Re: [backstage] proxy support in BBC iplayer download client

2008-06-06 Thread Steffan Davies
Graham Donaldson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote at 10:47 on 2008-06-06: > Matt Barber wrote: > > Can't you send all traffic through port 80/443 anyway, using the proxy > > transparently to filter traffic. You could then allow the Kontiki traffic in > > the proxy ruleset? > > The proxies don't operate

Re: [backstage] proxy support in BBC iplayer download client

2008-06-06 Thread Steffan Davies
Graham Donaldson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote at 11:37 on 2008-06-06: > That's not my impression last time I looked at transparent proxying. The > guides for setting up transparent proxies I have seen involve using SQUID in > a reverse proxy mode, and then using say iptables to redirect the traffic

Re: [backstage] proxy support in BBC iplayer download client

2008-06-06 Thread Steffan Davies
Graham Donaldson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote at 15:44 on 2008-06-06: > Steffan Davies wrote: > > Graham Donaldson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote at 11:37 on 2008-06-06: > > > > I've just tested it out - for recent versions all you need to do is add > > the &q

Re: [backstage] My Very Basic Prototype - News Algorithmic Sorter

2008-06-24 Thread Steffan Davies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote at 08:22 on 2008-06-24: > BBC News Algorithmic Sorter an attempt to try and work out what the > British public are finding important. The main BBC News website offers > a glimpse of what’s popular, but as with all things that’s > limited to the audience

Re: [backstage] Google launches second life killer?

2008-07-10 Thread Steffan Davies
Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote at 16:47 on 2008-07-10: > 2008/7/10 Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html > > > > I got to say this came out of the blue for me... > > It's Windows-only. Not that I think that's inherently bad (I'm sure > someone will

Re: [backstage] erik huggers on open standards

2008-08-13 Thread Steffan Davies
Tim Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote at 17:28 on 2008-08-13: > Simon Thompson wrote: >> Tim Dobson wrote: >>> that's the "A-View", the "AW-300" and the "AW-150" subnotebooks > >> All of which use Aday super486 CPUs. >> >> So these will be x86 compatible > > Eek. > > My lack of knowledge relating

Re: [backstage] If you had a ton of content to freely distribute

2009-01-20 Thread Steffan Davies
Dave Crossland wrote at 16:50 on 2009-01-20: > 2009/1/20 Ian Forrester : > > > > The reason why we would like to Tar the files together is because of things > > like subtitles, artwork, cuts of music, > > other metadata pieces, etc. We're not just talking a collection of video > > files. > > W

Re: [backstage] Make the primary operating system used in state schools free and open source

2009-02-11 Thread Steffan Davies
Matt Barber wrote at 13:10 on 2009-02-11: > What about all the jobs that people have when they develop software that > is paid for and licensed? If the switch to free software were to > suddenly happen, would these people find themselves out of work? > This isn't a stab at anybody, it's just

Re: [backstage] [Fwd: [ubuntu-uk] bbc listen again anomaly]

2009-05-28 Thread Steffan Davies
Andy wrote at 17:43 on 2009-05-28: > 2009/5/28 Andy : > > FF claims it know about Real Player as a plugin, however I don't have > > 'hxplay' or 'realplay' in the system path. Is the BBC player looking > > for the specific binaries instead of a plugin? > > Still not sure why the Beeb require on R

Re: [backstage] Freeview HD Content Management

2010-01-22 Thread Steffan Davies
Ian Stirling wrote at 17:42 on 2010-01-22: >> a) ignore the licensing terms of the open source DVB stacks; >> b) reverse-engineer the decoding tables; >> c) obtain the tables from the BBC but breach the non-disclosure terms; or >> d) release a box which doesn't support FVHD > > There is a third a

Re: [backstage] Freeview HD Content Management

2010-01-22 Thread Steffan Davies
Mo McRoberts wrote at 18:15 on 2010-01-22: > > There’s also a secondary concern here, in that the terms under which > the blob is distributed do not just pertain to what you do to the blob > itself, but what you let the user do to both your device (i.e., no > modifications) and to the content wh

Re: [backstage] Freeview HD Content Management

2010-01-23 Thread Steffan Davies
Mo McRoberts wrote at 19:35 on 2010-01-22: > On 22-Jan-2010, at 18:55, Steffan Davies wrote: > > > Oh, definitely. I wasn't saying that would be a good implementation, > > just that it might permit appliance makers to comply without having to > > reinvent the wh