Oh right, so it wasn't a download problem at all. I also managed to watch the last half later on when I streamed it. This wouldn't happen without the silly DRM...
2008/12/29 Gary Kirk <[email protected]> > I had the same issue (no sound after 32m) with The Next Doctor streaming, > but refreshed a few times and it worked again. > > Sent from my iPod > > On 29 Dec 2008, at 09:49, "Brian Butterworth" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > Sorry to have a little negative feedback about this application, and it > isn't the standard DRM or platform-neutral bit. > > I am using it under Windows XP from a hotel wifi connection. The Wifi > connection is a bit "iffy" and (as is quite normal for Wifi) stops randomly > from time to time. > > When this happens, the iPlayer Desktop does realise and goes into "offline" > mode, and back into "online" mode. > > However, what I discover later - and it is hours later - is that the > download is corrupt. For example: > > - Doctor Who Xmas Edition, loss of sound after 32 minutes (of 60). > Pictures are OK still. > > - QI Xmas Edition, loss of picture and sound after 16 minutes > > But I got all of HIGNFY and a few other programmes. > > The reason, I suspect, is that FLV files are designed for downloading, > rather than streaming, so expect the BER to be infitite (no errors, because > the download can retry). MPEG type files would be able to resynchronise > themselves because they are designed that way, > > So, please, can you add a CRC32/SHA1/MD5 test to the file after is has > downloaded please (just before grabbing that secret licence key)? > > If the download is found to be corrupt, as the files are so huge and > downloading takes so long, my suggestion would be to compute the > CRC32/SHA1/MD5 for each 1Mb block, and for a test to be done on each block > to discover the corrupt section/section and redownload them, > > Thanks ... sorry to moan. > > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: <http://twitter.com/briantist> > http://twitter.com/briantist > web: <http://www.ukfree.tv>http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital > television and switchover advice, since 2002 > > -- . Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
