Gareth Davis wrote:
Frankie,
I can't speak for the domestic BBC, but no online World Service
content is transcoded from broadcast transport streams. All our radio
comes straight out of the audio router at Bush House into our
encoders, with a touch of limiting applied to prevent clipping if an
SM/self-op goes over PPM 6. Persian and Arabic TV are encoded directly
from the uncompressed SDI feeds. So there isn't any potential loss of
quality with this approach.
We also run strictly to the clock, so automated capture works for us.
Many of the R3 & R4 progs I've downloaded have snatches of news
bulletins or other programmes.
- Richard
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*From:* owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk
[mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *Frankie
Roberto
*Sent:* 10 September 2009 13:19
*To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
*Subject:* [backstage] BBC iPlayer - encoding from broadcast
rather than master tapes
Hi all,
Apologies if this has been answered before, but is there any
reason why the BBC iPlayer seems to only encode programmes from
the live broadcast stream, rather than, say, using the actual
master tapes/digital files? Sure, it might be simpler, but
long-term it'd be great to use the original source.
Some reasons for doing so:
* occasionally the live broadcast has errors (eg loss of signal,
or playout error)
* you could trim the programmes more precisely - no more having to
skip the last few minutes of previous programme
* no more "credit squeezes" and continuity announcements trailing
programmes that you can't actually watch
* you could even produce a slightly different edit of a TV show -
for example, with dramas like Doctor Who you wouldn't have text at
the end saying "Next week..."
Are there any plans for this? Seems like it'd be the obvious next
step in improving the user experience of iPlayer...
Frankie
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