I *think* Android smartphone / tablet users will be OK -- I tried out "Business Matters" and "Outside Source" via the embedded iPlayer within the Kindle Fire's Silk browser, and it appears to work OK...so far...
I also tried out TuneIn on my iPhone -- which had worked for a fair number of on-demand programs, and had mixed results. While "The Newsroom" still played fine, both "Business Matters" and "Outside Source" yielded errors with TuneIn. Radio 4 also behaved similarly...I could listen to "The Archers" on demand on my Kindle Fire without incident. Rob, I don't think this is an issue for Internet radios -- yet -- for programs that are podcast, as these programs are provided in MP3 format...am I correct? An interesting question would be whether or not one of these $40-$50 Android 4.4 tablets I see over at Amazon would have sufficient horsepower to run the iPlayer app within the native browser. It is a shame, though, for radios based on Reciva, vTuner, Sonos, and Logitech Squeezebox users have to rely on podcasts...because the BBC might decide those aren't worth keeping either... RC On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Rob de Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > For listeners to the BBC you have probably noticed that many of the streams > no longer work or are unreliable. Listen Again (on-demand) listening has > been crippled. This is a result of changes the BBC has made, mostly without > warning dropping services dependent on Windows Media (WMA) and Shoutcast > (AAC). Options for those who listen on anything other than an iPad, iPhone, > or Pure radio are limited. Rather than recount all of the technical details, > I am posting links to what you can do and how you can help the efforts to > remedy this situation. > > > > For those concerned about the BBC streaming changes here are some links: > > > > Change.org petition: > > http://www.change.org/p/the-bbc-trust-and-the-bbc-director-general-restore-aac-audio-and-listen-again-indefinitely-for-internet-radio-devices-2 > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/nwzfy5o > > > > My note on this at CQ: > > http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/02/bbc-unplugs-millions.html > > > > Internet Radio forum threads on BBC: > > http://iradioforum.net/forum/index.php?board=11.0 > > > > BBC Radio for All Facebook page: > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/bbcradioforall/ > > > > The BBC blog posts on this topic and the 1300+ almost universally critical > comments: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/28dfd220-7ca1-3683-ac16-3938cfb4b882 > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/977a1954-658f-4fb2-a23c-71680c49882f > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/2ff95543-7547-4b2d-9305-563428fb74f5 > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/234a65f0-89c1-489c-b6e9-55d2de932e53 > > > > The BBC news article on the controversy (pretty much a recycle of the blog > statements): > > http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31487515 > > > > The Guardian article on the controversy: > > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2015/mar/05/new-internet-radio-listen-bbc-stations > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/kd3prxu > > > > For those more technically inclined: > > > > Slimdevices forum workaround for Logitech devices (requires install of > Logitech Media Server): > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103312-BBCiPlayer-plugin-a-guick-fix-guide > > > > Minimserver workaround for some Reciva devices (does not work on all): > > http://iradioforum.net/forum/index.php?topic=1868 > > > > > > -- > > -Rob de Santos, K8RKD > > Horizons (Trends in Technology) Columnist > > Contributing Editor > > CQ Magazine > > Twitter: @shuttleman58 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
