bpa wrote: > Radio 4 is the worst offender for missing programs but taken across all > the stations the BBC runs (National, Regional and Local) - the number of > programs missing in BBCiPlayer plugin feed is very small - but they > always seem to be the ones you want. > > The "The Alien Birds have Landed" program is an example. > * Five programs on BBC's Web iPlayer. > * All missing in BBCiPlayer plugin using XML feed. > * Using the RSS feeds the Extras plugin uses (e.g. Radio 4 Factual) - > only 4 programmes are shown "The Pheasant" is missing (probably because > more than 7 days old). > * All 5 program are available under the Extras "Current & Archived Radio > 4" which uses a different BBC feed. > > It seems BBC have a database of available iPlayer programs and each feed > has different criteria to decide which programs are included.
Anyway, the bottom line is that the BBCiPlayerExtras schedules, and the BBCiPlayerExtras "Current & Archived Radio" are both extremely useful (I don't really see much use for any of the other categories in the list, hence my earlier query as to whether those two could be promoted to the top of the list); and yet it's also very nice to be able to use the radio without having to have a computer switched on at all, when one doesn't need the extra choice of programmes, hence the need for the applet to also be installed. bpa wrote: > For completeness although these computer solution are not zero power. > PCs can be setup to sleep when not in use and to wake when Squeezebox is > turned on. Raspberry Pi consumes about 3.5W and the base unit itself > costs about £35 although there are some added costs such as a PSU and a > case.. The radio is expensive enough as it is without spending another £40+ - it's by far the most I've ever spent on a portable radio and I wouldn't want to spend any more; and without wanting to go into the subject the sleep idea seems an over-complicated solution to a problem that shouldn't really exist in the first place. Surely it should be technically possible to fix this problem in a future release of the software? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DaveRado's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56933 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229
_______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
