> > But after reading the BBC blogs, I've got concerns that the BBC are > planning to migrate to AAC rather than MP3. (Some posts indicate this > will happen this year). >
Some points. * Besides possible licensing issues - it seems there is not enough room left in SB firmware for another decoder. * It is not clear whether BBC will provide AACplus (not AACP) over Flash or not (i.e standard HTTP). If it is over Flash (like the MP3 streams) then SB would also have to support Flash transport. * AACplus is not AAC. However yo keep users happy - firmware support would probably have to support AAC and AACplus v1 and AACplus v2. * I think the Blogs referred to support AACplus in addition to MP3 not instead of MP3. * BBC strategy seems to be a bit flexible or not fully detailed in the blogs. A few months ago the only MP3 planned seemed to be secure (over Flash) and now these "unsecured" MP3 streams are available in addition to the secure MP3 streams. -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
