If you ever watch the iPhone iPlayer streams they are not the same edits as the flash based iPlayer, they always appear to be from broadcast - you sometimes even get completely the wrong programme if the broadcast schedule changed at the last minute!
- Phil On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 13:53 +0100, Andrew Bowden wrote: > I thought most TV programmes that can be taken from master tapes are. > I've never seen anything recorded off air on iPlayer, and no credit > squeezes myself - even for programmes broadcast live. > > I just had a look at last nights Lottery draw for example and there > was nothing on that, nor on Sunday's THe Big Questions. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frankie > Roberto > Sent: 10 September 2009 13:19 > To: [email protected] > 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 > > -- > Frankie Roberto > Experience Designer, Rattle > 0114 2706977 > http://www.rattlecentral.com > - 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]/
