Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-09-30 Thread Iain Wallace
ion/refdata/type/masterbrand/service_type/tv/id > s/service1/ids/sevice2/ > > eg > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ion/refdata/type/service/discoverable_only/1/fo > rmat/json > > Very useful reference feed for ion, ps you guys aren't missing much from not > having access to the

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-09-30 Thread Iain Wallace
Unlikely. The BBC have gone out of their way to be hostile to open source attempts at using iPlayer content, however you will find working examples and programs for playing iPlayer stuff on pretty much anything on that same wiki. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Alex Cockell wrote: > I'm not per

Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content

2010-09-30 Thread Iain Wallace
Not sure what you're looking for, but all the metadata that iPlayer pages uses to build a programme page is openly accessible http://beebhack.wikia.com/wiki/IPlayer_Metadata It can't not be otherwise the javascript on those pages wouldn't work. On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Anthony McKale wro

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

2010-05-27 Thread Iain Wallace
You realise that Open Source isn't an organisation that designs software, right? You also realise we've had SWF verification software for quite a long time and we're happily using it to download video behind SWF verified flash apps? I really don't think user experience is the issue. My user experi

Re: [backstage] iPad and iPlayer

2010-05-27 Thread Iain Wallace
Was BeebPlayer actually banned by the BBC then? I was trying to get the story on why it suddenly vanished. What could the issue possibly be with it? On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Brian Butterworth wrote: > Mo, > Dave got the beebPlayer app working OK on Android.  Until the BBC reversed > the s

Re: [backstage] iPad and iPlayer

2010-04-15 Thread Iain Wallace
> Personally, I would argue strongly against this on competition grounds. > > The BBC should not be in the business of promoting any one vendor who choses > not to install flash on their platform for their own internal reasons. > > Iplayer 'works' on my platform. > > Well - to the extent of 3 frame

Re: [backstage] iPad and iPlayer

2010-04-15 Thread Iain Wallace
You must mean column inches On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Brian Butterworth wrote: > I thought a device had to have a reasonable UK market share before the BBC > supported it? > > On 15 April 2010 12:33, Paul Webster wrote: >> >> Ok - I admit it ... I have one. >> Any chance of adding iPad S

[backstage] Re: [backstage] Re: [backstage] Re: [backstage] Re: [backstage] Re: [backstage] Re: [backstage] get_iplayer drop ped in response to BBC’s lack of support for open source

2010-03-10 Thread Iain Wallace
Oops! On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Mo McRoberts wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 16:36, Mo McRoberts wrote: >> (Off-list, just to keep Ian Forrester’s job safe) > > Wow. That was an _epic_ fail. > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group.  To unsubscribe, please > visit http:

[backstage] Re: [backstage] Re: [backstage] Re: [backstage] Re: [backstage] get_iplayer dropped in response to BBC’s lack of support for open source

2010-03-10 Thread Iain Wallace
I have 2.76 - I run --update daily via cron. On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Mo McRoberts wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 15:41, Brian Butterworth > wrote: >> INFO: Current version is 2.72 >> INFO: Checking for latest version from linuxcentre.net >> ERROR: Failed to connect to update site - U

[backstage] get_iplayer dropped in response to BBC’s lack of s upport for open source

2010-03-10 Thread Iain Wallace
http://linuxcentre.net/get_iplayer-dropped-in-response-to-bbcs-lack-of-support-for-open-source I'm sure the iPlayer team will be relieved, having shut down a similar app on the iPhone a few days ago (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/05/bbc_iphone/) this will be one less person to write a stron

Re: [backstage] Re: User Agent/Referrer Verification

2010-03-09 Thread Iain Wallace
I think I replied from an address which isn't registered with the list earlier, so here's what I said again: The fact that this is all presumably going to be sent in the clear as opposed to encrypted means this would be technically very easy to reverse engineer. Aside from that, the key really is

Re: [backstage] Re: User Agent/Referrer Verification

2010-03-09 Thread Iain Wallace
view - I wish that the Flash verification had not been turned on - > and I would like to see the impact analysis that BBC did before doing it. > > Paul > - Original Message - From: "Iain Wallace" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:50 PM > Subjec

Re: [backstage] Re: User Agent/Referrer Verification

2010-03-09 Thread Iain Wallace
>> Aside from that, the key really is the resource, >> which you'd somehow need to protect in order to stop invalid user >> agents just spoofing all this info. In that respect it's very similar >> to swf verify, which doesn't work. > > I should say: I deliberately didn’t ask for a cryptographic cri

Re: [backstage] XMBC iPlayer issues?

2010-02-24 Thread Iain Wallace
apparently, prompted by Channel 4). http://linuxcentre.net/rtmpdump-can-be-used-to-download-copyrighted-works-like-a-web-browser It is daft. There is more sophisticated crypto in the puzzle pages of Closer magazine. On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Iain Wallace wrote: > It's fair enough th

Re: [backstage] XMBC iPlayer issues?

2010-02-24 Thread Iain Wallace
It's fair enough the BBC prioritising the most popular platforms for roll out of their iPlayer software and letting 3rd parties develop their own (XBMC, Android) but users don't consider third party apps as being outside of the BBC. The result of this is that when the BBC (intentionally or not) mak

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer for Apple TV

2010-02-15 Thread Iain Wallace
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Dan Brickley wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Dave Addey wrote: >> As another alternative to Boxee and XBMC, you can always use Plex >> (http://www.plexapp.com/) and my Plex iPlayer plugin (downloadable from >> Plex's in-app plugin list). I'm using this

Re: [backstage] Good news for mashups - Ordnance Survey maps to go free online

2009-11-19 Thread Iain Wallace
I would love OS maps to be a view in Google Maps. OS maps are far superior to Google's. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Ian Stirling wrote: > Brian Butterworth wrote: >> >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/17/ordnance-survey-maps-online >> >> "The online maps would be free to al

Re: [backstage] Fixing the iPlayer support in Plex

2009-09-29 Thread Iain Wallace
I think I replied to this on a non-list-registered address last night. Discussions around iPlayer seem to hit a taboo around about the point where you try and build something which displays the video outside of its original enclosure. When the iPhone version launched there was a lot of excited dis

Re: [backstage] Site check

2009-08-21 Thread Iain Wallace
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.welcomebackstage.com ;) On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Phil Lewis wrote: > Down for me too. > > On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 16:06 +0100, Ant Miller wrote: >> is www.welcomebackstage.com down for all you guys too? >> >> a >> > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.

Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-22 Thread Iain Wallace
Forgot to actually look at this. Looks fine on my G1. One minor interesting thing I have noticed though is I think due to the G1's browser and how it treats caching. I accessed the page in portrait and it looked fine, then rotated to landscape without reloading, which made a few things in the layou

Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-20 Thread Iain Wallace
ing CSS! > I was just trying to figure out the phone capabilities first. > > 2009/7/20 Iain Wallace >> >> Trying to match the style/layout of a site to the expected resolution >> of the device that you think is displaying it is going about it the >> wrong way - this i

Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-20 Thread Iain Wallace
Trying to match the style/layout of a site to the expected resolution of the device that you think is displaying it is going about it the wrong way - this is why CSS has percentage widths for doing layouts. Or is the question more about what you can send back to the server in order to choose an im

Re: [backstage] backstage Twitter?

2009-07-10 Thread Iain Wallace
I've not seen any hashtags floating around for backstage. Ian Forrester is http://twitter.com/cubicgarden I'm http://twitter.com/strawp We may as well use this thread to post others! On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Brian Butterworth wrote: > I've been laid up for a few months, so I might have

Re: [backstage] R&DTV launched

2009-04-10 Thread Iain Wallace
It worked for me but something weird is going on - the audio from the Kevin Rose section was loud and clear and then it suddenly sounds very quiet distant. This is a great direction that the BBC is trying out. I'd like smaller file sizes available and RSS though. The sizes available for this first

[backstage] Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker

2009-03-11 Thread Iain Wallace
http://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-tv-launches-bittorrent-tracker-090308/ In terms of practicality, what stops the BBC from doing this? If it's a problem with rights holders, would the BBC create a tracker if that wasn't an issue? Iain - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsub

Re: [backstage] Programatic searching of /programmes

2009-02-18 Thread Iain Wallace
> The last time I needed to do something like this I tried Search first, but > ended up using the A-Z on /programmes as the results were much more what I > was after. The HTML on /programmes is also easy to parse. I don't call using > an XML parser and XPath screen scraping :) It's screen scraping

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer download on Linux and Mac using AIR

2008-12-23 Thread Iain Wallace
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:57 PM, David Greaves wrote: > Mr I Forrester wrote: >> No one seems to have picked up on the launch of the iPlayer download AIR >> application for Windows, Linux, OSX. >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/12/introducing_iplayer_deskto.html >> >> I wonder why?

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer on a map

2008-10-19 Thread Iain Wallace
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello again, > Bereft of any real ideas I asked myself "if you took all the BBC TV shows > that are currently on iPlayer and plotted them on a map would it be any use > what so ever?" > The result.. > http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/ma

Re: [backstage] BBC DRM iplayer mobiles etc

2008-10-16 Thread Iain Wallace
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Scot McSweeney-Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Iain Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Similarly, if Channel 4 want to DRM all their media then it's entirely >> their choi

Re: [backstage] BBC DRM iplayer mobiles etc

2008-10-16 Thread Iain Wallace
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:19 AM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I note that Stephen Fry has posted this, which seems to cover it quite > well.. > > 'I have opened myself to charges of the most monstrous hypocrisy by > championing open source and free software while simultaneously us

[backstage] Political Animal podcast

2008-07-09 Thread Iain Wallace
Hi, Just seeking clarification on some odd wording on the page for Political Animal: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/politicalanimal.shtml In the right hand column it says: "Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 Download or subscribe to this programme's podcast" But the programme isn't part o

Re: [backstage] Too much iPhone already!

2008-06-13 Thread Iain Wallace
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/06/mad_about_mac.html > Hey, that thing looks pretty good! Someone should make an iPlayer interface for it! I doubt the BBC would want to be seen as giving preference to one sp

Re: [backstage] iPlayer - turning it up to 11

2008-06-06 Thread Iain Wallace
My sentiments exactly. It's little things like this that remind me that I love the Beeb :) On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Chris Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Some of you may have already noticed this, but I'd just like to pass on my > thanks to whoever it was that made the volum

Re: [backstage] iPlayer download client for the Mac

2008-05-30 Thread Iain Wallace
Yes, I saw this pop up on the wiki (http://beebhack.bluwiki.com) last month - great stuff. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Graeme West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > Apologies if this is a dupe, or old news. Someone (Paul Battley, I think, > possibly others) has made a rather nice downlo

Re: [backstage] Thinking Digital conference

2008-05-23 Thread Iain Wallace
What does it take to get an email address delisted around here? On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please STOP IT WITH THE SHOUTING it is very rude. > > 2008/5/23 TRYPHENA BRADE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Thank you for a DECENT reply. >> >> We AIM to: >

Re: [backstage] Thinking Digital conference

2008-05-22 Thread Iain Wallace
I only wish I worked for someone who'd be willing to pay for me to go to this. I'm enjoying seeing the live commentary by various people drift by on twitter though, so keep it up! :) Have you been playing buzzword bingo at all? http://www.senokian.com/barking/2008/05/22/thinking-digital-buzzword-b

Re: [backstage] "b00b3zjr"

2008-04-28 Thread Iain Wallace
> Jonathan Tweed wrote: > > > But the right thing to do in this example. A resource shouldn't have > different URLs depending on where you click from, so if you can't track the > outgoing link for some reason then a query parameter seems correct to me. > > > > Logging HTTP_REFERER isn't an option?

Re: [backstage] "b00b3zjr"

2008-04-28 Thread Iain Wallace
Looking at the neighbouring PIDs, that looks like a complete coincidence, which just makes it funnier :) Nice find! On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Dan Brickley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00b3zjr.shtml?src=ip_mp > > [[ > Page Three Teens > Duration

Re: [backstage] US TV on iPlayer

2008-04-28 Thread Iain Wallace
Yes, that wasn't really my question though. On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why would you want to watch them on the iPlayer when you could have > downloaded them as torrents from the US a whole year before? Allegedly. > >

[backstage] US TV on iPlayer

2008-04-27 Thread Iain Wallace
Hi, Just wondering if there's a rule on which TV shows that have been bought in from the US by the BBC (Heroes, Mad Men, Damages) end up on iPlayer. Out of those 3, Mad Men is the only one that is available. Is Mad Men a joint BBC production or are rights to put external content on iPlayer negotia

Re: [backstage] iPlayer mashup

2008-04-11 Thread Iain Wallace
> > Ooh very nice! I don't suppose you could add in the browser sniff or > > whatever juju magic the beeb uses to dispay content for the iphone/ipod > > touch as this interface would be much better on that device. > > > I've attempted it, as I love my iPhone :) Alas, I can't find a way > wher

Re: [backstage] iPlayer in Wii

2008-04-09 Thread Iain Wallace
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In case anyone hasn't seen the news: > > > Discuss. > > Andy Great! Finally I can watch iPlayer shows on my TV without a hack! ;) The beebhack wiki has been updated with a coup

Re: [backstage] iPlayer mashup

2008-04-07 Thread Iain Wallace
I saw this linked off the wiki - very cool. There are features on that such as RSS subscription that really should be on the official iPlayer. Great work! On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Andrew Shearer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a lurker on this list but thought I would de-lurk to

Re: [backstage] XBox Media Center iPlayer Plugin

2008-04-02 Thread Iain Wallace
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Matt Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The reason this was developed so quickly (and it appeared within days > > of the iPhone version being released) is that XBMC has its own really > > powerful python scripting framework which hooks into its existing > >

Re: [backstage] XBox Media Center iPlayer Plugin

2008-04-02 Thread Iain Wallace
> > Wow. that looks really interesting. This looks to be one of the most > > innovative examples of DRM-free media. I suppose getting something similar > > to work on the Wii, wouldn't require much work. > > > > I would be really intersetd to see a MythTV extension to do this and even > a >

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-18 Thread Iain Wallace
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18/03/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I was trying to detect this stuff I'd be looking for people with > abnormal > > behaviour such as clients that grab an html page and then the mp4 without > > grabbing

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-18 Thread Iain Wallace
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Nick Reynolds-FM&T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People may be interested in this blog post from Ashley: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_on_iphone_upd > ate_1.html > > FTA: "In fact, more than most: the vast majority. Something like

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-18 Thread Iain Wallace
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Iain Wallace wrote: > > Aside from the Big Lebowski reference: What? > > I believe it's an analogy. I got that it was an analogy, thank you. I don't really understand what the point of i

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-18 Thread Iain Wallace
> Two scenarios: > > Scenario 1: > > Guy knocks on your door, walks in past you, urinates on your best rug on > the floor, then hands you a note saying your house smells of piss and walks > out. > > Scenario 2: > > Guy knocks on your door, walks in past you, hands you a note saying go > this w

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-18 Thread Iain Wallace
> I'm a BBC senior manager; but posting personally as a fan of Backstage. > > It puts us (those that care about Backstage) in a really difficult position > if it's used to share information on ways to get around content-restrictions > on a BBC service. > > I don't want to see the end of the Backsta

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-14 Thread Iain Wallace
On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Matthew Somerville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Cridland wrote: > > It puts us (those that care about Backstage) in a really difficult > > position if it's used to share information on ways to get around > > content-restrictions on a BBC service. > > > > Pl

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-14 Thread Iain Wallace
> > You basically have to send the exact same headers that an iPhone does, > > along with the BBC-UID. Fortunately someone emailed me a plain-text > > log of successful requests sniffed from his iPhone. > > I've used curl instead of wget this time as it gives you finer > > granularity of control ov

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-13 Thread Iain Wallace
There's a Ruby based script as well, does the exact same thing as my PHP one: http://po-ru.com/diary/bbc-iplayer-fix-hacked-again/ linked from http://www.flickr.com/photos/twindx/2316284105/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.c

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-13 Thread Iain Wallace
Well, I now have a working download script for the updated MP4 over HTTP service. Anyone else been playing with this this evening? Far too many messages to this thread for me to keep up with. You basically have to send the exact same headers that an iPhone does, along with the BBC-UID. Fortunately

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-13 Thread Iain Wallace
> Not sure I've got time to poke around with this today, but does anyone > know what they're doing? Are they just sending a cookie over? I notice > there's now an ID in the MP4 URL. > OK, here's my guess: It's another combination of User Agent and cookies. Just having a quick look at Wireshark,

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-13 Thread Iain Wallace
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13/03/2008, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It *appears* that it has. > > Confirmed. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7293988.stm > > Anyone know Nokia's head of legals phone number? > Or Google's? > Or Samsung?

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-12 Thread Iain Wallace
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Crossland wrote: > > On 12/03/2008, Phil Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> FWIW I still can't get the mp4 to stream rather than download. > >> Anyone? > > > > My guess is that the proprietary player on the i

[backstage] Own up now, who was this?

2008-03-10 Thread Iain Wallace
http://dumpedimage.com/?image=843 :D - 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] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-08 Thread Iain Wallace
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/03/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > It is bizarre that the BBC won't negotiate with 3rd party rights > > > holders to secure non-DRM i

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Gnash-dev] EFF: Adobe Pushes DRM for Flash

2008-02-29 Thread Iain Wallace
I think this is blurring the line between what constitutes DRM and what constitutes a proprietary streaming protocol. The article doesn't really go into any technical detail about what they're referring to, but I take it they're referring to RTMP. This isn't DRM as the files inside the protocol are

Re: [backstage] GNU+Linux on the Wii as of this week

2008-02-27 Thread Iain Wallace
Search for Johnny Chung Lee - he's done a few really cool projects using the wiimote. On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Tim Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sounds interesting > does anyone have a link for that video which used the wiimote etc to > create a 3d environment which changed perspec

Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

2008-02-25 Thread Iain Wallace
Google Gears for Flash? Seemed inevitable to me. On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7254436.stm > > Adobe Air allows developers to build tools that still have some > functionality even when a computer is no longer con

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-19 Thread Iain Wallace
> What I /heart/ about the pre-2K bit of plastic is the way it takes control > over your TV/DVD and insists that you watch the copyright notices and it > tries to thrust the 'don't copy videos' advert on to you. Why should any > company have the right to stop you using your own DVD controls and for

Re: [backstage] Request Frequency

2008-02-11 Thread Iain Wallace
You don't necessarily have to use a database if that's a problem for where you're hosted. You could just dump copies of the feeds to file and check on their last modified time to determine whether to fetch a new one or not. Regardless of whether the amount of requests would be acceptable, you don'

Re: [backstage] fully accessible???

2008-02-01 Thread Iain Wallace
2008/2/1 Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 01/02/2008, "~:'' ありがとうございました。" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > is it just me? or is that yellow text on white background all but > > impossible to read? > > If you are referring to the text at the top it appears to be on a > black background on my computer. >

[backstage] iPlayer email updates, RSS

2008-01-31 Thread Iain Wallace
I've just gotten an iPlayer email update, which is a nice enough service. Why isn't there some kind of mechanism for subscribing via RSS or Atom though? Seems like a no-brainer to me. Is this something that's already being worked on? Cheers, Iain - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion grou

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-24 Thread Iain Wallace
On Jan 24, 2008 9:11 AM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 23/01/2008, Phil Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Without looking it up, the previous reply (from a Gnash dev IIRC) was that > > the BBC are > > using the latest version of Adobe Flash Streaming Server, and this has > > dropped su

Re: [backstage] Hack Day 2008, let's all get Mashed...

2008-01-24 Thread Iain Wallace
On Jan 24, 2008 8:25 AM, Premasagar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great stuff! I'm looking forward to it already... > Last year's Hack Day was absolutely one of the highlights of the year. > Clickety-clacking all night long to create something new and exciting... > > How come the name change? Won't

Re: [backstage] Lol

2008-01-23 Thread Iain Wallace
On Jan 23, 2008 11:06 PM, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 23/01/2008, David Greaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Probably posted before - http://lol.ianloic.com/bbc > > Don't think so - that is the best backstage mashup evar :-) > That's great! Needs translating to LOLcats spea

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-21 Thread Iain Wallace
On Jan 21, 2008 1:49 PM, Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 01:34:14PM +, Fearghas McKay wrote: > > [0] #insert smiley.h > > You mean #include, surely? Jeez, such a n00b. ;) OK, that's much more familiar territory :D - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion g

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-21 Thread Iain Wallace
> > The one that says "Don't push this button" > > > > .cf Licencing discussions ad infinitum... > > > > Cheers > > Maybe he pressed it to see what happens... > > Aren't License flame wars fun? ;p > If this is a flame war then it's the most polite flame war I've ever seen! You guys can't have ever

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-21 Thread Iain Wallace
> At 12:05 + 21/1/08, Iain Wallace wrote: > > > >I'm finding this thread quite useful and interesting. Sorry if you > >don't. You could always just filter it out in your mail client. > > If I was objecting to the thread I would have used words like 'ad

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-21 Thread Iain Wallace
> >> Did you not see the sign next to the button you just pressed? > >> > > I'm sorry? > > The one that says "Don't push this button" > > .cf Licencing discussions ad infinitum... > I'm finding this thread quite useful and interesting. Sorry if you don't. You could always just filter it out in your

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-21 Thread Iain Wallace
On Jan 21, 2008 10:59 AM, Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20/01/2008, Iain Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe we need a discussion on the pros and cons of the various OSS > > licenses. Recommend me one! > > Did you not see the sign next to t

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-20 Thread Iain Wallace
On Jan 20, 2008 9:10 PM, Michael Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 20 January 2008 15:35:12 Iain Wallace wrote: > > Maybe we need a discussion on the pros and cons of the various OSS > > licenses. Recommend me one! > > Summary: That's really useful, t

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-20 Thread Iain Wallace
Maybe we need a discussion on the pros and cons of the various OSS licenses. Recommend me one! - 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/ba

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-18 Thread Iain Wallace
> >> I'll do that, but for now it's for anyone to use. If you make > >> something amazing from it, credit me in the readme ;) > > > > I don't want to get into a discussion about the pros and cons of > > GPL v3 but I would much prefer to see an MIT or BSD style licence. > > Can I put in a plea for d

Re: [backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-18 Thread Iain Wallace
On Jan 18, 2008 4:26 PM, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18/01/2008, Iain Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It's written for PHP5 to be run from the command line under linux, e.g. > > This is a great contribution - please conside

[backstage] RTMP stream URL resolving script

2008-01-18 Thread Iain Wallace
Apologies if this is the second time this has hit the list... This is a slightly better version of the script that I posted in the XBMC forums thread that was linked in the "exotic devices" thread. There are a number of people on here writing code to work out the RTMP stream URL who might benefit

Re: [backstage] BBC iplayer on exotic devices

2008-01-09 Thread Iain Wallace
On Jan 9, 2008 9:42 AM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 06/01/2008, James Cridland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > this list (and this thread in > > particular) is precisely because we -do- want people knowing how as much of > > this works as possible: > > Them tell me how it works! > > The HTM

Re: [backstage] Identity/trust/reputation project savingtheinternetwithhate.com

2008-01-09 Thread Iain Wallace
On Jan 9, 2008 4:11 PM, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/01/2008, Frank Wales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > He sounds like he'd be a hoot to have around, as long as you're not > > one of those cheeseburger-eating, IDE-loving, PHP douchebags, as he > > might call them. > > > >