[backstage] Shortcomings of Ogg

2010-03-05 Thread Matt Hammond
Just came across this nice analysis of the shortcomings of the Ogg container format. I remember a colleague of mine swearing and cursing a few years ago when trying to parse and make sense of it :-) http://hardwarebug.org/2010/03/03/ogg-objections/ Note that this is about Ogg, NOT the

Re: [backstage] Shortcomings of Ogg

2010-03-05 Thread Mo McRoberts
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:43, Matt Hammond matt.hamm...@rd.bbc.co.uk wrote: Just came across this nice analysis of the shortcomings of the Ogg container format. I remember a colleague of mine swearing and cursing a few years ago when trying to parse and make sense of it :-)

Re: [backstage] BBC Web cuts - a chance to open source?

2010-03-05 Thread Brian Butterworth
That will be the Editor in Chief, otherwise known as the DG Mark Thompson. On 4 March 2010 20:44, vijay chopra vjcho...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I've just finished responding to the BBC strategy review consultation... around page 36 in the 70 odd page document it mentions refocussing[sic] BBC

Re: [backstage] BBC Web cuts - a chance to open source?

2010-03-05 Thread vijay chopra
Yes, ultimately he's responsible fore everything, but he must delegate operational matters. Vijay On 5 March 2010 12:20, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: That will be the Editor in Chief, otherwise known as the DG Mark Thompson. On 4 March 2010 20:44, vijay chopra

Re: [backstage] BBC Web cuts - a chance to open source?

2010-03-05 Thread Brian Butterworth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/about/how_we_govern/charter.pdf 40(3) The Director General shall also be the editor-in-chief of the BBC. As such, he shall be accountable for the BBC’s editorial and creative output. On 5 March 2010 12:55, vijay chopra vjcho...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [backstage] RE: BBC Flash video and deinterlacing - is this really the best we can get?

2010-03-05 Thread Brian Butterworth
Don't TV Catchup have both a low- and high- quality streams, where the HQ ones are interlaced? On 28 February 2010 21:27, Christopher Woods chris...@infinitus.co.ukwrote: Watching the CA v. US icehockey final, I noticed - once again - that the BBC Sports online stream, at [1], is horribly

[backstage] BBC Strategy Review - HD TV???

2010-03-05 Thread Brian Butterworth
Am I going mad here? I looked at the *BBC Strategy Review* document from the BBC's DG in the hope of finding out when all BBC output would go HD. Page 13 mentions Freeview HD in passing, page 24 says high definition television is growing, page 48 mentions DVB-T2's ability to deliver HD, page 61

Re: [backstage] BBC Strategy Review - HD TV???

2010-03-05 Thread Mo McRoberts
On 5-Mar-2010, at 22:04, Brian Butterworth wrote: Am I going mad here? I looked at the BBC Strategy Review document from the BBC's DG in the hope of finding out when all BBC output would go HD. You’re not going mad. A cynic might be forgiven for believing it’s perfectly congruous with

RE: [backstage] RE: BBC Flash video and deinterlacing - is this really the best we can get?

2010-03-05 Thread Christopher Woods
Don't TV Catchup have both a low- and high- quality streams, where the HQ ones are interlaced? Not aware of multiple streams - only ever watch at the highest possible quality :) However, it certainly doesn't look like it's been encoded as interlaced (which would make absolutely NO sense