Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-12-01 Thread Paul Webster
On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:30:39 +, you wrote: >On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:03:45 -,Gareth Davis wrote: > > > >>Live streams are also available in Shoutcast/MP3 additionally. > >Oh - that is interesting ... can you point to some links and naming convention? Ignore that - I see it on the page http:/

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-12-01 Thread Paul Webster
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:03:45 -,Gareth Davis wrote: >Live streams are also available in Shoutcast/MP3 additionally. Oh - that is interesting ... can you point to some links and naming convention? -- Rgds Paul Webster - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, plea

RE: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-12-01 Thread Gareth Davis
Of Gordon Joly > Sent: 30 November 2009 09:15 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing? > > > > FYI > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/realmedia/live/localradio/london.ram > > Gordo > > - > Sen

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-11-30 Thread Gordon Joly
FYI http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/realmedia/live/localradio/london.ram Gordo - 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

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-11-30 Thread Gordon Joly
Very good news indeed. Real Audio allows pausing a live stream (which iPlayer does not?). Gordo Paul Webster wrote: Just to let people know ... direct access to BBC Local Radio On Demand content has been restored over the last few days. It is 48K WMA Thanks to those who worked behind

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-11-24 Thread Paul Webster
Just to let people know ... direct access to BBC Local Radio On Demand content has been restored over the last few days. It is 48K WMA Thanks to those who worked behind the scenes to get it going. Real shame that it took an initially unplanned 2 months - but it is working. Paul On Fri, 04 Sep

RE: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-08 Thread adancy+backstage
I hadn't seen that page before - very handy. Mind you, I wonder how accurate it is, considering it has RealAudio listed as a supported format for local radio (which we now know is being phased out) and it's got Windows Media as a supported format for Listen Again on network radio (when I didn't

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-08 Thread Brian Butterworth
You need to note: http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_programmes/radio_players http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/finding_programmes/real_wma_streams 2009/9/8 > > So a fair summary for what's ha

RE: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-08 Thread Gareth Davis
kstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing? So a fair summary for what's happening with radio would be as follows: Local Radio - changing from Real to WMA for the low bitrate option Network Radio - staying as is, although presumably with WMA

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-08 Thread Paul Webster
Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?For the internet radio device community - the most important aspect of this is that there is a direct streaming URL using one of the "standard" protocols and codecs. It is a big shame that it is the low bit-rate version that is

RE: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-08 Thread adancy+backstage
So a fair summary for what's happening with radio would be as follows: Local Radio - changing from Real to WMA for the low bitrate option Network Radio - staying as is, although presumably with WMA being added eventually as per previous comments on BBC blogs World Service - staying as is, but wit

RE: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-07 Thread Gareth Davis
From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of John O'Donovan Sent: 07 September 2009 00:39 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

RE: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-06 Thread John O'Donovan
Of Gavin Johnson Sent: 04 September 2009 14:42 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing? Ok so it turns out that a dual bitrate option will continue to be available, but in Windows rather than Real. So that link is temporarily broken whi

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-05 Thread Paul Webster
Thanks -- Sent from my phone On 5 Sep 2009, at 10:43, Phil Lewis wrote: Hi Paul, Try this: http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer//list - 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

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-05 Thread Brian Butterworth
Paul, Each local radio station has an iPlayer feed: http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbc_radio_cumbria/list http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbc_radio_newcastle/list http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbc_tees/list http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbc_radio_lancashire/list http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbc

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-05 Thread Phil Lewis
Hi Paul, Try this: http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer//list Where is one of (the first part in single quotes): 'bbc_1xtra' => 'BBC 1Xtra', 'bbc_radio_one' => 'BBC Radio 1', 'bbc_radio_two'

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-05 Thread Paul Webster
Closely related question ... and one that was asked back in October last year. Do we now have XML feed for the BBC local radio station listen again content? If yes - what is the syntax - and is there a page that lists the links? i.e. an equivalent of http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/availability/ra

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-04 Thread Gavin Johnson
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Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-04 Thread adancy+backstage
onverter.co.uk (apologies if this appears twice - fun and games with gmail and their silly 'on behalf of' header) _ From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Gavin Johnson Sent: 04 September 2009 14:42 To: backstage@lists.b

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-04 Thread Phil Lewis
This link from James Cridland also seems to confirm there was no plan to remove these streams... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2008/12/bbc_radio_in_iplayer_-_sounds.shtml On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 14:41 +0100, Gavin Johnson wrote: > Ok so it turns out that a dual bitrate option will continue t

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-04 Thread Paul Webster
So - I presume that this means that we lose the ability to pause/ff On Demand content on Reciva-based radios (because it was using a URL facility of the streaming server that has presumably been turned off). Annoying if true because of prior discussions with Alan Ogilvie (back in December) about

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-04 Thread Gavin Johnson
Ok so it turns out that a dual bitrate option will continue to be available, but in Windows rather than Real. So that link is temporarily broken while things are being moved around. There¹s some useful background here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2009/08/improvements_to_bbc_local_rad i.

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-04 Thread Gavin Johnson
As of Tuesday there is no longer a dual bitrate option. It looks like iplayer haven¹t caught up. Thanks for noticing, I¹ll give someone a nudge about getting the link removed. Gavin On 04/09/2009 12:43, "Paul Webster" wrote: > What has happened to the RealAudio feeds of the local radio (BBC Lon