On 27/03/2008, James Cridland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People with a lot less content, yes.
And I know of a certain Swidish site which provides access to a lot more than the BBC does. They don't seem to find it that difficult. > But we're not talking about formats > here; we're talking about server infrastructure; Same theory applies. Simple Shell script to index the files and generate .torrent from the meta-data. Then merely transfer to a web capable machine (e.g. via rsync). Then all you need is a torrent tracker. A single box is not a major infastructure change. (OK so maybe you will need a few more tha 1 box for seeding) > Thanks for the info on tracking stuff; interesting. You're Welcome. Let me know if it actually works :) > iPlayer is not a download. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/install/1.6/index.shtml> > Flash is almost universally installed by every user; I think we're happy > with that. Not when you take into accoun the non-desktop PC platform it isn't. iPhone has no Flash support. Google Android has no Flash support. Non-Windows Tablet PCs and Media Centre require special license to run Flash (which are almost impossible for ordinary users to get hold of). > Windows Media Player is pre-installed on every Windows machine (nearly). I believe a certain company was fined hundreds of millions in a case relating to that, AND told to rectify the situation. > Give me time, I've got more content to > deal with, and systems and processes that are a tad slower. Have you considered the graceful fallback provided by HTML Objects? e.g. <object data="blah.mp3" ...> <object data="blah.ogg" ...> <object classid="java_ogg_player.class" ...< You're browser does not appear to suport MP3, Ogg Vorbis or Java. </object> </object> </object> Then all you need is a way to generate all the formats from a master. Make or a Shell script will do here. (What formats are the masters in anyway?) Andy -- Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. -- Adam Heath - 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]/
