Re: [backstage] Enabling NVIDIA GPU acceleration on iPlayer videos...

2011-01-14 Thread Paul Jakma
. This allows, for the same set of compute resources, significantly higher-quality video to be played than is possible with Flash. Devices in class a are thus granted a competitive advantage over those in class b, by the BBC. regards, -- Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org @pjakma Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-10-01 Thread Paul Jakma
that real content protection is a pipe-dream - all such schemes are very brittle. The likes of get_iplayer will continue to exist and work. It's just a shame the BBC makes fine technical people waste their effort on trying to block such clients. regards, -- Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org Key ID

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-10-01 Thread Paul Jakma
making your product *less* useful than freely available alternatives *harms* their ability to extract value from your product? regards, -- Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: Suddenly, Professor Liebowitz realizes he has come to the seminar without his duck ...

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-10-01 Thread Paul Jakma
. So this argument doesn't hold either. regards, -- Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them. -- Joseph Heller, Catch-22 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion

RE: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-10-01 Thread Paul Jakma
version would not. They are simply wrong, I am afraid - as empirical reality should show them. ;) regards, -- Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: Serving coffee on aircraft causes turbulence. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-10-01 Thread Paul Jakma
access this way, that'd suit me. regards, -- Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: You will soon meet a person who will play an important role in your life. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-10-01 Thread Paul Jakma
solutions. Except the BBC says this information is a privileged secret. regards, -- Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: For every problem there is one solution which is simple, neat, and wrong. -- H. L. Mencken - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-10-01 Thread Paul Jakma
, so could reflect badly on the BBC. Not all TV sets are created equal... regards, -- Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: Let sleeping dogs lie. -- Charles Dickens - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-10-01 Thread Paul Jakma
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Paul Jakma wrote: On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, David Dorward wrote: 1. If you look at the devices in the market which have access to this; none of them provide a way to get the content off the device (for redistribution or long term archiving). It seems reasonable to assume

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-10-01 Thread Paul Jakma
as the main iPlayer Meh, the video is still accessible - doesn't matter whether it was an RTMPE or HTTPS stream that delivers the bits.. regards, -- Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. -- Abigail Van

[backstage] BBCs' commitment to fair dealing rights (was RE: API...)

2010-10-01 Thread Paul Jakma
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RE: [backstage] Canvas - Open Source Consortium

2010-09-14 Thread Paul Jakma
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Re: [backstage] Canvas - Open Source Consortium

2010-09-13 Thread Paul Jakma
use still persists in certain english speaking regions (e.g. many parts of Ireland). regards, -- Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: Pauca sed matura. [Few but excellent.] -- Gauss - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe