Re: Odd fetching of radio

2016-02-21 Thread Jim web
In article , Vangelis forthnet wrote: > As for the SR of 44.1kHz, I remember asking our own "Jim web" some > months ago why it was still used for shoutcast MP3 live radio, his > "connections" told him it was to afford

Re: Odd fetching of radio

2016-02-21 Thread J
Vangelis forthnet wrote: On Sat Feb 20 09:03:47 GMT 2016, J wrote: I don't recollect reading about changes to the way podcasts are made available by the BBC (snip) as being 128Kbps mp3 with a sampling rate of 44.1KHz (snip) where the generation of podcasts fits into the bigger picture and a

Re: Odd fetching of radio

2016-02-21 Thread Jim web
In article <56c9b1b2.20...@mailsorter.fsnet.co.uk>, J wrote: > Podcasts usually/often have an intro and outro to identify the > series/brand with a 'topped & tailed' version of the programme and > sometimes elements cut out - presumably because of rights issues as >

BBC Three

2016-02-21 Thread CJB
After a TV cache refresh there are still entries for BBC Three programmes. Added: 2153:Uncle: Series 1 - Episode 4, BBC Three, default Added: 2154:Uncle: Series 1 - Episode 5, BBC Three, default Added: 2155:Uncle: Series 1 - Episode 6, BBC Three, default and others. Are these left

Re: BBC Three

2016-02-21 Thread tellyaddict
Yes and no. Anything broadcast before the switch off will still be cached for the usual 7 days, BUT BBC Three is actually still broadcasting programmes between 2 and 4am and these are also appearing on iPlayer for their 30 day availability. Those 3 episodes of Uncle for example were broadcast

Re: BBC Three

2016-02-21 Thread CJB
Hi - huh didn't realise they are still airing programmes between 2 and 4 am. Using the Windows PVM I did a search for channel contains 'three' - there were 142 listed. CJB On 21/02/2016, tellyaddict wrote: > Yes and no. Anything broadcast before the switch off will still

Re: Odd fetching of radio

2016-02-21 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Sun Feb 21 12:46:42 BST 2016, J wrote: and was wondering about the SR difference between a directly-downloaded podcast and the mp3 file with which one ends up if downloading the broadcast program via GiP. Of course you do imply adding the --(aacto)mp3 switch; the code for that does not

Re: Odd fetching of radio

2016-02-21 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Sun Feb 21 09:48:47 GMT 2016, Jim web wrote: due to the habit of the producers of some programs (e.g. 'Feedback' and 'More or Less') to provide a 'shortened' version when I fetch using the standard pid. (snip) The first broadcast and repeat share the same pid and both tend to be shortened.

BBC feed outages

2016-02-21 Thread Mike Ralphson
Re the message: "This service is currently undergoing a period of downtime for essential maintenance. Please be advised that the programme information service which is currently available at this URL will soon be replaced by a new service from the BBC, at a new set of URLs. Please contact the