Listening to 1Xtra tonight (RAM Takeover on Bailey's show), noted there was
a ~1dB discrepancy between L and R channels (L +1dB) on the online stream.
Is there any kind of public-facing address or webform which actually
eventually gets to BBC engineers so they can investigate any potential dodgy
wi
> > I recorded this a while ago (3rd of January 2011) when I
> was scanning
> > MW and LW bands late at night... as one is wont to do when one is
> > bored. This was at my Dad's old place in Steeple Claydon, picked up
> > right at the bottom end of the MW band:
> >
> > http://chriswoods.co.uk/
Sorry this isn't exactly BBC-related, but sure there's enough collective
knowledge of radio and bizarre 'broadcasts' to help me identify this mystery
sound.
I recorded this a while ago (3rd of January 2011) when I was scanning MW and
LW bands late at night... as one is wont to do when one is bored
A while back I tried to sign up to BBC News updates but the double opt-in
doesn't appear to be working for me - I receive the "confirm your email"
message but the confirmation link just takes me to the fire and brimstone
500 error page.
Anybody else seeing this? Should it be happening (or has the
Is this list still alive?
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Resending this as it doesn't appear to have made the list.
> -Original Message-
> From: Christopher Woods [mailto:chris...@infinitus.co.uk]
> Sent: 22 February 2011 13:36
> To: 'backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk'
> Subject: RE: [backstage] Problems with iPlayer v
Just using belt and braces... But I had issues playing Pick of the pops and
Sounds of the 70s on listen again on my Roberts wifi radio. already filed a
problem this morning. programmes would stop 5 mins in.
Running potp now, but it's only filled the immediate use buffer, rather than
letting t
> Chris,
> You can find links to service status and a contact form from here:
> http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/using_bbc_iplayer/t
> ech_report
>
> Comments about World Service content do get through to me, so
> filling in the form does work.
Super :>
Whilst I have your eye as such
Watching the AV Referendum Speeches there's a LOT of picture & sound
breakup, looks like a bad OB sat feed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00zb198/House_of_Commons_AV_Referendum
_Speeches/
To whom should this problem be reported and what's the best way to report
technical problems in futur
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> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Sam Smith
> Sent: 06 February 2011 20:10
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
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> Subject: Re: [backstage] Streaming video on variable
>
> > I'm trying to work out what technology to use
I have no experience in this myself but I've been impressed by the
reliability and quality of the LiveU system. Leo Laporte (and co) used it to
do walkabout live coverage of CES 2011 and it really held up well, even in
the LVCC (where NOBODY can g
> get_iplayer doesn't attempt any transcoding of video - it
> just remuxes the flv into mp4
And also to the suggestion of using python script Kieran... I'm not *quite*
that nerdy to pipe my video through mplayer, I usually give up in
frustration before getting it working! ;-)
I ended up giving
> I think the iPlayer app in MythTV or Boxee should let you
> watch using hardware acceleration.
Well, Boxee doesn't want to fully hardware accelerate. The colourspace is
squashed, which indicates it's *trying* to use hardware acceleration (the
colourspace is being squashed into 16-235, which i
> It might not handle Main profile maybe? I'd hazard a guess
> that YouTube stuff is all Baseline...
>
> (though this doesn't explain my MPC would play it all back
> swimmingly unless there's some transcoding voodoo going on
> rather than just
> re-containering)
I can assure you that MPC (with
> It's proably the h264 decoder of the flash player, it's quite
> buggy and a bit of a cpu hog,
>
> Good news is adobe are making it better all the time, so a
> lot of the early buggyiness is gone, it's just the cpu
> concerns that are about,
Indeed, 10.2 is much better and regular 1080p play
I got a Lenovo IdeaPad S12 netbook with an integrated NVIDIA ION GPU for
Christmas :-) It's a 1.6GHz device which I can easily top out the CPU on,
but with DXVA support and an HDMI port it becomes an ideal low-cost HTPC
substitute for occasional viewing.
The first thing I set off to try was the GP
> the one that brings tears to my eyes is animation without a timeline.
> it must be de facto that one starts with onion-skinning, a
> score and timeline, but
I'm not sure that a timeline-less format would be best. I can get my head
round a timeline based animation format quite easily (and in
Apple devices, both mobile and desktop, still occupy a minority across the
deployed userbase (just a disporportionately large mindshare, the Reality
Distortion Effect hard at work as always). Android & MS still have lion's
share of mobile devices worldwide and they're going to be locked in a battle
On 8 November 2010 20:13, b...@bt wrote:
The other obvious solution is to just stick Sky at Night (the 30 minute
edition) on BBC HD.
There's plenty of spare time at night when the BBC HD channel is un-used.
Or indeed daytime. Quite why the best of pre-watershed BBC HD isn't there
for peop
Can I have a "why oh why?" moment.
Me too! Why oh why wasn't an automatic channel redirect included in the
original Freeview spec? I can think of several use cases for that feature.
> enough for at least 2 more HD channels.
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Christopher Woods"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 4:54 PM
> Subject: RE: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions
>
>
> >> --
> -Original Message-
> From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of b...@bt
> Sent: 08 November 2010 14:38
> To: BBC Backstage
> Subject: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions
>
> Just a quick question.
>
> The BBC4 edition of
> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Ant Miller
> ping?
...pong
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> Um, it's not weview, it's YouView, (though no, I'm no fan of the name or
the branding)
derp. My brain has no excuse for why it did that. I know I thought this
originally before my brain decided to replace half the name (perhaps in
protest? ;-) but YouView's even worse! Rubbish take off
Yeah, and I *love* the way that the jv is kicking the foss community in the
teeth over t&c...
The least they could do is give something back! Actually, correct me if I'm
wrong, but haven't they got to make the source code available?
I've already been on the phone to them about possibly open
> On 11/09/2010 09:26, Brian Butterworth wrote:
> > They covered it all here:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0eMHRxlJ2c
> >
> > Brian Butterworth
> Bit of a con in parts. I thought the search for a "woman" in
> the museum was fake.
Amusingly enough I was trying out Google Scribe on
> On 11/09/2010 09:26, Brian Butterworth wrote:
> > They covered it all here:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0eMHRxlJ2c
> >
> > Brian Butterworth
> Bit of a con in parts. I thought the search for a "woman" in
> the museum was fake.
Amusingly enough I was trying out Google Scribe only
Whilst (hopefully) people have their eye on iPlayer stuff, is there any
chance we can get the sensible redirects added back to the iPlayer?
i.e.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio1
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbcone
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbc3
Etc... Each channel still has its own page with its own URL, It's always how
I
> That's pretty standard for news packages - the studio output
> will then be mono'ed before it hits the transmission chain.
> And you're quite right, it's for archiving purposes.
It seems a bit lowest common denominator, doesn't it - surely in this day
and age it would be preferable to encode a
Regions output online is somewhat hit and miss. For example an album launch
I was involved with was covered on BBC London evening news - a 3/4 minute VT
segment which I finally managed to beg a copy of on DVD and it was
completely different from the accompanying video which ended up in a Flash
play
> "What does this mean for consumers in real terms?" is pretty important
> -- that's why I wrote "the guardian article" (can't think of
> a better way to refer to that piece, sorry).
The Grauniad recital =D
I'll get my coat
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A HUGE aside here, but still relevant given the previous discussion of the
traditional royalty share model and how it favours the labels.
I work for a (fairly small) indie label - from witnessing this model in
action I feel I have to stick up for the label given that I see the model
working (or s
> I wasn't aware that Christopher [Woods] works for the BBC
...Neither was I ;-) I think I misinterpreted context of your comment,
didn't notice the tongue in cheek second line (sorry!) Hopefully it's
something relatively simple to fix and it's just an overeager preset
de
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> From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of David Tomlinson
> Sent: 09 July 2010 09:34
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [backstage] Audio levels on iPlayer material (again)
>
I posted a while back asking about why iPlayer videos start loud then get
quieter a few seconds later... It's hard to hear with most materal, but this
programme exhibits the effect beautifully:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kntl1/The_Birth_of_British_Music_Han
del_The_Conquering_Hero/
L
Just searched for "Beryl Bainbridge BBC Four Documentary" in Google, and
amongst results this popped up:
BBC - BBC Four Programmes - Beryl's Last Year
24 Mar 2010 ... Novelist Dame Beryl Bainbridge makes a record of her life,
convinced she is about ... BBC Four: Audio Interviews - Beryl Bainbridge
I've noticed that Doctor Who and Doctor Who Confidential episodes for the
past several weeks have had the characteristic 'bubbly' or 'warbling' audio
that comes with either >1 encoding step or slightly dodgy first generation
audio encoding. The problem manifests itself particularly in reverb tails,
> Dear All
>
> As you may have heard Ian Forrester was taken ill last week
> and is now recuperating in Hope Hospital in Salford.
>
> [snip]
(I'd imagine on all of our behalves) thanks for the update Rain; we're all
eager to hear any good news as Ian gets better so where appropriate please
kee
If he's compus mentis please pass on all of our best wishes! :-)
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To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] Ian
Hi Tim,
I'm up in mcr tomorro
Works for me on two discrete ADSL connections, one on Firefox 3.6.3 and one
on Chrome 4.1.249.1064 (45376). You guys been fiddling with your computers
again?
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Sent: 12 May 2010 14:
More on this at
http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Usability-expert-faults-iPad-user-
interface-calls-it-whacky/1273592091
I take everything Nielsen preaches with a LARGE bag of salt. When he makes
his own site usable I might pay more attention to his proclamations ;)
The backstage t-shirts I have all have the old logo, that's what I'm saying.
On 20 April 2010 16:28, Mo McRoberts wrote:
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 16:15, Brian Butterworth
wrote:
> If only there was a free tshirt at the end of it
Are you implying that there might be some sort of stock
A friend of mine reported over twitter they were getting buffering issues,
they didnt say if it was on live, or not...
Oop, just got the non-working content message on this week's Fab & Groove:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ry8vj/Fabio_and_Grooverider_11_04_20
10/
> -Original Message-
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> backst...@gorge.org
> Sent: 10 April 2010 22:01
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: [backstage] iplayer brokenness?
>
> Hi,
>
> Trying to watch and listen to
> >> That wasn't the first time the poor old dears got "IP" and
> "IP" mixed
> >> up, I heard it on @R4Today some days ago. Shows a lot about where
> >> their minds are.
> > Yes, but what happens when they debate other technical issues?
> > Medical, military, etc. None of us are experts in al
iPlayer?
>
> On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 15:04 +0100, Christopher Woods wrote:
> > Cheers. Also, on the HoC footage from last night -
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rzk4b - the programme won't
> > actually start streaming (just looks like it begins to
> bu
> -Original Message-
> From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Ian Forrester
> Sent: 07 April 2010 14:10
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: RE: [backstage] Any more DEB reading footage from
> today on iPlayer?
>
> I don't t
(directed firstly towards iPlayer-knowledgeable Beeb staff but is an open
question)
Frustratingly only the first hour or so of today's House of Commons coverage
is available on the iPlayer's primary entry for today, with no more footage
forthcoming it would seem. (current episode:
http://www.bbc.c
> > I'm hoping they'll do the right thing and kill the bill.
>
> Nope - just voted to send it to the committee stage tomorrow.
The eyes have it, the eyes have it. RT @rhodri: And that was that, folks.
The ayes have it. Chuckling in the chamber. That's democracy, folks. #debill
And now they all h
> Just seen some on Facebook as well.
I'm just off to the shop to pick up a Grauniad to see how my tenner looks on
print ;)
Austin Mitchell (and surprisingly, a few other Labour MPs) are talking a lot
of sense about the DEB. Shame it'll just get pushed through the wash-up
almost irrespective of
> -Original Message-
> From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Stephen Jolly
> Sent: 06 April 2010 11:51
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [backstage] TODAY: Digital Economy Bill
> Flashmob, 5pm [Manchester]
>
> How di
For all interested parties: the ORG is also encouraging people to phone
their MPs today, and there's ads appearing in the Grauniad and the Times
(funded by donors to their last rush fundraising campaign). Go to the
38degrees site to find your MP's phone number if you fancy giving them a
call!
http
nd monitors?
On TV, 16:9 in 720x576 the pixels are 1:1.89, on a computer monitor the
pixels are 1:1. 832x468 is therefore the profile nearest the desired output
of 1:1.89?
http://www.ukfree.tv/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051225
On 29 March 2010 01:19, Christopher Woods wrote:
I've no
I've noticed for a while that the HQ iPlayer stuff (not the HD) is encoded
at 832x468. (recent example: Australian F1, or pretty much every single high
quality iPlayer video you look at). No complaints about the actual PQ, just
really curious as to the technical decisions that led to this target ou
This was my logic - if they're using 48kbps AAC, why not use AAC+ to squeeze
that bit more out. It's only speech anyway so it's not like transients or
harmonics really come into play that much ;)
> -Original Message-
> From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.
ine stream quality drop?
It could be because the News stream gets a lot of views on Budget day?
On 24 March 2010 12:05, Christopher Woods wrote:
The quality on that is the same as if you click directly via the BBC News
web site. As PMQs is on now, go look at the BBC News version of the
Parlia
ld be because the News stream gets a lot of views on Budget day?
On 24 March 2010 12:05, Christopher Woods wrote:
The quality on that is the same as if you click directly via the BBC News
web site. As PMQs is on now, go look at the BBC News version of the
Parliament feed and then compare it wit
Sent: 24 March 2010 11:18
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC News online stream quality drop?
There's another version of the BBC News channel at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlive/bbc_news24/
On 24 March 2010 11:01, Christopher Woods wrote:
Noticed in the past
Noticed in the past week there's only a 384kbps stream of BBC News via the
web site - it looks rubbish, jerky video and low quality audio. Better
quality on TVCatchup. Does anybody know if this downgrade is permanent?
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Nah, we just use the FOSS one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth_%28Internet2%29
;p
... What has the FOSS movement done for us?
> Who said we were deinterlacing to 25p? :-)
Looks like 12p for sports programming ;)
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Don't TV Catchup have both a low- and high- quality streams, where the HQ
ones are interlaced?
Not aware of multiple streams - only ever watch at the highest possible
quality :) However, it certainly doesn't look like it's been encoded as
interlaced (which would make absolutely NO sense whatso
> Did anyone else get around 10 duplicates of the last post:
>
> From: Simon Stirrat
> Reply-to: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [backstage] Video on Demand Dissertation Survey
> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:15:35 +
>
> Or was
> Is that all? I like to know where my responses will be used,
> how or if they will be anonymised, and if there is anything
> at all sensitive, some kind of mention that that they have
> been educated on the ethics of survey usage.
When I undertook my BSc dissertation I was obliged to fill ou
> From that document Flipfactory only seems to support 16/20
> bit modes. I've tried both SoundCode and Surcode and they are
> only 16/20 bit as well.
Huh, I (thought I was) reliably informed SurCode could handle 24. Well, if
that lot doesn't work I suspect you're talking Dolby-only hardware if
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> From: Christopher Woods [mailto:chris...@infinitus.co.uk]
> Sent: 09 February 2010 00:52
> To: 'backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk'
> Subject: BBC Flash video and deinterlacing - is this really
> the best we can get?
>
> I've noticed that for some re
> > why can't the BBC make some programmes available all the time?
> Rights, dear boy.
And kids, in their limitless quest to just get what they want now, care not
one bit for that most wonderfully complex of one-word answers.
Then again, most regular people don't care either. ;)
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> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Kieran Kunhya
> Sent: 27 February 2010 02:25
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: [backstage] A quick Dolby E question
>
> A teeny bit off-topic but I'm sure there
> Excellently put.
What made me more sad was that I felt I needed to state the obvious :( I
wish I could be a fly on the wall in a meeting between the Beeb and
controlling rightsholders / contract negotiators for the current iPlayer
programming. There must be some serious long-term powerplays goin
> > Generally if you take the p*** I'll get shouted at and I'll ask you
> > nicely to close the service/script/prototype :) of course
> breaking the
> > backstage licence will you a heavy knock at the door :)
>
> Publishing some definitions might help :)
The first rule about the Backstage Lice
I've noticed that for some reason blend deinterlacing is still being used on
all BBC Video footage (iPlayer, inline footage on News/Sports sites, etc).
It looks naff, causes image doubling in areas of high movement and makes
scrolling credits harder to read. (Also don't think it looks as good and
h
> Nothing changes - H.264 for Internet Broadcast has been free,
> but was due to require a paid license as of this year.
> MPEG-LA have extended the free period for 5 years.
>
> (The BBC probably _does_ have a license for the AVC family,
> but it wouldn't affect this).
Any idea why the MPEG-L
> Surprised nobody posted about this already :)
>
> From the MPEG LA:
>
> MPEG LA announced today that its AVC Patent Portfolio License
> will continue not to charge royalties for Internet Video that
> is free to end users (known as Internet Broadcast AVC Video)
> during the next License term
> > just epic fails to read some DVDs, and it can't burn DVD+DLs either.
>
> That will probably be because it is a DVD-R drive - during
> the DVDR format wars Apple was on the DVD-R team so didn't
> support DVD+R till drives came with both.
Urgh, really? I completely forgot about that, I wasn't
> On the basis of no information at all, I'm guessing that the
> USB drives in question might have been formatted NTFS, or something.
Fingers crossed their editor guy's using NTFS-3G :) (which, for those who
use it, just got a premium commercial counterpart release with some nice
fixes as "Tuxera
Possibly- the specific file formats we need to encode to to upload to
iplayer are pretty standard, but the way we make these films is using a 3rd
party editor (he's great by the way). Delivering finished films from his
home edit suite to us is proving maddeningly unreliable- a combination of
h
I think it is more about conflation / coalescence / convergence on one
device.
The more one can consume, interact and communicate on one platform, the
better, I think.
Ultimately there will always be two parallel markets: the walled garden and
the open, communal one. Google and Apple are
> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Jim Tonge
> Sent: 30 January 2010 22:55
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad
>
>
> On 30 Jan 2010, at 22:39, Alex Mace wrote:
>
> > FUD.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Mo McRoberts
> Sent: 27 January 2010 22:38
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: [backstage] iPad
>
> So, what does everyone think?
(disclaimer: I generally hate A
> That's on-demand content, not broadcast. The two are encoded
> via separate systems.
Were we not talking about the iPlayer videos?... derp
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> On 27 Jan 2010, at 08:31, Mo McRoberts wrote:
> > that's a good point: I wonder how much of the broadcast output *is*
> > encoded in real-time? all of it?
>
> I believe so.
Not unless they've changed their previous policy of ingesting popular /
headline shows prior to their airing, then maki
There should have been another sentence in my post, sorry. Yes, xvid being
divx backwards is a geeky joke.
Of course DivX ;-) in itself was a sly homage to a doomed-to-fail industry
attempt :D And before XviD, once upon a time its parent was called Project
Mayo... Remember that heady time of
Whilst I broadly agree with the sentiments expressed wrt freedom of
information, lack of arbitrary 'protections' for content which can only
really benefit the producers by restricting personal use and enjoyment,
> The concerns are not legitimate, you do not have the right to
> enslave the public,
> Usually one wire, singular. With HomePlug I can have ethernet
> wherever there is a power point, and I do move them around
> now and then.
Can I cast my vote for a 20m CAT5 cable under the carpet, up the stairs, to
a discreetly placed gigabit switch on the landing / in the study? You still
o
Ah, but that is the very point of the internet. The very point of IP. The
very design.
The net was designed to work even if nukes were dropped on the world. No
central control means network survival.
...Until one of only two core LINX routers has a senior moment or Google
decide
> You're clearly well-versed in the economics of large
> distributed government IT infrastructures and DH IT projects
> to boot.
But of course, I'm Joe Public! It's My Money!
> Your advice will be highly valued, I'm sure.
Happy to provide it. Also available for daily on-site consultancy - my
> Along with many other central government departments - yes.
> For reasons outlined very well by Phil in his last reply.
> It's your money we spend.
Santa Claus on a motorbike! It's about time some of that money is allocated
to a sitewide browser upgrade :( Can't it just be lumped onto the Cap
> I'll be sure to tell the Secretary of State for Health that
> when he can't use the next release of www.nhs.uk on his office PC.
The DoH's still using IE6?!
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> (I can type
> faster than the browser can open a new tab? in 2009? are you
> kidding me?)
I found that my IE7/8 tabs started loading WAY fster as soon as I went into
Accelerators/BHO options and disabled the Java Quick Start. By turning that
one thing off I reduced tab load times from 5-10 sec
> > There's no need to support IE6. I don't even consider IE6 backward
> > competibility when I design web sites, nor do I care if
> people don't
> > like that.
>
> You wouldn't win any points round here for that attitude, I'm afraid.
> There isn't anyone here who *wants* to be supporting IE6,
> Hopefully it'll leave Firefox well and truly in the bin where
> it belongs.
>
> Must admit I always preferred IE for everyday use (and
> advocated it very strongly for non-geek users), but I'm an
> absolute Chrome convert.
> It. Just. Works. And its Javascript engine is blisteringly quick.
> The need to support IE6 brings out that kind of reaction in me, too.
> Hopefully sometime next year all the internal users who bump
> up IE6's market share in our stats will have migrated to
> something made this century and we might just be able to
> start thinking about dropping it
Th
2009/11/27 Tim Dobson
Brian Butterworth wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have some Google Wave invites left .. please let me know if you would
> like one.
I also have 16 left. If you'd like one, you're welcome.
I wouldn't get excited though. I'm still not really impressed by it.
It can be r
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/17/ordnance-survey-maps-online
"The online maps would be free to all, including commercial users who,
previously, had to acquire expensive and restrictive licences at £5,000 per
usage, a fee many entrepreneurs felt was too high."
About time too.
> > No obvious statement that it can play the upcoming Freeview
> HD content
> > but I presume that this is the plan.
>
> I'm not sure where they're going to get DVB-T2 chipsets from...
TI/RadioScape make them don't they?
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I do wonder what the point of all this is. I know sometimes circumstances
complicate matters, but from the POV of a viewer the Beeb shouldn't be
beholden to the rightsholders. I certainly don't want to see a repeat of the
same kind of infighting witnessed in the States over the Broadcast Flag. Any
I totally agree about the Freeview logo. When I was a kid you could get
Cooper Black[1] in Boots The Chemist dry transfer lettering (poor man's
Letraset). Everytime I see it I just think of the "layouts" I did at school
using a typewriter (before the school has a printer) and Cooper Black. I'
I think that there's going to be a lot of unhappy freeview HDTV owners
wondering why the TV they have recently bought isn't picking up the new HD
channels when they're launched (especially as the TV was probably sold as
"HD Ready").
Prime opportunity to flog another STB / CAM to correctly d
Moreover, you just *know* that within months of any broadcast flag
implementation, the more creative technological tinkerers will have
subverted the flag entirely using commonplace/free equipment and software.
Like region coding, broadcast flags really are an exercise in stupidity and
corporate bac
I thought most TV programmes that can be taken from master tapes are. I've
never seen anything recorded off air on iPlayer, and no credit squeezes
myself - even for programmes broadcast live.
I just had a look at last nights Lottery draw for example and there was
nothing on that, nor on Sund
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