Re: BBC iPlayer introduces Live Restart capability
On 20/06/12 16:41, dinkypumpkin wrote: On 20/06/2012 13:51, Shevek wrote: Is this going to kill of get_iplayer? http://connecteddigitalworld.com/2012/06/19/bbc-iplayer-introduces-live-restart-capability/ Not necessarily, though it broke live tv streaming in get_iplayer. get_iplayer is as much to blame as the Beeb, though. All that regex-based XML parsing in get_iplayer is a bit fragile, but it would be a non-trivial chore to replace it. I've patched get_iplayer to restore live tv for now. That's a bit of a drag so soon after a release, but then I wouldn't say live tv streaming is really get_iplayer's USP. Still, commiserations to all package maintainers. Or is it only for live TV? Will they switch from RTMP to chunked streaming for non live? I would guess they made this move for live tv on the iPlayer site as part of preparations for the hammering they're going to get during the Olympics. There probably isn't much of an immediate incentive to do it for non-live content. The BBC blog post offers no clue if existing RTMP streams (live and non-live) are going to disappear at any point. If they do, there may be other options for downloading, though it would certainly require major changes in get_iplayer. We'll all have to keep an eye on this. Thanks for flagging it up. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer Bump Hi, Isn't this the same problem that I ran into with some ITV programmes recently with get_flash_videos. Couldn't download them becasue they were sent in HTTP chunks and rtmpdump objected. I assumed this is linked to flash encryption also announced recently. Is there a solution yet? Alastair ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
BBC iPlayer introduces Live Restart capability
Is this going to kill of get_iplayer? http://connecteddigitalworld.com/2012/06/19/bbc-iplayer-introduces-live-restart-capability/ Or is it only for live TV? Will they switch from RTMP to chunked streaming for non live? As we can keep all the video chunks as we distribute them, we can offer them to be viewed again later, or even store them more permanently. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: BBC iPlayer introduces Live Restart capability
This is a very interesting topic, particularly as I've noted that the Beeb's been running a (non-advertised) 720p BBC HD stream using chunked H.264 for a while. Quality's pretty darned decent, I'd watch it if I didn't have a Sky+HD box. I can't imagine they'd rip and replace their entire infrastructure for on-demand, particularly with all the embedded devices they support... If anything this means more complexity - chunked HTTP for PC and Mac with the latest versions of Flash, progressive streaming for everything else. On 20/06/2012 13:51, Shevek wrote: Is this going to kill of get_iplayer? http://connecteddigitalworld.com/2012/06/19/bbc-iplayer-introduces-live-restart-capability/ Or is it only for live TV? Will they switch from RTMP to chunked streaming for non live? As we can keep all the video chunks as we distribute them, we can offer them to be viewed again later, or even store them more permanently. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: BBC iPlayer introduces Live Restart capability
On 20/06/2012 13:51, Shevek wrote: Is this going to kill of get_iplayer? http://connecteddigitalworld.com/2012/06/19/bbc-iplayer-introduces-live-restart-capability/ Not necessarily, though it broke live tv streaming in get_iplayer. get_iplayer is as much to blame as the Beeb, though. All that regex-based XML parsing in get_iplayer is a bit fragile, but it would be a non-trivial chore to replace it. I've patched get_iplayer to restore live tv for now. That's a bit of a drag so soon after a release, but then I wouldn't say live tv streaming is really get_iplayer's USP. Still, commiserations to all package maintainers. Or is it only for live TV? Will they switch from RTMP to chunked streaming for non live? I would guess they made this move for live tv on the iPlayer site as part of preparations for the hammering they're going to get during the Olympics. There probably isn't much of an immediate incentive to do it for non-live content. The BBC blog post offers no clue if existing RTMP streams (live and non-live) are going to disappear at any point. If they do, there may be other options for downloading, though it would certainly require major changes in get_iplayer. We'll all have to keep an eye on this. Thanks for flagging it up. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
