Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread Andy Furniss
David Pickett wrote: At 21:38 18-07-14, John Leonard wrote: >Stream working well here - shame it's wildly out of sync with the >broadcast picture, though. > >Some distortion apparent on FF passages? > Yes, I heard some distortion on the violins in places: it sounds digital but I wasnt sure

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread David Pickett
At 21:38 18-07-14, John Leonard wrote: >Stream working well here - shame it's wildly out of sync with the >broadcast picture, though. > >Some distortion apparent on FF passages? > Yes, I heard some distortion on the violins in places: it sounds digital but I wasnt sure where it came from, as I'v

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread Andy Furniss
Rev Tony Newnham wrote: Hi It looks interesting - but access via the digital networks would be easier. At least it should be simpler than the BBC's Quadraphonic trials back in the 1970's - that required to 2 FM receivers! Not sure that my internet is currently reliable enough - especially in t

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread John Leonard
Stream working well here - shame it's wildly out of sync with the broadcast picture, though. Some distortion apparent on FF passages? John On 18 Jul 2014, at 14:21, Rupert Brun wrote: > The BBC will make the BBC Proms Concerts available in 4.0 using MPEG-DASH. > The stream will be available

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread Andy Furniss
Rupert Brun wrote: We can't deliver over normal broadcast channels because we don't have the bandwidth and there would be very significant costs for a small audience. We are using MPEG DASH because it handles surround sound well and can be decoded entirely within the browser without any third pa

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread Andy Furniss
Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: On 07/18/2014 03:48 PM, Andy Furniss wrote: Rupert Brun wrote: The BBC will make the BBC Proms Concerts available in 4.0 using MPEG-DASH. The stream will be available internationally. So the're available to the world subject to what browser/os you use, but not to me

[Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread Rev Tony Newnham
Hi It looks interesting - but access via the digital networks would be easier. At least it should be simpler than the BBC's Quadraphonic trials back in the 1970's - that required to 2 FM receivers! Not sure that my internet is currently reliable enough - especially in the evenings, but I mi

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread David Pickett
At 15:34 18-07-14, Richard wrote: >Firstly, i must say a thank you for letting us know. But, after the >last test it is obvious that a large majority of us were unable to >enjoy these broadcasts due to the limited requirements. I should be interested to know what you mean by "limited requiremen

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread Rupert Brun
We can't deliver over normal broadcast channels because we don't have the bandwidth and there would be very significant costs for a small audience. We are using MPEG DASH because it handles surround sound well and can be decoded entirely within the browser without any third party software and th

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 07/18/2014 03:48 PM, Andy Furniss wrote: Rupert Brun wrote: The BBC will make the BBC Proms Concerts available in 4.0 using MPEG-DASH. The stream will be available internationally. So the're available to the world subject to what browser/os you use, but not to me who pays the licence fee.

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread Andy Furniss
Rupert Brun wrote: The BBC will make the BBC Proms Concerts available in 4.0 using MPEG-DASH. The stream will be available internationally. So the're available to the world subject to what browser/os you use, but not to me who pays the licence fee. Why must MPEG-DASH be used for this? It's no

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread Richard
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[Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-18 Thread Rupert Brun
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