Hello to all !
The following is already one month old, but
since I didn't see it mentioned in the list (and
it does relate to GiP), I'm posting it now for
those that haven't read it yet:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/posts/BBC-Radio-to-stop-supporting-Windows-Media-on-December-31st
In a nutshell:
1) As of Jan 1st 2015, WMA Listen Again streams
(UK: 96kbps (320kbps for R3), Intl: 48kbps) will no longer be available
for new radio programmes; it is still unclear when the
already existing WMA streams for archived or with-
extended-availability radio content will be completely
phased out.
2) As of Jan 1st 2015, WMA Listen Live streams
(UK: 128kbps (320kbps for R3), Intl: 48kbps) will no longer be available.
These will be substituted by new MP3 Live streams, for the next 1-2 yrs,
as a means of backward compatibility with older devices.
So, from next year, --mode=wma and the likes
(--radiomode=wma , --liveradiomode=wma) will become
deprecated.
I was personally using those streams for an old portable
music player that does not support AAC/M4A, just to
avoid transcoding - but I did not use GiP for the fetching,
due to the iffy nature of MPlayer as an MMS dumper;
several other tools are available on Windows that can
perform multithreaded and reliable MMS downloads.
More alarming news is the following paragraph:
we have chosen the AAC codec and http streaming
as our delivery method for the future.
Http streaming includes HLS, HDS and eventually DASH.
and the more detailed Comment #16:
These streams will be delivered to devices using the HLS (for iOS and
Android)
and HDS (for desktop) delivery methods.
This will replace windows media for some devices
and rtmp for desktop machines
As you can read, they are planning on ditching the
RTMP streams altogether for both Live Radio & AOD.
RTMP streams are the backbone of GiP's radio recording
ability. ETA? Sometime in 2015.
With the WMA streams gone in about 2 months and
the planned RTMP streams demise, GiP would have to be
re-written from the start if to support radio recording...
(AppleHLS streams are already in use; they can be
dumped by FFmpeg. I haven't discovered yet any
audio AdobeHDS streams - I am very wary of this
method, 'cos it leaves room for DRM encryption..)
I don't want to instigate panic, but it's always good
to get a heads-up...
Regards,
Vangelis.
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