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Hi all,
Apologies if this has been answered before, but is there any reason why the
BBC iPlayer seems to only encode programmes from the live broadcast stream,
rather than, say, using the actual master tapes/digital files? Sure, it
might be simpler, but long-term it'd be great to use the
Interesting question, and one that might be someone clarrified by an
indepth review of the complete broadcast chain and metadata managment
chain involved in taking material from the original source carrier
(file or tape or live feed) into the multiple iPlayer assets that each
programme produces.
I thought most TV programmes that can be taken from master tapes are.
I've never seen anything recorded off air on iPlayer, and no credit
squeezes myself - even for programmes broadcast live.
I just had a look at last nights Lottery draw for example and there was
nothing on that, nor on Sunday's
Frankie,
I can't speak for the domestic BBC, but no online World Service content
is transcoded from broadcast transport streams. All our radio comes
straight out of the audio router at Bush House into our encoders, with a
touch of limiting applied to prevent clipping if an SM/self-op goes over
PPM
I thought most TV programmes that can be taken from master tapes are. I've
never seen anything recorded off air on iPlayer, and no credit squeezes
myself - even for programmes broadcast live.
I just had a look at last nights Lottery draw for example and there was
nothing on that, nor on
Gareth Davis wrote:
Frankie,
I can't speak for the domestic BBC, but no online World Service
content is transcoded from broadcast transport streams. All our radio
comes straight out of the audio router at Bush House into our
encoders, with a touch of limiting applied to prevent clipping if an
If you ever watch the iPhone iPlayer streams they are not the same edits
as the flash based iPlayer, they always appear to be from broadcast -
you sometimes even get completely the wrong programme if the broadcast
schedule changed at the last minute!
- Phil
On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 13:53 +0100,
Visiting this: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html
Then putting in my details and pressing GO sends me to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/cgiemail/creativearchive/backstage/discuss.txt
Which says:
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On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 17:48 +0100, Frankie Roberto wrote:
snip...
you could even do things like cut down the amount of trailing ahead
- which surely is less required on iPlayer where people have chosen to
watch something specific and are in less danger of changing channel...
(You could
Ah, I hadn't realised that some programmes were already being recorded from
master tapes - I can't remember which programmes I had just watched and seen
the credit squeezes on, but there were a few and I generalised from those (I
also mostly watch the iPhone versions).
I'd really like to see this
Phil Lewis wrote:
If you ever watch the iPhone iPlayer streams they are not the same edits
as the flash based iPlayer, they always appear to be from broadcast -
Ah - that explains it. I use get_iplayer, which grabs
the iPhone offerings :)
you sometimes even get completely the wrong
On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 20:28 +0100, Richard Smedley wrote:
Phil Lewis wrote:
If you ever watch the iPhone iPlayer streams they are not the same edits
as the flash based iPlayer, they always appear to be from broadcast -
Ah - that explains it. I use get_iplayer, which grabs
the iPhone
Ok, so some of you have noticed iPlayer for the iPhone is a bit
different- this 'I think' is via an Off Air system (or was at one
point). Radio has a system called Coyopa that takes original content
from the networks between the studios and final terestrial and digital
playout, but is part ofthe
I'd hoped to attend TEDX Manchester on 2nd October, but now have a prior
engagement, sadly.
If anyone wants the 2 x .pdf tickets.
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