Re: [backstage] Guardian article about iPhone iPlayer
The BBC has issued a fix to stop people downloading programmes from the iPlayer website that were intended for streaming on an iPhone or iPod only A fix? But the hack still works.. - 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] Guardian article about iPhone iPlayer
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 platform. The N95 does have video output right out of the box, literally the box comes with the cable to connect it up to RCA jacks. Not saying the quality would be at all acceptable on a screen bigger than a postage stamp, but that's a cool feature that I have never used apart from novelty value for 5 minutes. With reliably updated, well sourced material (like the iPlayer), I think more features like that would get used. What would be excellent, is if the N95 could output a higher res to the video out jack. It might be able to when viewing photos, but I doubt video would scale up any higher than it's native screen res. Then we could send decent iPlayer content to it over wifi, and watch it on TV even easier than hooking up a laptop. /random reply (It's been a long day...) :) So has anyone got any thoughts on this, and can think of other devices with video output that could make life easier to watch in the living room, without having to use a laptop? (loving the mashed photos by the way everyone, keep putting them up :)) On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Arkham.p77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The BBC has issued a fix to stop people downloading programmes from the iPlayer website that were intended for streaming on an iPhone or iPod only A fix? But the hack still works.. - 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/
[backstage] BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview
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
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 2008/6/27 Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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 - 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] BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview
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 specification (early April 2008) - The DVB-T2 physical layer specification is complete and there will be no further technical enhancements. - The receiver VLSI chip design can be started with confidence in stability of specification (the DVB internal standard document is available to all DVB members including the leading chip companies) - Draft PSI/SI (program and system information) specification document agreed with the DVB-TM-GBS group.
Re: [backstage] BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview
David Johnston 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 2008/6/27 Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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 DVB-T2 physical layer specification was ratified yesterday - and was on-air this morning (admittedly by the guys who were working on the specification). The RF specification does differ from Freeview (DVB-T), as does the physical layer and the signalling - so no, I doubt anyone has hacked it yet* and no, it isn't ATSC. Simon * although please feel free - the spec will be available on the ETSI website, free of charge, soon -- *Simon Thompson MEng MIET* Research Engineer (Electronics) PRINCE2^TM Registered Practitioner *BBC Future Media and Technology* mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [backstage] BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview
For those of you that missed the announcement: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/06_june/27/h d.shtml I'm sure someone down at KW will know chapter and verse on this, but AFAIK there are no IDTVs currently on the market that will be compatible with the test transmissions. Most HD IDTVs have only SD DVB decoders, and the handful that do have HD decoders receive HD using MPEG2 compression over the usual DVB-T transport layer (as used elsewhere in the world like Australia). Somewhere else in Europe does use h264 for DVB HD services (France maybe?) but over standard DVB-T not DVB-T2. Guildford could be a world first. -- Gareth Davis | Production Systems Specialist World Service Future Media, Digital Delivery Team - Part of BBC Global News Division * http://www.bbcworldservice.com/ http://www.bbcworldservice.com/ * 702NE Bush House, Strand, London, WC2B 4PH * 02 71285 (internal) * +44 (0)20 7557 1285 (external) * [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Barber Sent: 27 June 2008 16:08 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview 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
