As the truncation issues pertain - the last Cabin Pressure was the latest - I was wondering exactly where the programmes offered via iPlayer and/or downloaded by GiP are actually sourced from.
It appears to me that the Beeb uses a capping system to record programmes for iPlayer as they are being aired. That is they record programmes off air - as they are being transmitted - much like the pubic might do with a programmable VCR. This would explain the truncations - especially pertinent to radio programmes. If a programme was delayed due to say an extended news bulletin, then it would no longer be correctly capped at the scheduled time, and the end would indeed be truncated. I guess that if complaints are received that a programme has been truncated then the staff replace the file with a complete one kept for that purpose. CJB _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
