Re: [backstage] What is TV?

2009-12-30 Thread Matt Barber
Enjoying the thread! TV is a dinosaur sleepwalking off a cliff. - classic. TV is a cool medium. The whole world is fascinated with what's on TV - makes up a lot of what people do, say and think about all the time. Still, don't you think that the medium of the Internet - Interactive and instant

Re: [backstage] Ignite London - Wednesday 18th November

2009-11-17 Thread Matt Barber
This looks great - I'd love to go but sadly can't tomorrow. Will there be any recordings of the speakers? --Matt On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk wrote: No this isn't a plot to blow up London :) The first Ignite London will be this Wednesday 18th

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-05 Thread Matt Barber
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Tim Dobsonli...@tdobson.net wrote:ions like that. Oh, and Windows 7 is so good I would pay for it. Second that. Been testing it out for months and love it. IE still really sucks though. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe,

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-05 Thread Matt Barber
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:16 AM, John Styleshpeng...@gmail.com wrote: We seem to have drifted off topic, can we not go back to complaining that the BBC won't let me run iPlayer on my Tesco Value Toaster and store the programmes indefinitely in the bread bin?! John Hahaha that was brilliant -

Re: [backstage] backstage Twitter?

2009-07-12 Thread Matt Barber
@matt512 :) Prepare for 99% wine and beer related banter! On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Stephen Mountstep...@dreamcreators.co.uk wrote: I'm http://twitter.com/stemount :-) On 12 Jul 2009, at 10:47, Brian Butterworth wrote: James Cridland (and his pussy) are

Re: [backstage] IE8 ships today

2009-03-20 Thread Matt Barber
Have they fixed the annoying delay when you open an IE tab? Worst thing for me for IE. Otherwise I like it. Matt On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: Chrome version 2.0 is out today.  It's slightly faster, the middle mouse button does something and

Re: [backstage] Norwegian National Broadcaster using OpenTracker Torrent Server to distribute DRM free HDTV

2009-03-09 Thread Matt Barber
Also cool they are promoting UGC subtitles. I wonder if mashups would be treated the same way, perhaps if uploaded to YouTube, they might receive the same recognition and a link on their site. Could be a pretty nice way to drive content. On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Ian Forrester

Re: [backstage] Make the primary operating system used in state schools free and open source

2009-02-11 Thread Matt Barber
What about all the jobs that people have when they develop software that is paid for and licensed? If the switch to free software were to suddenly happen, would these people find themselves out of work? This isn't a stab at anybody, it's just an observation that I'd like to put in there. And

Re: [backstage] If you had a ton of content to freely distribute

2009-01-19 Thread Matt Barber
Hey, BitTorrent would be the way forward considering all the arguments the ISPs would kick up if you tried to unicast it from BBC servers - like when iPlayer traffic started up I guess. It being legit content, might open up more to the idea of BitTorrent distribution? ZIPping large video content

Re: [backstage] Windows 7 beta can be downloaded now!

2009-01-12 Thread Matt Barber
Hahaha that's massively funny On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Martin Deutsch martin.deut...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: If you want to have a look at Windows 7, you can download the beta now (it's really is working)

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Matt Barber
Matt Barber wrote: I used to like the way T4 would put T4: [show] at the start. That way, you could figure out what you wanted to watch. It would be good if Big Breakfast and such did that. Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: No, that's a truely utterly horrible thing to do. When searching

Re: [backstage] The Page 284 of Teletext test... anyone know the rationale?

2008-11-17 Thread Matt Barber
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: This one, can't go around praising a document and not linking to it, terrible form... http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp169.shtml 2008/11/17 Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Brian, that's an interesting

Re: [backstage] Ideatorrent

2008-10-29 Thread Matt Barber
This is nice that the author is getting involved proactively with the project. On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Nicolas Deschildre [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hey, I'm the author of Ideatorrent, and I'm pleased to learn the BBC is going to use it :) Ubuntu is indeed using it, but a much older

Re: [backstage] Newstime on BanterTV

2008-10-28 Thread Matt Barber
Stefan Richter wrote: Hi all, today I'd like to draw your attention to a site which I have recently launched. Hi Stefan, nice to hear from you. Will take a look at your site later this afternoon. I am in Belgium so probably won't receive the stream, but can certainly comment on design and

Re: [backstage] iPhone iPlayer

2008-10-13 Thread Matt Barber
It could be difficult for the BBC to keep a reliable counter without knowing your phone number or something like that, a cookie could be used but might be deleted. Nice idea though, it's important to keep the user informed. All you can eat data plans really are a must for all but very light

Re: [backstage] HD Videocamera advice please...

2008-09-29 Thread Matt Barber
Dave Crossland wrote: 2008/9/29 Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'd like to hear any suggestions or comments. Out of your price range and needs, but the Red ONE is fun to know about :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RED_Digital_Camera_Company Ag (sound of drooling from my

Re: [backstage] HD Videocamera advice please...

2008-09-29 Thread Matt Barber
Jim Tonge wrote: Got a lower version of the Sony HDR-HC9E http://www.sony.co.uk/product/hdd-hdv/hdr-hc9e/tab/technicalspecs#tab at work - last year's model. Pretty good for a Handycam: CMOS sensor, audio in. 'Spose it depends if you want DV/HDV or flash cards. For the price I'd probably go

Re: [backstage-developer] Online experiment in emotion recognition - please take part.

2008-09-16 Thread Matt Barber
Peter Bleackley wrote: Hello everybody. I'm running an experiment to train a neural network to recognise the emotional content of gestures. Hi Peter, This sounds interesting, I will take a look and sign up. Also if you don't mind, will forward this to a few friends that are interested in

Re: [backstage] Manchester Free Software Talk: Dave Crossland - Free as in Profit

2008-09-11 Thread Matt Barber
Michael wrote: On Wednesday 10 September 2008 00:19:38 Ian Forrester wrote: Would love to be there but I'm in London on the 16th. Anyone else going to go? Sadly it's not practical for me to go either, though for other reasons :) Michael. I can't go - but will there be a

Re: [backstage] Manchester Free Software Talk: Dave Crossland - Free as in Profit

2008-09-11 Thread Matt Barber
Dave Crossland wrote: 2008/9/11 Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I can't go - but will there be a pod/webcast? I think Tim is going to bring a video camera, so hopefully, yes Thanks Dave for the info, and thanks Tim in advance for bringing the camera! :) Hope it goes well

Re: [backstage] zambians in mourning

2008-09-03 Thread Matt Barber
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Sam Mbale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In case you happen to be there, I'll be the sad guy with an afro. thanks I think it would have been better accepted had it not been in caps, I thought it was spam at first glance! But I hope it all goes OK.

Re: [backstage] Search yourself

2008-08-19 Thread Matt Barber
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool. But cool in a cool for the sake of being cool way, rather than cool in an in any way useful way. I want good search results. I don't really care how whizzily they're presented. That's part of the genius of

Re: [backstage] Mr Cashmore goes down under

2008-08-14 Thread Matt Barber
Ah that looks really cool! Best of luck to Matt, Patrick and Stace. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi All, As most of you know, Matt Cashmore was part of the backstage team until recently when he took over the BBC innovation labs. But not even the

Re: [backstage] BBC clock

2008-07-28 Thread Matt Barber
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:42 AM, D P Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...I need to find the source/author/licence else, quite reasonably, the web developer will not incorporate it (if it is possible to do so)... Have you tried acking the guy who made that site, there's a contact page at

Re: [backstage] BBC clock

2008-07-28 Thread Matt Barber
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:18 AM, D P Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I followed his guidance at the top of the page where the nice clocks were found before posting :) Please note: I did not create any of these Flash clocks! I found them all on the Internet. I placed them here for information

Re: [backstage] BBC Music Beta launches

2008-07-28 Thread Matt Barber
Yeh really nice :) On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Lee Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, thats really amazing. Well done people. My team have produced another corker... http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/beta is a lovely looking site, and contains lots and lots of lovely APIs... more

Re: [backstage] Internet TV without streaming is like

2008-07-21 Thread Matt Barber
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Deirdre Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/7/18 Oeztunali, Sebnem (CT) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As said before there is a distinguishable difference between streaming and downloading, hence even if P2P downloading is old, P2P streaming is quite the

Re: [backstage] Internet TV without streaming is like

2008-07-21 Thread Matt Barber
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Fred Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon Jul 21 11:11:17 2008, Oeztunali, Sebnem (CT) wrote: But still flash runs in every browser, hence every device capable of Internet-connectivity (has a browser) is able to receive that stream. Not in mine, and

Re: [backstage] Internet TV without streaming is like

2008-07-18 Thread Matt Barber
Unofficial off-the-top-of-my-head: 11:1 streaming:download. So this means even more pressure for the ISPs (a good thing in my opinion - will speed them up figuring out a viable business model for all these bits to be delivered) - and maybe a little less flak for the BBC for shifting the TBs with

Re: [backstage] Internet TV without streaming is like

2008-07-18 Thread Matt Barber
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unofficial off-the-top-of-my-head: 11:1 streaming:download. So this means even more pressure for the ISPs (a good thing in my opinion - will speed them up figuring out a viable business model for all these bits

Re: [backstage] RSS for /complaints, please?

2008-07-10 Thread Matt Barber
As a side note, be nice to have appraisal and suggestion comments, too in that feed. Also, anyone thought about user recommendations? On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Is there any chance that an RSS feed of

Re: [backstage] Quick idea for BBC News video

2008-07-09 Thread Matt Barber
ideas section, including your reason why not :) Peter Bowyer wrote: You pretty much talked yourself out of that one, then :-) Peter 2008/7/4 Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, just browsing the news and I wanted to send a link to a friend, and was wondering if it would be good to have

[backstage] Not BBC related - 4IP

2008-07-08 Thread Matt Barber
Hi, wondering who's seen this: http://www.4ip.org.uk/about Delivering effective, high quality public service media in an increasingly digital age is still pioneer territory and a real challenge ... Channel 4 has decided to take up that challenge in a radical way by forming the 4 Innovation for

Re: [backstage] Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:40:58 +0100

2008-07-07 Thread Matt Barber
So... Is Adobe Air any good for developing in? Not tried it but would like to soon, I was considering either a small project in AIR or Gears, would anyone recommend either or the other? I've always liked Flash, so might try something in AIR.

Re: [backstage] Quick idea for BBC News video

2008-07-04 Thread Matt Barber
Peter Bowyer wrote: You pretty much talked yourself out of that one, then :-) Haha indeed... And don't forget browser restarts. Here's the sound of my Firefox 3 re-opening 50 tabs... http://danbri.org/words/2008/05/02/311 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHsI0UBwh5E Could bring a

Re: [backstage] Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:40:58 +0100

2008-07-04 Thread Matt Barber
Oops, posted that without a subject and on a new thread... here you are: On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/7/4 simon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ben's suggestion to allow the people to choose their RIA flavour whether it be AIR, gears or whatever is very

[backstage]

2008-07-04 Thread Matt Barber
bit of a rant This software by Adobe that makes it easier to deploy cross-platform, desktop apps, and to use AJAX, HTML, Flash, and have it running offline/online - and these skills would be useful in other situations too - seems cool. In regard to the.. discussion that this competition thread has

Re: [backstage] iPlayer 2 - wow!

2008-07-03 Thread Matt Barber
These go to eleven (from 1:30 for the impatient, but the whole skit is funny): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d54UU-fPIsY On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Rupert Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But was it to scale? Rupert Watson +44 7787554801 www.root6.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [backstage] BBC Widget, nice!

2008-07-03 Thread Matt Barber
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just looking at the BBC Widget... Love the blurry slide to read the story! Second that, the blurry effect is very nice.

Re: [backstage] Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:40:58 +0100

2008-07-03 Thread Matt Barber
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting question to the backstage community... If we ran a competition which required the final prototype to be in Adobe Air, how would people feel about that? There's a run time and SDK for Win, OSx and now

Re: [backstage] Guardian article about iPhone iPlayer

2008-06-27 Thread Matt Barber
random reply I would like the iPlayer to work on my N95, but I don't think it would have as much impact as the iPhone release, aside from the ease of use that the iPhone tends to give to all activities it provides, the screen is much bigger, warranting the effort to bring the iPlayer to that

[backstage] BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview

2008-06-27 Thread Matt Barber
Anyone had any luck picking this up? I have a HDTV with a Freeview tuner, but have no idea if this is capable of picking up HD over the air... is it ATSC? I'm unsure of the specifics. --Matt

Re: [backstage] BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview

2008-06-27 Thread Matt Barber
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:32 PM, David Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought DVB-T2 was still a work-in-progress? Don't think any consumer boxes support it yet. (Or I may be horribly out of date.) -d Not out of date, looks like you're right: Wikipedia says: Status of the DVB-T2

[backstage] As it's friday...

2008-06-20 Thread Matt Barber
Thought a tasteless joke was in order: Why did the girl fall off the swing? Because somebody threw a fridge at her Any others? (should probably get my coat...)

Re: [backstage] Use visualisations of audio in your mashups!

2008-06-19 Thread Matt Barber
Alia-currently-typing-this-with-one-finger-while-eating-lunch Alia, what IS for lunch?

Re: [backstage] Techcrunch BBC debate

2008-06-18 Thread Matt Barber
Thanks Ian, I can't make it so will appreciate the recording. I'll be there recording for those who can't make it. Cheers, - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list

Re: [backstage] More for Mashed

2008-06-18 Thread Matt Barber
This all sounds so cool, and it's making me rather envious that I'm not going! If I didn't have prior commitments then I would most certainly be there. On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Simon Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seeing as we've got Arduino, ARM, Microsoft Robotics and Goddard

Re: [backstage] Friday humour

2008-06-10 Thread Matt Barber
Haha always good to have some terrible jokes during the day. In fact this is similar to Friday for me, as I have the rest of the week off to go to Download festival in Derby. Anyone else going? On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Sean DALY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And an arrogant three legged

Re: [backstage] More good news .. BBC to build web page for every TV show, says Jana Bennett

2008-06-10 Thread Matt Barber
Yeh, this way it will also be easier (if they implement it, which I hope they do) to find iPlayer episodes via the programme page rather than iplayer interface. On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [backstage] An alternative iPlayer interface for the Wii

2008-06-09 Thread Matt Barber
Great to know it works well now. It's often the case that changing a setting or two will help many problems, saves buying extra hardware too. Out of interest, is there a feature on the Wii to connect up an external wifi aerial anywhere? I saw they had capability for the old gamecube controllers,

Re: [backstage] An alternative iPlayer interface for the Wii

2008-06-08 Thread Matt Barber
You could use it on the PC and compare signal strength before/after relocating the access point, but yeh I overlooked the fact that moving the Wii wouldn't show up on a PC running it... Also, have you a xbox 360 nearby? The wireless controller antenna on it spews out loads of 2.4GHz everywhere and

[backstage] Friday humour

2008-06-06 Thread Matt Barber
Maybe time for some Friday humour, so I will begin: What is a shitzu? (you all reply: It's a dog!) Nah, it's a zoo with no animals in it HAHAHA Feel free to add to (or mute) this thread to make Fridays go a little faster. ./Matt

Re: [backstage] proxy support in BBC iplayer download client

2008-06-06 Thread Matt Barber
Can't you send all traffic through port 80/443 anyway, using the proxy transparently to filter traffic. You could then allow the Kontiki traffic in the proxy ruleset? On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Graham Donaldson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm new to this list, so hello to everyone

Re: [backstage] proxy support in BBC iplayer download client

2008-06-06 Thread Matt Barber
Good idea :) For now, i've opened port 80/443 to the BBC IP ranges as that seems to be where the HTTP/HTTPS requests are all headed, and I trust the BBC ip range to be sending us safe traffic.

Re: [backstage] An alternative iPlayer interface for the Wii

2008-06-06 Thread Matt Barber
I've seen that changing the channel to a few down the line helps, so if it's on 1 or 3, try 6 or 9/vice versa. If you want to try this also you can download NetStumbler [1] and look at the graph, then you can change your settings and compare results in different parts of your house based on signal

Re: [backstage] BBC Look East HTML rich newsletter

2008-06-05 Thread Matt Barber
Hello there, I'm a journalist working for BBC East in Norwich and I've joined this mailing list to get advice and guidance - and possibly some ideas - about a project I've been working on for the last 6 months. With the backing of my bosses at Look East and BBC English regions, I've

Re: [backstage] BBC Look East HTML rich newsletter

2008-06-05 Thread Matt Barber
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Sean DALY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I may add my 2 cents, I think e-mail newsletters should always have a text-only option with a link to the graphics-rich version. I am subscribed to fairly vast number of newsletters and I generally don't read them, I search

[backstage] BBC Three and CBeebies information

2008-06-05 Thread Matt Barber
Hi everyone, I'm interested in putting together some information on the growth and popularity of various websites and genres of content, and am specifically interested in CBeebies and BBC Three. Does anyone have any recent specific / ballpark figures for visitors or page impressions on these BBC

Re: [backstage] BBC Three and CBeebies information

2008-06-05 Thread Matt Barber
/5 Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi everyone, I'm interested in putting together some information on the growth and popularity of various websites and genres of content, and am specifically interested in CBeebies and BBC Three. Does anyone have any recent specific / ballpark figures

Re: [backstage] BBC Look East HTML rich newsletter

2008-06-05 Thread Matt Barber
Matt, Just received an edition of your newsletter, thought I'd give you some quick feedback on it from first impressions. I tried to jump in and write now because first impressions for me are what stick and are important, so just straight from looking at it (I will be picky but thats what you want

Re: [backstage] MPs eye cash spent on BBC iPlayer

2008-05-15 Thread Matt Barber
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049409_mps_eye_cash_spent_on_bbc_iplayer I love the comment ' maybe the MP's should be looking at them selfs, they waste a lot more money than this, and they are

Re: [backstage] Zattoo - live streaming BBC channels

2008-05-13 Thread Matt Barber
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://zattoo.com/ http://informitv.com/articles/2008/05/09/zattooclaimscopyright/ Zattoo, which is now offering live online streams of the leading British terrestrial television channels, is claiming it has the

Re: [backstage] Freesat: open platform AND iPlayer

2008-05-09 Thread Matt Barber
Fingers crossed they are :D Can't wait to see the first hacks for freesat receivers! Yeh! If they have a little power left over in them after the decoding takes place, a nice little hack would be online radio, like shoutcast. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe,

Re: [backstage] Stephen Fry: There is this marvellous idea the iPlayer is secure. It's anything but secure

2008-05-08 Thread Matt Barber
Didn't think of it like that, good points On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good example of how the world looks *very* different if you're a rights holder currently making money from your secondary rights... even a rights holder as clued up as Fry -

Re: [backstage] The future of the internet

2008-05-01 Thread Matt Barber
It's interesting the way the Facebook can pull data from other systems (ie, your email contacts list) but has no export. I thought about writing one, I wondered if I would get blocked from doing it... I *think* as long as you're logged in as you, and they are your contacts, I don't see why

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Matt Barber
I wonder if that is going to work? I'm intrigued, please share what happens! - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive:

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost)

2008-04-16 Thread Matt Barber
There would be lots more beanbags, for one thing. I think beanbags and hammocks should be available in more offices. And perhaps more beer fridges... May lower productivity slightly... - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost)

2008-04-16 Thread Matt Barber
Last.fm has the ballpit (with webcams) and the BPI has the free beer, I think that's reason enough for the Beeb to implement them both as sensible employee-centric policies. Google office in Amsterdam has a slide going to the cafeteria, also a fireman's pole... Free food too...! - Sent

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost)

2008-04-16 Thread Matt Barber
Surely you'd want firemens' poles and slides like Google in Switzerland?? Switzerland, not Amsterdam. I was thinking of the Cisco Amsterdam office, where I think they have a dog on campus - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] XBox Media Center iPlayer Plugin

2008-04-02 Thread Matt Barber
The reason this was developed so quickly (and it appeared within days of the iPhone version being released) is that XBMC has its own really powerful python scripting framework which hooks into its existing media playback capabilities. This makes it really easy for developers to knock out

Re: [backstage] Web Semantics - Slicing The Cake

2008-04-01 Thread Matt Barber
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:49 PM, A Agutter Pineapple Blue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Planning When Developing (Current Topic BBC Dimensions). The current subject in the group is in relation to the display dimensions. After years and years of research, the optimal size is 800 x 600 and you

Re: [backstage] New BBC News site

2008-04-01 Thread Matt Barber
Look at any of the Featured videos on YouTube today... They're all really good.. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive:

[backstage] [Backstage] New BBC News site

2008-03-31 Thread Matt Barber
When did this go live?! The black bar at the top will have to grow on me... are there any plans to do anything else with that, other than a search box? ./Matt - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Embracing the torrent of online video

2008-03-28 Thread Matt Barber
I can assure you that Digibeta is still widely (but decreasingly) used within the BBC, too. :-) Tapeless Production is still a work in progress. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/tapeless-production/index.shtml) Yeah I saw some stuff about tapeless production when I read about Dirac last

Re: [backstage] Fun with your mobile

2008-03-14 Thread Matt Barber
Just had a go on my N95 and it works very well. Downloading a podcast as we speak. On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Phil Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a quick exclusive for the Backstage list. If you own a Nokia N95, or a Playstation PSP, you might wish to visit

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-13 Thread Matt Barber
We've released a fix to prevent unrestricted downloading of streamed TV programmes on BBC iPlayer. It's official! The BBC are that stupid. I doubt your new system is as secure as you think so yelling We've fixed it nah nah nah is going to make some people crack it just to show you up.

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-13 Thread Matt Barber
Care to take a stab at the relative amount of UK Linux users compared with the number of iPhone users? I rest my case. This is an interesting point. I am all for open standards and software, but also feel I should consider all aspects - including ones out of the control of the immediate want to

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-13 Thread Matt Barber
Wrong - the door is open with a welcome sign because all the progs are broadcast first of all on TV without DRM. Adding DRM later on is just a meaningless waste of money. If people want to get content online, they can and they will. This is irrelevant really because we're after a legal, long

Re: [backstage] Own up now, who was this?

2008-03-10 Thread Matt Barber
Haha On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Iain Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://dumpedimage.com/?image=843 :D - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive:

Re: [backstage] Is it just me, or is some stereo audio on BBC chans (Freeview) out of phase?

2008-03-06 Thread Matt Barber
Have you tried two different freeview receivers? Could it be something strange going on in hardware, or delay introduced on speaker setup / processing? On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher Woods wrote: Can you give an exact channel, date and time

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Gnash-dev] EFF: Adobe Pushes DRM for Flash

2008-03-02 Thread Matt Barber
Time after time I see threads on here turn into nasty flames, it's a shame because the people involved usually have intelligent, well mannered opinions, and that's what I'd like to read... Everyone has indifferences but can't we enjoy and discuss each other's opinion rather than reject it? Just

Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

2008-02-29 Thread Matt Barber
Of course the BBC has a duty to educate. The use of proprietary protocols/formats is a direct contradiction to this duty. How can we educate people when we can not even tell them how things work. I can see where your coming from in regard to the software that runs the platforms to deliver

Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

2008-02-28 Thread Matt Barber
So to put this thread back on track, does anyone have any experience with Air? Developing or using? On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 28 February 2008 15:58:08 Dave Crossland wrote: Even if I choose to use a proprietary program on a open source

Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

2008-02-25 Thread Matt Barber
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7254436.stm Adobe Air allows developers to build tools that still have some functionality even when a computer is no longer connected to the net. A free download will allow users of

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-22 Thread Matt Barber
I don't know if it would make good business sense, but wouldn't it be good if Sony came in right now and said 'hey all you HD-DVD deck buyers - come swap it for a blu-ray deck for free/subsidised price'. Could even swap it for a PS3, increasing game sales while they were at it. Don't think the

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-22 Thread Matt Barber
bought HD-DVD anyway... presumably not /that/ many or the format wouldn't have gone belly up. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Barber Sent: 22 February 2008 11:58 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] HD

[backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-19 Thread Matt Barber
Toshiba drops out of HD DVD war - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7252172.stm What does everyone think? I thought they would keep this going for longer. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-19 Thread Matt Barber
On Feb 19, 2008 1:42 PM, Davy Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 19, 2008 1:18 PM, Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does everyone think? I thought they would keep this going for longer. You know, I always read Blu Ray as Blur-ry... ;-) !! Not having big screen, DVD is more

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-19 Thread Matt Barber
/2008, Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Toshiba drops out of HD DVD war - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7252172.stm What does everyone think? I thought they would keep this going for longer. Bald men fighting over a comb. Now one one them can scrape their scalp

Re: BBC Three simulcasting on the web (Was: RE: [backstage] Livestation)

2008-02-12 Thread Matt Barber
Yeh I like those listings! Beats the current now and next stuff! 2008/2/12 Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Isn't http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tvlistings/ rather good too? On 12/02/2008, Christopher Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, while we're on the subject of streaming TV...

Re: [backstage] BBC News

2008-01-25 Thread Matt Barber
Strange isn't it! Well the weekend begins soon so perhaps I should see what happens Monday ;) On Jan 25, 2008 4:34 PM, Ciaran Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/08, Darren Stephens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check to see what MIME types your browser is sending out in HTTP Accept when

[backstage] BBC News

2008-01-25 Thread Matt Barber
Anyone noticed the BBC News front page has gone to a PDA or similar version? ./Matt

Re: [backstage] BBC News

2008-01-25 Thread Matt Barber
On Jan 25, 2008 1:48 PM, Ciaran Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/08, Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone noticed the BBC News front page has gone to a PDA or similar version? Looks okay to me. What browser are you using? I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.11 on Windows XP from

Re: [backstage] BBC News

2008-01-25 Thread Matt Barber
On Jan 25, 2008 2:39 PM, Ciaran Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/08, Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same browser, 2.0.0.11 from XP. It's actually redirecting to http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/default.stm which is strange. Tried IE as well to see

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-24 Thread Matt Barber
You are correct in saying that apache cannot stream files, the only possibility is to progressively download the data, otherwise known as 'http streaming', which is, as previously mentioned, inefficient compared to other more suitable methods. I think that part of the problem is that today there

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-24 Thread Matt Barber
On Jan 24, 2008 11:39 AM, Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are correct in saying that apache cannot stream files, the only possibility is to progressively download the data, otherwise known as 'http streaming', which is, as previously mentioned, inefficient compared to other more

Re: [backstage] Music in TV programs

2008-01-10 Thread Matt Barber
Hi, I once wrote to ITV requesting some music during one of their programmes, who forwarded me to the program controller who was able to help further. The BBC's website suggests you try the Points of View messageboard, saying: '...for example, they may be able to instantly identify a piece of

Re: [backstage] SemanticCamp London, 16-17 Feb 2008

2008-01-09 Thread Matt Barber
This sounds really good, I am very interested in semantic web and hope to go to hear what everyone has to say about it. Be good to get together and throw some Q/A around. Is anyone else on the list interested in going? ./Matt On Jan 9, 2008 10:46 AM, Tom Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey

Re: [backstage] BBC iplayer on exotic devices

2008-01-09 Thread Matt Barber
An API would be good, one could request a stream ID based on program, or perhaps just a category, similar to an RSS feed based on program genre or series. So my webapp could automatically list the latest 5 top gear episodes for my fan site, with little programming or knowledge of program IDs. An

Re: [backstage] BBC iplayer on exotic devices

2008-01-09 Thread Matt Barber
Good idea, streamline and optimise for the end user, be abundant with information for the developer. That way it would increase reliability for the end user too, as the live production code is less likely to change/have errors introduced, whereas if the developer code goes a little wrong, it's not

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