On 18/03/2008, Iain Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *maybe*, but considering the interface only lets you view video if > you're viewing from a wifi connection and not the phone's data > connection (just a javascript check) then the only difference is, as > suggested Quicktime limiting itself or pulling down a chunk of data at > a time which is entirely possible but doesn't seem very likely.
The download scripts let you download an entire iPlayer MP4 in a matter of minutes or seconds. AFAIK, Quicktime on the iPhone streams the programme gradually, with a read-ahead buffer of a few megabytes (which is much kinder to the BBC's servers!) Hence if a programme was downloaded in 5 minutes but the show lasts 30 minutes, it was probably leeched! -dave - 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]/
