Just in case it wasn¹t clear, the discussion is about Local Radio only. Local Radio isn¹t centralised in the same way that Network Radio is. As I understand it Coyopa will benefit Network Radio initially. So this isn¹t a wholesale replacement of Windows for Real, but a temporary loss of Real during a period of re-organisation within Local.
I¹m not familiar with the URL obfuscation issues perhaps it¹s fixing these (rather than the format) which is the priority? Gavin (Tech Lead, BBC Local) On 04/09/2009 16:49, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Can someone from the Beeb clarify that the Windows streams will be *instead* > of Real, as the implication of that article (and also a number of blog > comments from James Cridland in the past) was that Windows Media streams would > be in *addition* to the existing streams. From what I understand one of the > big reasons behind the Coyopa project was that it's relatively easy for you to > produce the same audio in multiple formats, so it seems a bit odd that you're > replacing one format with another. > > Certainly there's still demand for RealAudio - I'm regularly seeing several > hundred people a day using the RealAudio listen again links and widgets on my > site, and I'm pretty sure other similar sites like Beebotron must have the > same if not greater traffic for their RealAudio links. > > It's a particular problem with internet radios and mobile devices, as many of > them don't support the AAC format you're now using for live streams and can't > access the MP3 files you're now using for local radio Listen Again due to the > content delivery system completely obsfuscating the URLs. > > Andrew Dancy > www.iplayerconverter.co.uk <http://www.iplayerconverter.co.uk> > > (apologies if this appears twice - fun and games with gmail and their silly > 'on behalf of' header) > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Gavin Johnson > Sent: 04 September 2009 14:42 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing? > > Ok so it turns out that a dual bitrate option will continue to be available, > but in Windows rather than Real. So that link is temporarily broken while > things are being moved around. There¹s some useful background here. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2009/08/improvements_to_bbc_local_radi. > html > > On 04/09/2009 13:50, "Gavin Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As of Tuesday there is no longer a dual bitrate option. It looks like >> iplayer haven¹t caught up. Thanks for noticing, I¹ll give someone a nudge >> about getting the link removed. >> >> Gavin >> >> On 04/09/2009 12:43, "Paul Webster" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> What has happened to the RealAudio feeds of the local radio (BBC London in >>> particular) Listen Again content? >>> >>> As an example >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0046fbf/Danny_Baker_03_09_2009/ >>> choose the pop-out player - and then low bandwidth ... >>> "Danny Baker: 03/09/2009 is unavailable at this time." >>> >>> Paul Webster >>> >>> - >>> 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]/ >>> >> >
