Andy - why don't you ask these questions on the Radio Labs blog?
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Sent: 22 November 2007 14:41
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Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music
Anyway back vaguely on topic:
How does one report faults experienced in the downloads?
If anyone at the BBC has access to the BBC's fault tracking system (if
you have one) perhaps you could add:
When accessing feeds for BBC podcasts it lists many episodes, the
enclosure links for these are invalid for all but the first entry (they
return a 404 error).
Potential fixes:
Don't remove or move the files after 7 days.
Follow the HTTP standard properly. If the file has moved use a 301 or
302 redirect. If it has been removed the correct response would be 410
(Gone), not 404 (Not Found).
Remove entries from the RSS feed. (May still be a problem for some
clients).
I can understand why you may have to remove them for Music Podcasts, but
why remove things the BBC owns the rights to?
A few questions:
I saw that the Music Podcasts are UK only. Is this due to the BBC only
acquiring the rights to UK distribution, or is it because the BBC wants
to restrict it's content to the UK as we are the license fee payers.
Will the current "speech only" Podcasts remain, if so will they be
globally accessible or will these more to UK only?
How much more do you have to pay to stream globally as opposed to UK
only?
As the files are only on the server for 7 days (as far as I can tell)
are users meant to delete the files after that time, or if you've
downloaded it can it be kept. I hope I don't have to find the delete
option on my Generic Portable Ogg Vorbis Player (which also conveniently
plays MP3).
Also what is the BBC's rules on copying these podcasts, does the BBC
license people to copy the file from say, their PC to their Generic
Portable Music Player?
Of course some of the podcasts are just extracts from the Radio shows so
you could always just download the full shows from Radio Player.
The only real difference (pun intended) is the file format.
On a practical note surely Ogg Vorbis is a better option as it is
commonly streamed as well as downloaded so you only need one (free)
encoder software.
Also given the number of proprietary formats used (Real Audio, Real
Video, WMA, WMV (no DRM), WMP DRM) and the solitary standard format MP3,
then why is it not possible to provide Ogg Vorbis for download and
streaming?)
Andy
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