On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 04:30:46PM +0000, Dave Crossland wrote: > On 19/11/2007, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave, > > > > If the BBC podcasts are first prepared as PCM-encoded WAV files before being > > translated to the site, providing OggVobis version shouldn't be a problem, > > surely? > > The technical problems around providing OggVorbis version are the same > as those for providing MP3 versions - ie, little effort to do so - as > far as I understand it. (Might be wrong) > > The problem is social, not technical, though - that is to say, the > problem is that the BBC believes software freedom is unimportant.
Well the trialed OGG streaming some five years ago. The result was there was an announcement that the BBC decided not to pursue further development and testing. -- Andy Leighton => [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials" - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - 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/[email protected]/
