Re: [backstage] iPad and iPlayer

2010-05-26 Thread Mo McRoberts
On 26-May-2010, at 23:11, Brian Butterworth wrote: > Let's hope the same priority has been afforded to Android users. It was pointed out to me earlier today that Android has been “going to support Flash really soon” for quite a while now. While it should be a very simple change to serve up the

Re: [backstage] iPad and iPlayer

2010-05-26 Thread Alex Cockell
On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 23:11 +0100, Brian Butterworth wrote: > Let's hope the same priority has been afforded to Android users. Don't forget Maemo and Symbian! I know I can browse to it.. but 'twould be good to have something a little lighter-weight on my N900... -- Alex Cockell Reading, Berks,

Re: [backstage] Re: get_iplayer 2.77 release (was Re: [backstage] get_iplayer dropped in response to BBC’s lack of support for open source)

2010-05-26 Thread Alex Cockell
Hi folks, Considering it's now being handled here - do we have anyone with any clout as to getting get_iplayer supported officially? Just thinking that there is precedent for a download/streaming engine separate to playback client - just look toward the EBU... :) Watching with interest... Alex

Re: [backstage] iPad and iPlayer

2010-05-26 Thread Brian Butterworth
Let's hope the same priority has been afforded to Android users. On 26 May 2010 22:21, Paul Webster wrote: > Erik Huggers has been briefing today - and has said that iPlayer will be > iPad friendly in time for UK iPad launch this > Friday. > > Telegraph article interprets it wrongly I think (say

Re: [backstage] iPad and iPlayer

2010-05-26 Thread Paul Webster
Erik Huggers has been briefing today - and has said that iPlayer will be iPad friendly in time for UK iPad launch this Friday. Telegraph article interprets it wrongly I think (saying that it is a downloadable app) - but anyway - principle is clear. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/776

Re: [backstage] Re: get_iplayer 2.77 release (was Re: [backstage] get_iplayer dropped in response to BBC’s lack of support for open source)

2010-05-26 Thread David Woodhouse
On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 16:02 +0100, Mo McRoberts wrote: > > JOOI, how much divergance is there between this and > http://github.com/jjl/get_iplayer ? Not a lot -- I've been talking to James and trying to make sure I wasn't stepping on his toes. Only the Akamai stuff is different, which we're curre

[backstage] Re: get_iplayer 2.77 release (was Re: [back stage] get_iplayer dropped in response to BBC ’s lack of support for open source)

2010-05-26 Thread Mo McRoberts
On 26-May-2010, at 15:27, David Woodhouse wrote: > I can give accounts on git.infradead.org if you want to publish a git > tree there with your changes, or you can just mail patches to the list > (or to me in private if you'd like them to be applied anonymously for > some reason). JOOI, how much

get_iplayer 2.77 release (was Re: [backstage] get_iplayer dropped in response to BBC’s lack of support for open source)

2010-05-26 Thread David Woodhouse
On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 15:07 +, Iain Wallace wrote: > Given that this is entirely open source (real open source, not Ian > Hunter bizarro-land open source) and the number of users it has it > seems unlikely that someone won't fork or maintain the code. If it > does fall out of repair, it's back