RE: [backstage] BBC iPlayer - why the missing TV channel?

2008-07-10 Thread Andrew Bowden
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth 2008/7/9 Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Brian Butterworth wrote: Was it a bad idea to

RE: [backstage] BBC iPlayer - why the missing TV channel?

2008-07-10 Thread Mark Newby
Mm, true - perhaps in the future iPlayer will have a 'download in HD' option where available alongside the listing for the SD broadcast? The information in this email is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer - why the missing TV channel?

2008-07-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
Perhaps there will be a 'download in HD' button when BBC HD starts the 9-hour a day service that the BBC Trust approved? Whenever that is I'm still wondering why you can't download the radio podcasts from the new iPlayer... 2008/7/10 Mark Newby [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mm, true – perhaps in

RE: [backstage] BBC iPlayer - why the missing TV channel?

2008-07-10 Thread Adam Hatia
It claims to be true 1280x720 @24fps... http://vimeo.com/help/hd ... But wait, it can't really be HD... can it? Yes! It's real, true, actual high definition. No tricks. Some other sites (we won't name names) and even a few major media producers have been offering low resolution video as HD

[backstage] RSS for /complaints, please?

2008-07-10 Thread dom
Hi all, Is there any chance that an RSS feed of http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/read_responses.shtml could be provided, please? Ideally, it would be great if it contained the relevant episode ID(s) from /programmes, too, but I realise that this might be difficult to achieve this integration

Re: [backstage] RSS for /complaints, please?

2008-07-10 Thread Matt Barber
As a side note, be nice to have appraisal and suggestion comments, too in that feed. Also, anyone thought about user recommendations? On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Is there any chance that an RSS feed of

RE: [backstage] RSS for /complaints, please?

2008-07-10 Thread Andrew Bowden
Hi all, Is there any chance that an RSS feed of http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/read_responses.shtml could be provided, please? Happy Christmas! http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/syndication/responses/rss091.xml This is has been available for some time, but never linked from the main site.

RE: [backstage] RSS for /complaints, please?

2008-07-10 Thread Michael Smethurst
Hi Dominic / Andrew / All We're starting to look at how the programmes domain intersects with users. So things like: users:user commentsOn programmes:episode users:user rates programmes:episode users:user tags programmes:episode users:user fanOf programmes:tleo etc etc etc as we begin to

[backstage] Re: RSS for /complaints, please

2008-07-10 Thread dom
Hi Andrew Michael, That's great news. Many thanks to you both. Best wishes, Dominic. Andrew Bowden wrote: Happy Christmas! http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/syndication/responses/rss091.xml This is has been available for some time, but never linked from the main site. - Sent via the

[backstage] Bar Camp Leeds - August 16/17

2008-07-10 Thread Michael
Hiya, This hit my inbox this morning, figured other people would be interested:     http://www.barcampleeds.com/ Facebook group:     http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=54591635463 For those who haven't been to a bar camp before, a good bar camp is very similar to Mashed, but with

[backstage] Backstage on Wikipedia

2008-07-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
Just been looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstage.bbc.co.uk - I've done a few updates, could do with a little more, if anyone has the time and/or inclination. -- Brian Butterworth

RE: [backstage] Backstage on Wikipedia

2008-07-10 Thread Ian Forrester
Thank you Brian, I've been dying to edit the page for years but felt it was like editing my own page on wikipedia. Looking back through backstage there's quite a lot to add including podcasts and small events like the google developer day presentation which is still on youtube :) Ian

RE: [backstage] RSS for /complaints, please?

2008-07-10 Thread Ian Forrester
Awesome! I can just imagine the BBC in Touch type things you could build with this now. Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob:

[backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Ian Forrester
http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html I got to say this came out of the blue for me... Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [] private; [] ask first; [x] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob:

Re: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Peter Bowyer
2008/7/10 Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html I got to say this came out of the blue for me... It's Windows-only. Not that I think that's inherently bad (I'm sure someone will come along shortly and say it is, though), but it does mean I can't use it :-(

Re: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Dan Brickley
Ian Forrester wrote: http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html I got to say this came out of the blue for me... Why does everything have to be a 'killer'? I guess there's no single shorthand word that you can drop-in as a replacement. Maybe rival? tribute? clone? ... But yay, 3d in the

Re: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Steffan Davies
Peter Bowyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote at 16:47 on 2008-07-10: 2008/7/10 Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html I got to say this came out of the blue for me... It's Windows-only. Not that I think that's inherently bad (I'm sure someone will come along

RE: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Ian Forrester
It fails at an early stage in WINE too, in case anyone was thinking of trying that. S Virtualisation? Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [] private; [x] ask first; [] bloggable - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Arkham.p77
Fails in parallels 2.5 on Mac also, I'll update for parallels 3 in about an hour. Hopefully the new 3d support will let it work.. Virtualisation? Ian Forrester - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

RE: [backstage] BBC iPlayer - why the missing TV channel?

2008-07-10 Thread Ian Forrester
I don't get all this HD Flash stuff, which has become suddenly special. Blip.tv have been doing 720p videos for the last 2 plus years. Although to be fair when I first posted one, it didn't support Widescreen correctly. http://blip.tv/file/181506 - Sunset in Scotland http://blip.tv/file/219052

Re: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Michael
On Thursday 10 July 2008 18:55:35 Ian Forrester wrote: It fails at an early stage in WINE too, in case anyone was thinking of trying that. S Virtualisation? Doesn't work with virtual box[1] - complains about the quality of the graphics card - due to the requirement for hardware

Re: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Arkham.p77
ok, update to my last: Fails in parallels 3 also. I thought v3 had worked out the graphics card issue, but obviously not. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive:

Re: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Arkham.p77
Michael, FWIW that virtualbox link should be .ORG as the .com is squatted :) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive:

Re: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Michael
On Thursday 10 July 2008 20:35:50 Arkham.p77 wrote: Michael, FWIW that virtualbox link should be .ORG as the .com is squatted :) Oops, sorry. My bad. Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Bar Camp Leeds - August 16/17

2008-07-10 Thread Barry Carlyon
May seem a silly question but it doesn't say on the website. Do you have to pay for tickets? Barry Carlyon Michael wrote: Hiya, This hit my inbox this morning, figured other people would be interested: http://www.barcampleeds.com/ Facebook group:

Re: [backstage] Bar Camp Leeds - August 16/17

2008-07-10 Thread Michael
On Thursday 10 July 2008 22:31:55 Barry Carlyon wrote: May seem a silly question but it doesn't say on the website. Do you have to pay for tickets? Nope - normally organisers of barcamps/etc find generous and gracious sponsors to help cover the basic costs of running them. Michael. - Sent via