From the same page, they also say: "we still give Real to some operating systems" and " if you need RealPlayer for your internet radio or your fridge <http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/blogs/radiolabs/2008/06/under_the_iplayer_hood_for_rad.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://www.firebox.com/product/411/Internet-Fridge>, those streams continue; we've no plans to remove them."
So the RealPlayer streams should be available somewhere, any ideas? (They also say they are going to move to higher bitrates in the future.) Robert Dorrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael G Fletcher wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 11:06 AM, George MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 2008/7/13 Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Jason Liquorish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Apologies, I seemed to have pasted the address wrong in my last reply. >>>> The correct address for Radio 2 is >>>> mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/radio2/radio2_nb_e1s1 >>>> >>>> >>> Thank you so much, Jason. >>> >>> I now have Radio 2 in Rhythmbox and am listening to it right now :) >>> >> Has anyone else noticed the reduction in quality of the sound from the BBC? >> I have been listening to 6Music for ages now using the RealPlayer plug-in in >> Firefox and the sound was great. Since the IPlayer revamp the quality of the >> sound is abysmal, it's very tinny and weak and is the same for all the >> stations. >> >> >> >> > > Sorry about the late response, but I must agree, the sound quality is > very sub-standard. When using RealPlayer it was much better, and you > could pause/rewind live radio (at least with the latest realplayer10 > in Linux) > > I think the answer may be somewhere here - > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2008/06/under_the_iplayer_hood_for_rad.shtml > > this makes me mad! <quote> > We're doing this because we know online radio is particularly useful > in the office, and chances are that Windows Media is automatically > installed on most computers</quote> - thanks for thinking about the > rest of us! <rant over> > > At the moment, I'm listening through Rhythmbox and I get a strange > thing when I connect, it buffers and plays for about 2 seconds, then > re-buffers and plays continually. the first time it plays the sounds > quality sounds "better" than the second time... > > --Michael > > _________________________________ > Michael Fletcher > > Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog > Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
