expectingtofly wrote:
> Sorry, just noticed this thread.
>
> My view is as follows :
>
> The BBC Sounds Plugin only offer other programmes if you asked to be
> offered them (ie go to "My Recommendations" in the Plugin or go in to
> the featured podcasts). You don't have to look in there if
Operajulian wrote:
> The BBC podcasts can take a while to load each list of options and some
> of them don't actually load the specific podcast.
Yes. The problem is that the BBC updates the opml listing dynamically,
with newest broadcast listed first. Unfortunately LMS cannot handle this
Thanks for this thread. Very useful to get podcasts listed on my Rasp
Pi/Picore/LMS set up.
Listening to 99% Invisible podcasts for the first time - very
interesting.
The BBC podcasts can take a while to load each list of options and some
of them don't actually load the specific podcast.
I
PasTim wrote:
> I'm not really keen on keeping permanently signed in to the BBC for BBC
> Sounds. Am I being stupidly paranoid?
I'm in the US, and not really familiar with the BBC Podcast, but what I
am using is the Podcast Search though the material skin. It seaches
ITunes and Gpodder. I did
PasTim wrote:
> I'm not using other streaming services. The point I'm making is that if
> logged on the Beeb know what you play from the Beeb, regardless of
> cookies, don't they, and then 'offer' other programmes?
Sorry, just noticed this thread.
My view is as follows :
The BBC Sounds
bpa wrote:
> Unfortunately personalisation is the way to get the "mobile" users on
> board - screen are too small to show everything (and BBC have literally
> millions of programs available to play)
> BBC being Govt funded need to show the public is using their service.
> I agree with your
PasTim wrote:
> I'm not using other streaming services. The point I'm making is that if
> logged on the Beeb know what you play from the Beeb, regardless of
> cookies, don't they, and then 'offer' other programmes?
Unfortunately personalisation is the way to get the "mobile" users on
board -
bpa wrote:
> You can use a special BBC only email address to register and that will
> limit.
>
> However it is likely you are being more aggressively tracked by any
> streaming service you might be using. IIRC BBC just wants an email
> address and age. - they're mainly after demographics &
PasTim wrote:
> Surely it's not just cookies. You log on, then you play stuff from
> their site. So they know, at their end, what you play, even without any
> cookies.
Well apparently they need to have the metadata to justify all the money
they have/are spending on "Sounds", and because
PasTim wrote:
> I guess so. Even so, the idea that the Beeb will track what I listen to
> and offer me things that it thinks I might like is unattractive, to put
> it mildly. :)
You can use a special BBC only email address to register and that will
limit.
However it is likely you are being
Man in a van wrote:
> You can restrict some of the cookies, otherwise it's back to the Roberts
> :)
>
> 32273
>
> ronnie
Surely it's not just cookies. You log on, then you play stuff from
their site. So they know, at their end, what you play, even without any
cookies.
LMS 7.9.3 on PC,
You can restrict some of the cookies, otherwise it's back to the Roberts
:)
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bpa wrote:
> With BBC Sounds plugin - only activity through the plugin (and by
> implication BBC API) will be logged. I assume HTTP access uses essential
> cookies just to enable functionality.
>
> If you use a browser or app with BBC Sounds or via Radioplayer or
> podcasts via a 3rd party
PasTim wrote:
> Are you sure? ;)
With BBC Sounds plugin - only activity through the plugin (and by
implication BBC API) will be logged.
If you use a browser or app with BBC Sounds or via Radioplayer or
podcasts via a 3rd party podcast player - there are loads of other
cookies being stored so
Man in a van wrote:
> I have been signed in for well over a year, nobody looking over my
> shoulder.yet :)
> ronnie
Are you sure? ;)
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mrw wrote:
> I hadn't noticed, before now. :(
>
> @PasTim, if you are minded to make use of that first link that I posted,
> -http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts.opml-, then I think you may find that the
> BBCiPlayerExtra podcasts menu makes a rather better fist of it. It has
> been nicely sorted,
PasTim wrote:
> I'm not really keen on keeping permanently signed in to the BBC for BBC
> Sounds. Am I being stupidly paranoid?
I have been signed in for well over a year, nobody looking over my
shoulder.yet :)
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PasTim wrote:
> I have never, ever, played a podcast from anywhere. I can see that I
> can download stuff from the BBC website, but what I thought I should be
> able to do was see a list of stuff in LMS and select and play from
> there.
>
> I have the podcast plugin and settings page, but no
bpa wrote:
> This is what BBCiPlayerExtra uses.
I hadn't noticed, before now. :(
@PasTim, if you are minded to make use of that first link that I posted,
-http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts.opml-, then I think you may find that the
BBCiPlayerExtra podcasts menu makes a rather better fist of it. It
PasTim wrote:
> My understanding was that the files iplayerExtra plays disappear quite
> quickly (after 3 or 4 weeks at most) whereas podcasts don't. Is that
> not true?
No.
BBCiPlayer has programs that only last 7 days.
BBCiPlayerExtra accesses *all* the programs BBC has on their website.
mrw wrote:
> If you paste the following URL into the settings page you will have
> access to a hierarchical list of BBC Podcasts: -
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts.opml-
This is what BBCiPlayerExtra uses.
bpa's Profile:
PasTim wrote:
> I'm not really keen on keeping permanently signed in to the BBC for BBC
> Sounds. Am I being stupidly paranoid?
In my view, no. But I am relaxed about it... not that I've put it to the
test, yet.
mrw's
I'm not really keen on keeping permanently signed in to the BBC for BBC
Sounds. Am I being stupidly paranoid?
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mrw wrote:
> If you paste the following URL into the settings page you will have
> access to a hierarchical list of BBC Podcasts: -
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts.opml-
>
> But it's not that convenient, after a while, because the ordering
> changes as new podcasts are released.
>
> But you
PasTim wrote:
> I have never, ever, played a podcast from anywhere. I can see that I
> can download stuff from the BBC website, but what I thought I should be
> able to do was see a list of stuff in LMS and select and play from
> there.
>
> I have the podcast plugin and settings page, but no
I'd also quite like to know how to use the podcast plugin for BBC
programmes, just so I get a bit more of a grip on how things work.
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bpa wrote:
> Podcasts are just like "Listen Again" programs.
>
> If you BBC specific stuff you can find them either with BBC iPlayerExtra
> plugin or the BBC Sounds plugin (you need to register with BBC Sounds
> web site). BBC Sounds will probably be better as it can remember where
> you
PasTim wrote:
> I have never, ever, played a podcast from anywhere. I can see that I
> can download stuff from the BBC website, but what I thought I should be
> able to do was see a list of stuff in LMS and select and play from
> there.
>
> I have the podcast plugin and settings page, but no
PasTim wrote:
> I have never, ever, played a podcast from anywhere. I can see that I
> can download stuff from the BBC website, but what I thought I should be
> able to do was see a list of stuff in LMS and select and play from
> there.
>
> I have the podcast plugin and settings page, but no
I have never, ever, played a podcast from anywhere. I can see that I
can download stuff from the BBC website, but what I thought I should be
able to do was see a list of stuff in LMS and select and play from
there.
I have the podcast plugin and settings page, but no idea what to put in
it for
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