As Rob points out, this is a rather insane change. If I¹m streaming something, it¹s usually when I¹m outside - not sitting at a computer. Otherwise I have my phone piped into my audio system. Key here is mobile/portable. Unless, of course, part of their plans are to revive their own app that¹s been fitted with the required protocols, making this even more of a smokescreen for proprietary ip that they¹ve been somehow licensed to use.
Except for the occasional program on 6 Music on TuneIn, the only other thing I bother with is 5 Live¹s 606 program - which is podded anyway. BBC just doesn¹t do sports like they used to, and what¹s there is usually blacked out for "rights restriction². Would agree that pods are probably the next thing to go, but I sincerely doubt others would be silly enough to follow this. I mean, once you¹ve established an audience, why would you limit it all to hell by changing an established and widely-used format? Mark On 2/16/15, 6:29 PM, "Rob de Santos" <[email protected]> wrote: >It is technically possible, and some devices do, to support HDS streaming >without supporting Flash. Ironically one of the explanations the BBC has >given is that they want to avoid "proprietary standards". Of course, >that is precisely what Apple HLS and Adobe HDS are. > >You're right Rich, most podcasts are MP3 so it's very unclear what will >happen with BBC podcasts when MP3 streaming is turned off. Will they >only offer them on iTunes? Will they convert them to MP3? > >The part I fear is that if the BBC sticks with this, how many other >broadcasters will play follow the leader? >-- >-Rob > >-----Original Message----- >From: Richard Cuff [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 4:27 PM >To: Rob de Santos; Shortwave programming discussion >Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Changes to BBC Radio streaming, future impact >on World Service formats? > >But mobile devices, as a class, don't support Flash -- because Adobe >doesn't support Flash for mobile devices! > >And, almost by definition, aren't podcasts nearly all MP3 files? > >What are these folks thinking? > >RC > >On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Rob de Santos <[email protected]> >wrote: >> The BBC has decided that HLS/HDS/DASH are all they want to support in >> the future. MP3 streams at 128k will be provided for some unannounced >> short time frame (probably less than a year) and it will also be shut >>off. > >_______________________________________________ >Swprograms mailing list >[email protected] >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > >To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL >shown above. > > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
