One thing which events of the past week have shown is that the BBC is
planning and implementing big changes to their whole AOD/VOD/Simulcast
platforms, and that although the Squeezebox user community maybe noisy
we won't stop or delay these plans. From the various comments on the BBC
blog it looks like the main thrust of these changes will revolve around
MPEG-DASH, with HLS & HDS as interim steps to support current iThings
etc.

I guess this is really a question for Triode, but if the BBC are
"talking to you" then is there any prospect of an update to the iPlayer
plugin with DASH support? From a quick look at the available
documentation and test streams linked from ' here'
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2013/09/mpeg-dash-test-streams) the format
looks pretty scary, albeit powerful and with some interesting ways to
link with EPG metadata.

I wonder whether the new ' Freeview Play'
(http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/12/freeview-play-on-demand/) service
will be based around DASH...?

Interesting times...

Phil


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