R . -----Original Message----- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk <owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk <backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk> Sent: Sat Apr 18 12:13:50 2009 Subject: Re: [backstage] R&DTV launched
mp4 when badly setup glitches horribly on slower machines. and it isn't easy to setup well & has to be checked (on a slower machine ;) this 'format competition' is boring, especially as my dongle got caught inadvertently dloading a 5min 500mB file which really annoyed me, I only get 3GB/month on it. we don't all have permanent megapipes seems to be forgotten in the techie oneupmanship stakes. public service broadcaster remember. .mkv/xvid public domain software - standardise - finito - spend time instead putting out some archive material on bbc r & d would be great. There must be something on blumlein or baird heh heh. now that would be interesting. Nico M 2009/4/16 Adam Sampson <a...@offog.org>: > Mr I Forrester <mail...@cubicgarden.com> writes: > >> So if Mpeg4 isn't to your taste, you should hold out for the Ogg >> Theora, Xvid and WMV versions once I crank up my Quad Processor PIII >> Xeon box :) > > Looks good! It'd be nice to have a Dirac version too, if you've got some > CPU time spare -- Dirac started as a BBC R&D project and is supported by > several free video players now, but there's not a lot of content out > there using it yet... - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
