
strategy and tech delivery of the BBC's iPlayer project.

http://blip.tv/file/539117

Or direct download at

http://blip.tv/file/get/Matthewcashmore-backstagebbccoukPodcastWithAnthonyRo
se192.mp3

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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Watching Dr Who at the BBC is work!

Honest.

(I'm watching Have I Got New for You now)

m


On 13/12/07 16:24, Tom Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Get back to work!
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Cashmore
 Sent: 13 December 2007 15:50
 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
 Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live
 
 Working on my install of Ubuntu to - as well as my Mac - which is the
 main thing! Watching Dr Who as I type :-)
 
 Joy.
 
 m
 
 
 On 13/12/07 13:14, Glyn Wintle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 It does work on my Ubuntu. Adobe Flash Player 9
 
 - Original Message 
 From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:16:23 PM
 Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live
 
 Nice to see the BBC have made sure that it doesn't run on Linux, or at
 
 least it doesn't run on this version. I get a nice blank grey screen.
 
 And a mouse hand with no indication of what it does.
 Clicking it informs me I have to enter into a legally binding
 contract[1].
 A contract that states if I want to use a tablet I have to also buy
 Windows XP. (it lists a specific version I must have).
 How is it in the least bit cross platform if I have to enter into a
 contract that says I have to use WindowsXP?
 It also states the software can only be used on a PC, so what are Mac
 users meant to do? (aside from breach contract).
 
 This is a complete sham. With the contract for the software needed to
 access the content it works on very few platforms. And oddly it won't
 work on other implementations of Flash.
 
 How about using a non-Windows streaming solution? Or is the plan to
 try and trick the Trust into believing that software that states PC
 only, and Tablet PCs must run WinXP is cross platform?
 
 [1] http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/
 
 Andy
 
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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Frank Wales
Matthew Cashmore wrote:
 Working on my install of Ubuntu to - as well as my Mac - which is the main
 thing! Watching Dr Who as I type :-)
 
 Joy.

Doesn't yet work for everything on Firefox/Linux:
  Sorry, Gergiev Conducts Three 20th Century Greats is not available to play 
here.

Presumably, this is because it's from longer ago than yesterday,
since shows from this morning seem to be available.
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Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-13 Thread Frank Wales
Richard Cartwright wrote:
 Is iPlayer the BBC website killer? As Facebook is blocked in more and more
 workplaces due to the amount of time employees spend using it, will
 employees catching up with last nights TV at work cause bbc.co.uk to become
 a blocked site too?

If a company's staff are more inclined to watch TV at work than
getting some work done, they have bigger problems than those that
can be fixed with some overly-broad firewall rules.

I don't think the BBC should be worried about such dysfunctional companies.
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[backstage] Podcast RSS feed

2007-12-13 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Seriously you think this would have been easy here at beeb towers... But
no... We¹ve been having a bit of an internal bun fight over getting the new
site (which contains a proper solution for the podcasts) live.

So. What we¹ve done is create a dedicated blip.tv channel for the
backstage podcasts (and other associated media).

You can subscribe to the podcasts via this RSS feed

http://bbcbackstage.blip.tv/rss

Alternatively you can subscribe to it via iTunes

itpc://bbcbackstage.blip.tv/rss/itunes/

(yes I know that wont work for everyone)

I hope this will make things easier for everyone :-)

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RE: [backstage] Interview with Anthony Rose - Podcast

2007-12-13 Thread Toni Sant
Hi Matthew - 

 

Where's the feed to all you podcasts please?

 

Cheers...

 

...t.s.

 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: 13 December 2007 16:57
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: [backstage] Interview with Anthony Rose - Podcast

 

Well it's podcast time again and yesterday I got the opportunity to
speak to Anthony Rose - head of all things iPlayer here at the beeb. 

We managed to talk for several minutes before DRM was mentioned, but
this is a great listen if you want to know a little about the man behind
the future strategy and tech delivery of the BBC's iPlayer project.

http://blip.tv/file/539117

Or direct download at

http://blip.tv/file/get/Matthewcashmore-backstagebbccoukPodcastWithAntho
nyRose192.mp3

m
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Re: [backstage] Interview with Anthony Rose - Podcast

2007-12-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13/12/2007, Toni Sant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Where's the feed to all you podcasts please?

More importantly, where is the Ogg Vorbis version or the original
uncompressed audio from which to make Vorbis versions?

And can we drop the NC restriction so that it can, for example, be
translated by a semi-commercial community?

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Re: [backstage] Podcast RSS feed

2007-12-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
Thanks for sorting that.

On 13/12/2007, Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Seriously you think this would have been easy here at beeb towers... But
 no... We've been having a bit of an internal bun fight over getting the new
 site (which contains a proper solution for the podcasts) live.

 So. What we've done is create a dedicated blip.tv channel for the
 backstage podcasts (and other associated media).

 You can subscribe to the podcasts via this RSS feed

 http://bbcbackstage.blip.tv/rss

 Alternatively you can subscribe to it via iTunes

 itpc://bbcbackstage.blip.tv/rss/itunes/

 (yes I know that wont work for everyone)

 I hope this will make things easier for everyone :-)

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Re: [backstage] Interview with Anthony Rose - Podcast

2007-12-13 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Now available here

http://bbcbackstage.blip.tv/rss

m


On 13/12/07 18:49, Toni Sant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Matthew ­ 
  
 Where¹s the feed to all you podcasts please?
  
 CheersŠ
  
 Št.s.
  
 
 
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 On Behalf Of Matthew Cashmore
 Sent: 13 December 2007 16:57
 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
 Subject: [backstage] Interview with Anthony Rose - Podcast
  
 Well it¹s podcast time again and yesterday I got the opportunity to speak to
 Anthony Rose - head of all things iPlayer here at the beeb.
 
 We managed to talk for several minutes before DRM was mentioned, but this is a
 great listen if you want to know a little about the man behind the future
 strategy and tech delivery of the BBC's iPlayer project.
 
 http://blip.tv/file/539117
 
 Or direct download at
 
 http://blip.tv/file/get/Matthewcashmore-backstagebbccoukPodcastWithAnthonyRose
 192.mp3
 
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Re: [backstage] Interview with Anthony Rose - Podcast

2007-12-13 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Sorry Dave - we can't drop the NC restriction...

...and we've talked about the Ogg Vorbis version before :-)

Please do feel free to grab the MP3 and encode and make it available in any
format you'd like!

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On 13/12/07 19:29, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 13/12/2007, Toni Sant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Where's the feed to all you podcasts please?
 
 More importantly, where is the Ogg Vorbis version or the original
 uncompressed audio from which to make Vorbis versions?
 
 And can we drop the NC restriction so that it can, for example, be
 translated by a semi-commercial community?


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Re: [backstage] Interview with Anthony Rose - Podcast

2007-12-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13/12/2007, Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Sorry Dave - we can't drop the NC restriction...

Please explain why :-)

 ...and we've talked about the Ogg Vorbis version before :-)
 Please do feel free to grab the MP3 and encode and make it available in any
 format you'd like!

We did talk about this before, but you did not reply to my last email
about this topic, so I consider it unresolved. I've appended it and
look forward to your response :-)

Also, checking http://blip.tv/file/339619 now, I see it is still
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs - which prohibits
re-encoding. Please update this.

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From: Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 29 Aug 2007 22:05
Subject: Re: [backstage] Latest Podcast - Edinburgh TV Unfestival - Is TV Dead?
To: Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]


On 28/08/2007, Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hey dude - actually only the first one was converted to ogg - the rest have
 just been MP3

The second was also ogg - http://cubicgarden.blip.tv/file/330803/ - as
are most audio things that Ian puts out personally, afaik

 more than happy for people to take the files and convert
 them to what-ever format they'd like and then post them up somewhere like
 blip.tv or where-ever.

The problem with most other formats is that they are patent
restricted. The software idea patent system need to be abolished, and
until it is, anyone who supports open innovation needs to support
patent unemcumbered media formats such as those written by the Xiph
Foundation.

If Backstage is to champion open innovation at the BBC effectively, it
is important that it supports unrestricted media codecs.

Therefore it is important that Backstage publish ogg theora audio officially.

 It's just the first podcast had so few downloads of the ogg format that I
 decided the best thing to do was put it out in the most popular format

Is popularity more important than principle?

 supported by a licence that allowed people to take it and re-encode it and
 then make that version public again... Part of the community

http://blip.tv/file/339619 is Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs which prohibits re-encoding,
although I assume this is a mistake.

 Otherwise I could spend all afternoon converting to formats people would
 like!

The issue isn't converting to user-requested formats, since with the
right license in place they can take care of themselves; the issue is
resolving the software idea patent problem - so people can actually do
that conversion without legal risk.

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Re: [backstage] Interview with Anthony Rose - Podcast

2007-12-13 Thread Steve Jolly

Matthew Cashmore wrote:
Well it’s podcast time again and yesterday I got the opportunity to 
speak to Anthony Rose - head of all things iPlayer here at the beeb.


Anthony also gave a pretty interesting talk at the IET's IPTV conference 
today - it's also on the web, albeit only (afaik) at the IET's own 
rather old-fangled site (Realplayer or Windows Media? is so 2005...):


http://www.iet.tv/search/index.html?spres=5850

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Re: [backstage] iPlayer and TV Anytime Feeds

2007-12-13 Thread Jonathan Tweed

On 13 Dec 2007, at 12:41, Michael Smethurst wrote:

Just to confirm that jonathan tweed has already done most of the  
work to

make json and yaml representations of /programmes


Fingers crossed for some time in January. We'll also have XML thanks  
to those who came to the talk at Barcamp.


Cheers
Jonathan
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Re: [backstage] iPlayer and TV Anytime Feeds

2007-12-13 Thread Jonathan Tweed
Thanks for the positive feedback. I've wanted the video on there  
since day one.


I've written up how I added the player if anyone is interested in  
doing it themselves.


http://jonathan.tweed.name/2007/12/hacking-the-iplayer-embedded-m

Cheers
Jonathan


On 13 Dec 2007, at 12:00, Tom Loosemore wrote:


Seconded. It rocks.

On 13/12/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Jonathan,

Thanks for doing that, it's great.  It certainly addresses the  
concerns I

had before.

On 13/12/2007, Jonathan Tweed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

On 13 Dec 2007, at 00:10, Adam Leach wrote:


With the annoucement that iPlayer is apparently going live on
Christmas day, are there any plans to provide links to the programs
on iPlayer in the TV-Anytime data feeds.


I really wish I had good news for you here. I'm *still* scraping the
iPlayer site for discovery within the Facebook app :(

Talking of the Facebook app, I've just added the embedded video, so
you can watch the content inside Facebook ;-)

http://apps.facebook.com/bbciplayer/

Cheers
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