Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-22 Thread Michael
that. I don't seem to recall that ever happening with the wreckage from any other technology war... Mind you, this really is the wrong place to ask that question - why don't you mail them and ask? (they are a commercial entity run seperately from the rest of the BBC after all) Michael. - Sent via

Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

2008-02-26 Thread Michael
about the ethical aspects of their work. Michael. - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

2008-02-27 Thread Michael
) Dogmatically going around *judging* other people's views on a very simplist narrow view of freedom smacks to me of not be able to have independent thought. Which is odd, because you don't normally come across that way, when you do think for yourself. Michael. -- NB: All the above is opinion

Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

2008-02-27 Thread Michael
in the trash. Despite using usenet for over 15 years, and having been on numerous mailing lists and fora I've only ever plonked one person. (though not publically, I see little point in making a statement out of it). I don't think Dave's reached that stage for me. Michael. - Sent via

Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

2008-02-28 Thread Michael
On Thursday 28 February 2008 15:58:08 Dave Crossland wrote:  Even if I choose to use a proprietary program on a open source operating  system. Sorry, I'm not wrong, Sorry, you agree not to share with me, which is wrong. *plonk* Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion

Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

2008-02-28 Thread Michael
technology. From what I've heard from others though they seem to like it. I'd also be interested in hearing people's opinions of using developing for it. Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Gnash-dev] EFF: Adobe Pushes DRM for Flash

2008-03-03 Thread Michael
:-) Regards, Michael. - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] Business Reasons To Support Gnash

2008-03-05 Thread Michael
don't feel relevant here, but this change probably describes why better than I can: http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/gnash/COPYING?root=gnashr1=1.3r2=1.3.2.1 That appears to kybosh certain proprietary applications. Regards, Michael. -- All the above is personal opinion, no-one elses (as far

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-13 Thread Michael
as the iPhone for the purposes of interoperability with the BBC website would almost certainly be legal) There are direct parallels here with the BitKeeper debacle (where the heinous haxxor tool was known as telnet). Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe

Re: [backstage] Re: iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-18 Thread Michael
Radio Mondiale (the other DRM :), it can be fairly common). Michael. (personal opinions only. other opinions are available) - 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

[backstage] Google Summer of Code 2008

2008-03-18 Thread Michael
experimental :) Have fun! Michael. -- Michael Sparks, Snr Research Engineer, BBC Future Media Research Innovation, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kamaelia Project Lead, http://kamaelia.sf.net/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk

Re: [backstage] Google Summer of Code 2008

2008-03-18 Thread Michael
On Tuesday 18 March 2008 13:43:02 Michael wrote: This just a short note to say that BBC Research has been accepted as a mentor organisation for Google Summer of Code again this year (third year!). Also Dirac applied seperately along with the Schroedinger project and as a result dirac

Re: [backstage] Embracing the torrent of online video

2008-03-25 Thread Michael
/Cookbook/SimpleBitTorrentExample (contributed by a nice chap who was distributing content over a rendering/ post-production farm :) The biggest barrier to online distribution has always been rights IMO. There are many others, but rights is the hardest to deal with... Michael. - Sent via

Re: [backstage] BBC tells ISPs to get stuffed

2008-04-10 Thread Michael
with the problem David mentions above. Regards, Michael. - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] iPlayer in Wii

2008-04-13 Thread Michael
On Sunday 13 April 2008 05:43:50 Brian Butterworth wrote: On 12/04/2008, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 12 April 2008 05:57:49 Brian Butterworth wrote: If it were all doing using HTTP it would be easily cached, of course, ... Ignores the fact that most caches will not cache

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost)

2008-04-14 Thread Michael
On Monday 14 April 2008 10:25:52 Ivan Pope wrote: The move was reported in this morning's Financial Times and is expected to be confirmed by the BBC today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2008/04_april/ashley_highfield_kangaroo.shtml Michael

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost)

2008-04-15 Thread Michael
Sean, I think we'll have to agree to disagree. I'd rather post-judge (if at all) rather than pre-judge. I did write a longer reply, but I don't see the point sending it. Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk

Re: [backstage] full posts in BBC rss feeds?

2008-04-17 Thread Michael
On Thursday 17 April 2008 05:09:20 Brian Butterworth wrote:  ADML (Attention Deficit Mark-up Language) is an XML-based format for capturing a person's madness and insomnia. +1 Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Michael
on the flash stick and get going from there? KIS KIT GSOH lol http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ on a USB stick is your friend. Michael. - 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] BBC iPlayer, loved by millions, disliked by a single US citizen

2008-05-01 Thread Michael
to a lot of people (including me :-) it is however *just* TV. Michael. - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer, loved by millions, disliked by a single US citizen

2008-05-02 Thread Michael
to attack me, when asked to justify your (bizarre) idea I'm not playing. Goodbye. Michael - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com

[backstage] PyCon UK 2008 - Call for Papers, Talks and Tutorials

2008-05-06 Thread Michael
something valuable to contribute, twist their arms to tell us about it! Please also forward this Call for Papers to anyone that you feel may be interested. For more information about PyCon UK 2008, please visit our homepage at http://www.pyconuk.org/ Regards, Michael. -- [ In my own time I'm

Re: [backstage] Build a (nothing to do with Dr Who or knitting) Mashed Monster

2008-06-12 Thread Michael
to enter the competition Awww. (not the least bit surprised :-) ) Mind you, we're planning a beta release for that weekend of the next release of Kamaelia, so I'd be busy enough as it is :-) Michael. -- Kamaelia Project Lead/Project dust puppy http://kamaelia.sf.net/, http://edit.kamaelia.org

Re: [backstage] Build a (nothing to do with Dr Who or knitting) Mashed Monster

2008-06-15 Thread Michael
On Friday 13 June 2008 12:05:05 Matthew Cashmore wrote: I'm seriously just considering dressing up. You want to do the monster mash? Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html

Re: [backstage] Cool Accessibilty Hacks and Subtitles using BBC Redux @ Mashed

2008-06-17 Thread Michael
it to write a modern version of speak and spell using it based on handwriting recognition and speech synthesis -- if I get a chance :) Michael. - 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

Re: [backstage] Mashed : Hack Moyles - Audio segmentation with RTMP

2008-06-19 Thread Michael
On Thursday 19 June 2008 12:41:38 Alia Sheikh wrote: so we're currently flapping a bit sorting that out... Are you really /flapping/ ? :) Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html

[backstage] Kamaelia 0.6.0 Release Candidate

2008-06-26 Thread Michael
packaging, release and landing page was welcomed :) Have fun :) Michael -- Michael Sparks, Snr Research Engineer, BBC Future Media Research Innovation, [EMAIL PROTECTED], New Broadcasting House, BBC Manchester, M60 1SJ Kamaelia Project Lead - http://edit.kamaelia.org/GetKamaelia - Sent via

Re: [backstage] Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:40:58 +0100

2008-07-04 Thread Michael
On Thursday 03 July 2008 21:46:16 Richard Lockwood wrote: .. But it tramples our freedom and community, which are more important.   No Dave, you're thinking of Godzilla. +1 QOTW Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

Re: [backstage] Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:40:58 +0100

2008-07-04 Thread Michael
in even things like Doctor Who Adventures magazine :-) That said, any competition is better than none - after all, its the taking part and having fun that matters... :-) Regards, Michael. (all personal thoughts) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

Re: [backstage] Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:40:58 +0100

2008-07-04 Thread Michael
of deploying filters. Michael. - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:40:58 +0100

2008-07-04 Thread Michael
On Friday 04 July 2008 15:50:29 Adam Hatia wrote: I wish I could be excluded from this banal tit-for-tat kids game! There's the backstage-developer mailing list as well, for what it's worth. Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

[backstage] Bar Camp Leeds - August 16/17

2008-07-10 Thread Michael
, but with introductions :) (I'm being a bit fast an loose with my analogy there :) Michael. - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage

Re: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Michael
accelleration. Not a huge surprise really. [1] http://www.virtualbox.com/ Pity really given video playback (eg iplayer) works fine in virtualbox. Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html

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 http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01

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

Re: [backstage] Boxee.net

2008-08-05 Thread Michael
and could be pushed to a mainstream audience. Its Mac and Ubuntu only right now and doesn't support live TV through a tuner card just like xbmc, but who cares when everything's going ip right? I could't find a download link - what legal sources of video does it support ? Michael. - Sent via

[backstage] Google Chrome

2008-09-01 Thread Michael
of cartoons/drawing) The use of a comic to introduce the features reminds me of the cartoon guide to computer science (by Larry Gonick). Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html

Re: [backstage] Manchester Free Software Talk: Dave Crossland - Free as in Profit

2008-09-11 Thread Michael
On Wednesday 10 September 2008 00:19:38 Ian Forrester wrote: Would love to be there but I'm in London on the 16th. Anyone else going to go? Sadly it's not practical for me to go either, though for other reasons :) Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe

[backstage] Slides from Kamaelia Presentations at Pycon UK this weekend

2008-09-16 Thread Michael
, but then I've had more experience explaining the contents of the first than the second. (Got some great feedback in the qa though and will feed it into any later re-explanation, and redo the slides accordingly :) Hoping someone finds these interesting/of use :) Michael. -- Michael Sparks,Senior

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-25 Thread Michael
of developers to the Gphone - a bit like what happened when the BBC bought H2G2, coinciding with wikipedia being founded... Michael. - 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

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-25 Thread Michael
current multitouch things, its vision is far further than what we have today. (through including things like projection onto a real desk and scanning in things on the desk as a result) (ever since seeing this, I've only ever gotten desks with white surfaces, to leave options open :) Michael

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-10-01 Thread Michael
to remove. The creation of a perfect (and completely general) DRM scheme is an exercise for the reader. It is perhaps easier to prove that such a perfect and completely general DRM scheme is unworkable where end users have access to a universal copying and processing system. Michael. - Sent via

Re: [backstage] BBC DRM iplayer mobiles etc

2008-10-14 Thread Michael
/mobile_drm.html   drm isn't going to go away - but we are doing our best! For people who haven't seen this, today's xkcd seems serendipitous: * http://xkcd.com/488/ (not commenting on content beyond being serendipitous :-) Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group

Re: [backstage] BBC DRM iplayer mobiles etc

2008-10-16 Thread Michael
On Thursday 16 October 2008 14:21:18 Andrew Bowden wrote: Nope.  It's fully public - the Channel 4 Television Corporation officially. Ahh, maybe I'm thinking of a discussion in 2004 where it mooted having a share release then, leaving it at 51%. Obviously that never happened. Michael

[backstage] ANN: Kamaelia 0.6.0, Axon 1.6.0 Released

2008-10-27 Thread Michael
/kamaelia New website: http://www.kamaelia.org/Home Reference: http://www.kamaelia.org/Components Cookbook: http://www.kamaelia.org/Cookbook (for those missing the relevance, this is a project from BBC Research :) Regards, Michael. -- http://www.kamaelia.org/Home http

Re: [backstage] BNP mashups

2008-11-19 Thread Michael
On Wednesday 19 November 2008 16:18:17 Richard Lockwood wrote: So where's your problem?  It's published, it's in the public domain. I personally think this is rather tasteless. Privacy matters. Michael - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

Re: [backstage] Two questions: Comment Blogs and EU proposals

2008-11-21 Thread Michael
bombarded repeatedly by other helpful people on this list :-) Michael. -- Michael Sparks, Senior Research Engineer, BBC Research [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kamaelia Project Lead, http://www.kamaelia.org/GetKamaelia BBC Manchester - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please

Re: [backstage] Microsoft says it 'has always preferred' DRM-free content

2008-11-23 Thread Michael
DRM. Michael. -- http://yeoldeclue.com/blog http://www.kamaelia.org/Home - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage

Re: [backstage] Microsoft says it 'has always preferred' DRM-free content

2008-11-23 Thread Michael
impede their actions). As for the rest you've decided to lecture me, and I've decided to delete it, since I don't see the relevance to me. Have fun :) Michael. -- http://yeoldeclue.com/blog http://www.kamaelia.org/Home - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please

Re: [backstage] Microsoft says it 'has always preferred' DRM-free content

2008-11-23 Thread Michael
On Sunday 23 November 2008 22:07:20 Michael wrote: You obviously can't read. This should read as can't read what I meant. Sorry for how that comes across otherwise. I'll step away from email for a while methinks until I start typing sentences with all the words in :) Michael -- http

Re: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online?

2008-12-12 Thread Michael
asta la vista DRM debate - does it work with gnash, i wonder? See also: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/msg06982.html Michael -- http://yeoldeclue.com/blog http://www.kamaelia.org/Home - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-05 Thread Michael
to, care about, ever. Michael. - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Michael
, Michael. -- http://yeoldeclue.com/blog http://www.kamaelia.org/GetKamaelia - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage

Re: [backstage] Make the primary operating system used in state schools free and open source

2009-02-09 Thread Michael
the teaching then it moves from a force for good into a force for bad. This goes as much for proprietary systems as it does for open systems. ie the reasons for change should be pedagogical rather than political. Michael. -- (personal views only) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion

Re: [backstage] TV Data bug..

2005-10-30 Thread Michael Pritchard
/ -- --Michael PritchardWeb:: http://www.blueghost.co.ukGMail:: [EMAIL PROTECTED]--

Re: [backstage] More feeds - BBC News AV RSS!

2005-11-03 Thread Michael Pritchard
/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/-- -- Michael PritchardWeb:: http://www.blueghost.co.ukGMail:: [EMAIL PROTECTED]--

Re: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews

2005-12-03 Thread Michael Pritchard
data to see where people tend to trip up), which is something I meant to do for a while, but have always put on the backburner due to having more important things to do.. Cheers, Mario. -- --Michael PritchardWeb:: http

Re: [backstage] Google homepage module

2005-12-15 Thread Michael Pritchard
server) On 15/12/05, Michael Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just beat me to it, although my system for now and next is more convulted (although you can choose from all the bleb.org channels with my module).Generate a selection of channels @ http://tv.blueghost.co.uk/nn.php using the google.com/ig

Re: [backstage] TV-Anytime feed failure

2006-05-05 Thread Michael Pritchard
/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- --Michael PritchardWeb:: http://www.blueghost.co.ukGMail:: [EMAIL PROTECTED]--

Re: [backstage] TV-Anytime feed failure

2006-05-10 Thread Michael Pritchard
Also,the tar.gz file used to store the files as follows:/todaysdate/file.xml , eg /20060426/20060425BBCOne_pl.xmlit is now/file.xml , eg /20060425BBCOne_pl.xml On 08/05/06, Andrew McParland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Michael,Good idea.I've put the XML Schema (and the XML Classification Schemes

Re: [backstage] An API to our schedules

2006-05-12 Thread Michael Pritchard
@lists.bbc.co.uk/-- -- Michael PritchardWeb:: http://www.blueghost.co.ukGMail:: [EMAIL PROTECTED]--

Re: [backstage] Finally, that bloody BBC Weather feed - here it is...

2006-07-27 Thread Michael Pritchard
places.thats probably because the google geocoder doesn't work in the UK yet :)-- -- Michael PritchardWeb:: http://www.blueghost.co.ukGMail:: [EMAIL PROTECTED]--

[backstage] Feeds APIs page down again

2006-08-03 Thread Michael Pritchard
The feeds and APIs page seems to be broke again ( i think it was broke ages ago) :http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/data/Data-- -- Michael PritchardWeb:: http://www.blueghost.co.ukGMail:: [EMAIL PROTECTED]--

[backstage] iCal EPG demo

2006-10-16 Thread Michael Ferenduros
Hello, I noticed the idea on backstage.bbc.co.uk for iCal publishing of the 7day TV/radio feed, so I did a quick prototype. Please check it out, iCals available here: http://mike260.dyndns.org/~mikef/bbc_ical/ It's only tested with iCal, and likely broken for other apps. The server will come

Re: [backstage] iCal EPG demo

2006-10-16 Thread Michael Ferenduros
On 16/10/06 23:08, Duncan Barclay wrote: Interesting, and looks like it could potentially be useful. The next thing I would do is go on to have customised listings so that you don't see all the shows that you aren't interested in, although that could be potentially hard to implement

Re: [backstage] Official BBC Weather feeds ahoy!

2006-10-18 Thread Michael Pritchard
also the url is a bit deceiving, seeing '5day' in the url made me think that it would contain a 5 day forecast, but it only seems to be 1 day. Is there any chance this could have 5 days like the url suggests? On 18/10/06, Michael Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what would be useful would

Re: [backstage] Postcoder

2006-11-16 Thread Michael Pritchard
://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- -- Michael Pritchard Web :: http://www.blueghost.co.uk GMail:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

[backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC

2007-01-24 Thread Michael Smethurst
etc without alienating his community. If there's enough interest it might be an excuse for a musicbrainz/backstage/bbc meetup later this year Sorry to be quite so open ended but if you've got an opinion on any of this (or anything in any way related) please scribble it here Cheers Michael - Sent

RE: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC

2007-01-26 Thread Michael Smethurst
most likely be up for points 7 8 :-) Cheers Dave PS First post n'all. And I should probably come out as a BBC employee using non-work email 'all my own/not bbc thoughts' disclaimer applies, etc. On 1/24/07, Michael Smethurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Evening all BBC Audio and Music (ne Radio

RE: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC

2007-01-26 Thread Michael Smethurst
Michael, Ignoring for a while the question of why the BBC is now looking at putting third-party music information services out of business, and being constructive: The major problem we've found working with any third-party music data is the issue of non-standard descriptions. Take a well-known song

RE: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC

2007-01-26 Thread Michael Smethurst
Jan 2007, at 16:55, James Cridland wrote: Michael, Ignoring for a while the question of why the BBC is now looking at putting third-party music information services out of business, and being constructive: The major problem we've found working with any

RE: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC

2007-01-26 Thread Michael Smethurst
@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC Michael, Ignoring for a while the question of why the BBC is now looking at putting third-party music information services out of business, and being constructive: The major problem we've found working with any third

RE: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC

2007-01-30 Thread Michael Smethurst
] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC On 1/26/07, Michael Smethurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can i ask what ur artist id and track id are: var gimpdata=Steve Miller Band~391~The Joker~E148~A~Russ Williams~williams~the music we all love~Contact Russ~False~http

RE: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC

2007-01-30 Thread Michael Smethurst
snip It shouldn't be forgotten that we (and the BBC) regularly don't play CDs at all, using playout systems, minidiscs (eurgh), or other more esoteric things from multiple studios. /snip and again the problems of live performance... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC

2007-01-30 Thread Michael Smethurst
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC Hi Michael, The label's prefix is always in the ISRC code this may explain further... http://www.riaa.com/issues/audio/isrc_faq.asp My understanding is that the code is attached to the original

RE: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC

2007-01-30 Thread Michael Smethurst
PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Smethurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: snipThey should never be the exact same audio object with different [isrc] codes./snip I'm just not sure this happens in practice. According to our production staff ISRC codes are not as reliable as intended Don't think i

RE: [backstage] BBC Trust reaches Provisional Conclusions on BBC on-demand proposals

2007-02-02 Thread Michael Sparks
their income? Michael. -- All opinions above are mine, and no-one elses, certainly not my employers.

RE: [backstage] BBC Trust reaches Provisional Conclusions on BBC on-demand proposals

2007-02-02 Thread Michael Sparks
intent there, my apologies, so I'll be quiet :-) If you can articulate the economics better so I can understand, I might pipe up again, but otherwise, I just can't understand your economic model. Michael. -- These views are mine, and mine alone, don't confuse them with my employers :) winmail.dat

Re: [backstage] BBC Trust reaches Provisional Conclusions on BBC on-demand proposals

2007-02-05 Thread Michael Sparks
a license. I know Cafepress do this as well, although I've found Lulu easier to work with. (eg for making personalised notebooks) Regards, Michael. -- Michael Sparks, Senior Research Engineer, BBC Research Kamaelia Project Lead, http://kamaelia.sourceforge.net/Home All the opinions above are mine

Re: [backstage] DRM and hwardware attitudes

2007-02-10 Thread Michael Sparks
the same technology you can make things like secure personal storage are more secure and trustable by the user: * http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6633 Michael. -- All the above are my opinions only. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

[backstage] [BTW] Kamaelia

2007-02-10 Thread Michael Sparks
, Michael. -- Kamaelia Project Lead http://kamaelia.sourceforge.net/Home Senior Research Engineer, BBC Research - 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: http://www.mail

Re: [backstage] DRM and hwardware attitudes

2007-02-10 Thread Michael Sparks
of the technology will be handy. Regards, Michael. - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] DRM and hwardware attitudes

2007-02-11 Thread Michael Sparks
of misinforming or simply misunderstood some points. Regards, Michael. -- Kamaelia Project Lead http://kamaelia.sourceforge.net/Home Senior Research Engineer, BBC Research [all opinions above are my own, no one elses :) ] - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please

Re: [backstage] First BBC Backstage Podcast: DRM and the BBC

2007-02-14 Thread Michael Sparks
://kamaelia.sourceforge.net/KamaeliaMacro The code (since its just timeshifting) is here: http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/kamaelia/trunk/Code/Python/Kamaelia/Examples/DVB_Systems/Macro.py?revision=2257view=markup Michael - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD how DRM was defeated

2007-02-24 Thread Michael Sparks
that to happen on the Kamaelia mailing lists (cf the contact part of the kamaelia website). (sad really, since Kamaelia really does fall under the heading of user our stuff to build your stuff) Regards, Michael. -- http://kamaelia.sourceforge.net/Home - The opinions above are mine and not my

[backstage] BBC Research, Kamaelia Google's Summer of Code 2007

2007-03-23 Thread Michael Sparks
://code.google.com/soc/ Please feel free to forward this to any students or student groups you would find this interesting ! :-) Regards, Michael. -- Michael Sparks, Senior Research Engineer, BBC Research, Technology Group [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kamaelia Project Lead, http://kamaelia.sf.net/ New

[backstage] new prototype, geoRss feeds for travel data

2007-04-10 Thread Michael Pritchard
on adding them to google maps. all data available from http://bbc.blueghost.co.uk/travel_data/ any comments freely accepted. Thanks, Michael -- -- Michael Pritchard Web :: http://www.blueghost.co.uk GMail:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: [backstage] new prototype, geoRss feeds for travel data

2007-04-10 Thread Michael Pritchard
thanks for all the comments, i'll do my best to work on these comments when i get some free time On 10/04/07, mapperz . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael, Excellent work, have tracked your blueghost projects and like the mapping integration with the new services from Google Maps KML/KMZ

Re: [backstage] Multicast Trial

2007-04-11 Thread Michael Sparks
sending 64Kbit/s (moderately OK audio) to a single multicast group? Michael. -- Multicast is not Broadcast The Internet is not TV - 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

Re: [backstage] Backstage Podcast number 2 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2007-04-17 Thread Michael Sparks
the economics of making a TV show or a film. Michael. - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] [Fwd: Fwd: Twitter Fever]

2007-04-17 Thread Michael Sparks
they do :-) Michael. [1] OED: http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50290881?single=1query_type=wordqueryword=zactlyfirst=1max_to_show=10 'zackly, 'zactly Repr. a dial. or colloq. pronunc. of EXACTLY adv. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Pipelining [ was: The real backstage story? ]

2007-04-26 Thread Michael Sparks
, Michael. -- Michael Sparks, Senior Research Engineer, BBC Research, Technology Group [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kamaelia Project Lead, http://kamaelia.sf.net/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html

Re: [backstage] Hack Day Linux team

2007-04-30 Thread Michael Sparks
? ;-) Michael. -- Michael Sparks, Senior Research Engineer, BBC Research, Technology Group [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kamaelia Project Lead, http://kamaelia.sf.net/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01

RE: [backstage] The Proms

2007-05-15 Thread Michael Smethurst
Not really on topic but almost... We're planning to release a dump of our historical Proms data (?1936?-2007) here under the usual creative commons licence soon(ish). It's currently off being re-keyed but as soon as that's done we'll make it available. Make of it what you will... Other data

Re: [backstage] This one's for Cridland... BBC A/V interface ideas

2007-05-25 Thread Michael Sparks
On Friday 25 May 2007 14:16, Christopher Woods wrote: ... Ginger biscuits in the canteen? Yes please. Thanks. Michael - 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] This one's for Cridland... BBC A/V interface ideas

2007-05-25 Thread Michael Sparks
On Friday 25 May 2007 14:54, Jeremy Stone wrote: not sure we can stretch that to 45 minutes I'm afraid. No dedication some people! You could make a 6 part 1/2 series extolling the virtues of biscuits if you really wanted to. You know you want to ;) Michael. - Sent via

RE: [backstage] Getting Recipe Data

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Smethurst
might be nice to add hrecipe microformats in there tho if the data inside is structured enough to allow it -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tom Loosemore Sent: Mon 6/4/2007 4:01 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Getting Recipe Data Been

RE: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-05 Thread Michael Smethurst
pure_gossip mr willison was seen emerging from a bbc corner office with what looked like sso people only t'other week... /pure_gossip -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jason Cartwright Sent: Tue 6/5/2007 9:39 AM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE:

[backstage] reminder: bbc radio and music down the pub with Robert Musicbrainz

2007-06-08 Thread Michael Smethurst
Just a reminder that we'll be in the Yorkshire Grey with Robert Kaye from Musicbrainz on Monday - 6:30 onwards If you wanna talk radio, music, code or all points in between please come along More BBC/Musicbrainz news soon...

Re: [backstage] openID on the BBC

2007-06-11 Thread Michael Sparks
: * Livejournal * Technorati * Wordpress.com ;-) Only a matter of time before you can use a facebook public profile as an Open ID as well. (at which point 1/2 the BBC instantly have an OpenID amongst many many others :) Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group

  1   2   3   >