Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread James Cridland
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Christopher Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're interested in this stuff, then November should bring a really interesting day from The Radio Academy, called 'Radio at the Edge'. I'll be mentioning it ad nauseam later in the year, but thought I'd not turn

Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread David Greaves
Andrew Bowden wrote: The public don't know what they want! ;) Problem is they'll settle for naff quality because they don't realise exactly what kind of quality can be achieved from the technology, they merely accept the broadcasted quality because they don't believe they

Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread Steve Jolly
David Greaves wrote: Anyhow, personally I'm stuck until I can get a non-DRM HD signal into my Linux Myth PVR. I assume satellite isn't an option for you? S - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

RE: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread Gareth Davis
Part of the problem is that what one person might hear and what another person might hear is different. Whilst I know some people who can, personally I can't tell the difference between DAB Radio 2 and FM Radio 2 broadcast via the same set. Actually that's a lie. I

RE: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread Gareth Davis
Anyhow, personally I'm stuck until I can get a non-DRM HD signal into my Linux Myth PVR. BBC HD is broadcast in the clear on Astra 2D (28.2E) at 10.847Ghz V 22000SR 5/6FEC, I'm pretty sure it is still broadcast as DVB-S (rather then DVB-S2 like the Sky HD channels) so a normal DVB-S card and

Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread Adam
Gareth Davis wrote: Anyhow, personally I'm stuck until I can get a non-DRM HD signal into my Linux Myth PVR. BBC HD is broadcast in the clear on Astra 2D (28.2E) at 10.847Ghz V 22000SR 5/6FEC, I'm pretty sure it is still broadcast as DVB-S (rather then DVB-S2 like the Sky HD channels) so

Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread Steve Jolly
Gareth Davis wrote: I'll warn you that a lot of processing power is required to decode the H264 profile in real time. When the BBC were doing the HD DVB-T trials across London I had a go at trying to pick it up, and found that my 3Ghz P4 machine could only managed about 14 fps. At the risk of

Re: [backstage] Data Portability?

2008-03-25 Thread Sean DALY
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Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread Duncan Barnes
On 25/03/2008, Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have heard a rumour that Freesat is will be launching around 5th May, so it might be worth waiting a few weeks just incase anything changes. Given the current progress on equipment installation for Freesat, I think early May is perhaps looking a

Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread ST
Quoting Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: BBC HD is broadcast in the clear on Astra 2D (28.2E) at 10.847Ghz V 22000SR 5/6FEC, I'm pretty sure it is still broadcast as DVB-S (rather then DVB-S2 like the Sky HD channels) so a normal DVB-S card and a dish set up for Sky Digital should do the job.

[backstage] Embracing the torrent of online video

2008-03-25 Thread Brian Butterworth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7312460.stm Does this mean that people can now utter the word BitTorrent in the BBC?

Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 25/03/2008, Gareth Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyhow, personally I'm stuck until I can get a non-DRM HD signal into my Linux Myth PVR. BBC HD is broadcast in the clear on Astra 2D (28.2E) at 10.847Ghz V 22000SR 5/6FEC, I'm pretty sure it is still broadcast as DVB-S (rather then

Re: [backstage] Embracing the torrent of online video

2008-03-25 Thread Tim Dobson
Tim Dobson wrote: Brian Butterworth wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7312460.stm Does this mean that people can now utter the word BitTorrent in the BBC? it's already been done: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/msg07989.html Did I also forget to mention:

Re: [backstage] Embracing the torrent of online video

2008-03-25 Thread Michael
On Tuesday 25 March 2008 18:29:08 Brian Butterworth wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7312460.stm Does this mean that people can now utter the word BitTorrent in the BBC? Who knows ? http://kamaelia.sourceforge.net/Components/pydoc/Kamaelia.Protocol.Torrent.TorrentClient.html

RE: [backstage] Embracing the torrent of online video

2008-03-25 Thread Ian Forrester
I can confirm, we do utter the word bit torrent now and then :) Cheers, Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage BC5 C3, Media Village, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TP email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob: +44

A little bit of free humour WAS: [backstage] Embracing the torrent of online video

2008-03-25 Thread Tim Dobson
humour Ian Forrester wrote: I can confirm, we do utter the word bit torrent now and then :) However *only* in the following sentence structure using the subsequent vocabulary: $word1..Bittorrent..$word2 (if my C++ still works - unlikely) In other words: The value of $word1 always precedes

Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread David Greaves
Steve Jolly wrote: David Greaves wrote: Anyhow, personally I'm stuck until I can get a non-DRM HD signal into my Linux Myth PVR. I assume satellite isn't an option for you? Actually - brain fart... sorry ;) I'm mainly aware of the Sky HD channels which are completely OT here :) I do get