florca wrote: > 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 I too would be interested to hear Triode's perspective on all this, and the question of whether Listen Again can survive within BBCiPlayer given Jim Simmons' suggestion that there is worse to come than we've experienced to date ("Providing a replacement for listen again (ie not live radio) is a much more difficult problem.")
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