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On 14/12/07 15:56, "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 14/12/2007, Matthew Cashmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> so like all other BBC Content it >> can't be used in any commercial sense > > What about those BBC DVDs that are sold commercially, don't the likes > of HMV/Amavon etc. sell them for commercial profit? > > See BBC content *can* and *is* used commercially. > >> MP3 works on everyone's computer with free (as >> in cost) software > > You could only possibly know that if you had accessed and scanned the > software of every single computer in the world. I sure as hell didn't > authorise you to do that with my computer. Are you admitting to > Unauthorised Access under the Computer Misuse Act? > > What is a BBC employee doing scanning the software on users PCs > without telling them? Is this why iPlayer's source is secret, do you > have a function in there for this purpose? > >> it just works for everyone > > No it doesn't. Can't play an MP3 with this machines default media player. > >> and we're more than happy for >> people to take the podcast and re-encode them to what-ever format people >> want. > > Fine, point me to the original raw quality audio file and it will be done. > > >> but do not feel our time is best spent encoding into separate >> formats when we know MP3 will work for everyone. > > Nice to see the usual lies resurface. > > Computers can do the transcoding for you. > try: > oggenc podcast.wav > (insert correct filename) > > Odd how you claim taking 3 seconds to type a command is too long > (shorter if you use tab auto-complete). > And yet you wrote a long email justifying your choice not to do that. > In the time you took to write that email you could probably have typed > that command 52 times, (1 a week for an entire year), if not more. > > Or you could save even more time by using some kind of script connected to > cron. > > How much does the BBC pay people to do the work of small shell scripts? > Maybe you should make them redundant and replace them with scripts > saving enough money to buy that really expensive free software the BBC > claims it can't afford. (I was actually told the BBC would have to > increase the license fee to stream in Ogg because of the cost of the > software). > > Andy _______________________ Matthew Cashmore Development Producer BBC Future Media & Technology, Research and Innovation BC5C3, Broadcast Centre, Media Village, W12 7TP T: 020 8008 3959 (02 83959) M: 07711 913241 (072 83959) - 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]/
