The user number has a couple of caveats 1. many non-UK users use AlienBBC to play live streams and so the Addon download does not reflect this group of users.
2. There are a number of Roku and non-Slimdevice hardware users who also use AlienBBC. For example, from PMs etc I think there at least 10 Roku users. BBC are using Flash to deliver audio as it "seems" to be more platform independent. The MP3 audio is carried within a Flash proprietary protocol and BBC have termed this secureMP3. It is not clear whether the AACplus will also be sent over Flash or not. If AACplus is sent over Flash then AlienBBC will not be able to use them without a player. For AlienBBC to play these streams would require an equivalent of mplayer except handling flash audio. Next version of AlienBBC has a better version of XML Addon (all Triode's work). AlienBBC has not been consistently one or two individuals but many people over time. For example, Triode is always looking ahead with knowledg of where SC is heading, making architectural changes and also gets some of the necessary support added to SqueezeCenter. Neil Slightholm did a great job with the Windows installer which made AlienBBC much more accessible as previously it was a very very complicated install. Neil also provides the web page and arranges releases. I've done bell and whistles (e.g. enabling ffw/rew) and firefighting (i.e. iPlayer) so my profile is a bit more public. There has also been good support from SqueezeCenter team (e.g. andyg, awy) as many of the SqueezeCenter changes are there only to support AlienBBC. -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51829 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
