Intentionally or not, the BBC is communicating a disregard for MP3 users. On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Rob de Santos <[email protected]> wrote:
> Neither do Reciva or any other aggregator I am aware of unless it is their > own product. > > > > However, TuneIn does control what happens with their apps and it’s clear > they have issues and are struggling to get it worked out with the BBC. You > are correct, however, that at the end of the day it is the BBC that is > providing the unreliable streams. > > > > -- > -Rob > > > > *From:* Swprograms [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Scott Royall > *Sent:* Friday, March 13, 2015 4:25 PM > *To:* Shortwave programming discussion > *Subject:* Re: [Swprograms] Links to info on BBC streaming changes and > effort to Restore Internet feeds > > > > Incidentally, Tunein doesn't stream anything per se. You need to think of > them as a DNS (domain name server, i.e., a "lookup") for content. They then > hand you off to whatever is actually providing the content so you are > effectively telling me your beef is with BBC servers. Now that I have no > problem believing. > > > > Off-topic: If you ever get a burning urge to know what cops are doing in > my corner of the multiverse, check out > http://tunein.com/radio/Southwest-Harris-County-Law-Enforcement-s208896/. > Yep, that gets you handed off to one of my laptops. > > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tunein does not support legacy Internet radios -- those who use the > Reciva and vTuner platforms. It is the abandonment of this installed > base of Internet radios -- which cannot be upgraded to these protocols > -- that has generated the outcry. > > Even parts of TuneIn have been hobbled by these changes -- the > capability to listen on-demand to some programs ("Episodes" in > Tunein-ese) isn't working. > > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Scott Royall <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, I am rather puzzled by all this angst over the availability of > BBC > > streams. Am I the only one who knows about tunein.com? They have the > whole > > enchilada, some locals, National, and World Service. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > >
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