AlienBBC has two main purposes 1. Play RealAudio streams/files. Before June, RealAudio was the only format available by the BBC to non-UK user to listen to BBC Radio 1-4 live.
2. Access and listen to previously broadcast programs (aka "LIsten Again" or iPlayer) which are currently only available in RealAudio for non-UK listeners. The latest beta is a minor release. - fixes AlienBBC so that it works with all version of SC 7.4 (both trunk and noweb-sqllite) - Adds program information for the current program and the next program for the main live stations. This info is provided on the WMA feeds which means UK user can get program information and a high quality feed. Basic program information is provided by RadioTime on theirt BBC live feeds but - the RadioTime feeds are not reliable - UK users of Radiotime only get a 48kbps feed from RadioTime and not the 128kbps from the BBC. AlienBBC and BBCiPlayer perform roughly the same task of providing access to BBC "Listen Again" and it is likely that AlienBBC will eventually be reduced to just provide RealAudio support as BBC feeds that BBCiPlayer uses now seem to be reliable, -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65546 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
