On 27/03/2008, James Cridland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I can't wait for the day the BBC embrace proper peer-to-peer for > > > streaming > > > TV (and the ISPs sort themselves out with a little more of that > > > proposed > > > intelligent routing). A TVAnts-esque (BBC branded) app would be bloody > > > marvellous. > > > > > > As the BBC News 24/BBC World feeds on http://www.livestation.com/ show. > > > > > > I don't run anything Microsoft at home (well, not on a regular basis), so > therefore haven't seen Livestation. Good that it works for you chaps; sorry > I'm clearly missing out. (BBC man in not-running-Microsoft shock, lest I > need to make that clear!) > > I'm not convinced about P2P stuff for live streaming. I've experience with > it elsewhere, and it saves little bandwidth costs and adds a whole heap more > complication. (It's also possible to hijack streams.) > > Multicast would be even better: it's far closer to the most sensible way > of broadcasting, which is a big stick in a field. Thankfully, for radio, > we're already doing it - www.bbc.co.uk/multicast > > On a separate note, this post is coming to you courtesy of Ubuntu 8.04 on > my little Asus Eee. After a little patching for the wifi (which inexplicably > works for WPA but not for WEP), it works, and works well. >
I too am Emailing from a Eee PC. It plays everything (apart from RealPlayer) out of the box. All I installed on it was the remote desktop client so I can remote into Windows servers, and Opera because it look better on the small screen than Firefox. I have to say this machine is my favourite machine, and I love it like I loved my BBC Micro. It really fits in my lap, and you can hold it with one hand! Unlike a "small" apple machine, it comes with a power supply that is tiny too. The touch pad sucks, but because it's a touchpad. The keyboard is just big enough to type on properly - I can't deal with all these devices made for people with 'Japanese lady's fingers'. -- > http://james.cridland.net/ | http://www.mediauk.com/ > > Media UK is a Not At All Bad Ltd production. > http://notatallbad.ltd.uk/legal_info/ -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
