RE: [backstage] Percentage of License fee going towards DRM?

2007-02-28 Thread Pete Cole
all get together and create a 'UK standard'? As things stand, it seems to me that watching 'stuff' from a multiplicity of sources on a PC is going to be a usability nightmare. Pete Cole -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deirdre

RE: [backstage] BBC Web API - additional audio formats // additional speed descriptors

2007-02-01 Thread Pete Cole
not sure this is helpful. Is there a mime type distinction between streams that need say, real-player to play them and those that need something else (WMP) or would it be required to parse the url to work that out? With the old type definition, that was explicit. Pete Cole - Sent via

RE: [backstage] BBC Web API - additional audio formats // additional speed descriptors

2007-01-31 Thread Pete Cole
into location, and I can't think of anything better either. Pete Cole - 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

RE: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four?

2006-11-17 Thread Pete Cole
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 04:00:29PM -, Pete Cole wrote: Hi Andrew, When I get a chance I'll update the streams. If you could, I'll be grateful - the widget competition winner is a rather useless without them and whilst it may not be overloading your servers I know

RE: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four?

2006-11-16 Thread Pete Cole
-, Pete Cole wrote: Hi Andrew, This is the fun with experimental prototypes, eh? On the particular issue of streams it fascinates me that there seem to be so many - I presume the feeds listed by the API are somehow different from the main site feeds (Radio 1 has been down

RE: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four?

2006-11-15 Thread Pete Cole
, eh? Andrew BBC Research On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 02:49:52PM -, Pete Cole wrote: Hi, This (Radio Four listing) problem seems to have gone away, but some of the real audio streams listed by the API don't seem to work (they give the ever helpful 'General Error'). I haven't

RE: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four?

2006-11-14 Thread Pete Cole
Hi, This (Radio Four listing) problem seems to have gone away, but some of the real audio streams listed by the API don't seem to work (they give the ever helpful 'General Error'). I haven't checked 'em all, but radio 1,2,3 and 4 seem 'dead' but 5 live is OK. Pete Cole. -Original Message

RE: [backstage] Web2.0 - tennets, rules, development philosophy... I'd love you to give us some feedback

2006-07-17 Thread Pete Cole
to allow; what content can be used to what end and by whom? Pete Cole --- On 7/14/06, Kim Plowright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all As threatened, here it is.I'm part of a project internally that is looking at what the BBC

RE: [backstage] All streamable programmes

2006-05-15 Thread Pete Cole
? The multicast trial provides links to RAM files that open in Real Player. I think I must be getting very confused; perhaps I don't understand what you mean by link directly to RAM files? Is there some difference between 'listen live' and 'listen again'? Thanks Pete Cole -Original Message- From