Re: SliMP3 and the BBC

["Neil Fuller" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon

Absa-bloody-lutely!!!

I refuse to install Real Player on my latest system because I got sick and
tired of the cr@p they kept sending me.

As you say, why a public broadcasting service should be using a proprietary
"protocol" is beyond me - Maybe, just maybe, there's some money
changing
hands somewhere!?

I shall find Ms Jowells contact details and be about the 3,001 person to
get
no reply!!!

Regards

Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Rafferty" <simonr@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] SliMP3 and the BBC


> I, as have many people, emailed the BBC, THe SoS for Arts and Media
(Tessa
Jowell) and her government office (department for culture, media and sport)
asking why a National public broadcasting service is using a propriatary
method for streaming media across the internet and not an open standard
such
as MP3, to date myself and about 3,000 other people have had no reply.
Frankly I find this quite disgusting that neither of the 3  people /
organisations were prepared to even acknowledge that this is an issue. If
you feel strongly about the BBC using real audio, and not providing an
alternate mp3 stream, I suggest that you also lobby Tessa Jowell or the BBC
about this issue.
>
> Simon
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Kevin Hawkins
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:29 PM
>   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SliMP3 and the BBC
>
>
>
>
>      > -----Original Message-----
>      > From: Neil Fuller [mailto:neil@xxxxxxx]
>      > Sent: 02 April 2004 21:06
>      > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>      > Subject: [ukha_d] SliMP3 and the BBC
>      >
>      > Having just got around to getting my SliMP3 from Kens last
>      > BB up and running, I'm very impressed!
>      >
>      > There's a few niggles such as why does it lock up after a
>      > lack of attention for a couple of hours?
>
>   It shouldn't do this - I assume you're running the latest released
server
>   code - Have you updated the player firmware too ??
>      >
>      > However, the thing I can't work out is how to get Internet
>      > radio stations to stream on to the Slimpy.
>
>   Pop them in a playlist
>
>      >
>      > In particular, how can I get BBC R2 thru 4 on to the
>      > Slimpy? Looks to me like BBC stream  in RealMedia format
>      > and I really don't want to install RealPlayer on my
>      > server, besides, it looks like the Slim server doesn't
>      > support RealMedia anyway????
>
>   The BBC use Real audio which as you say the SliMP3 does not support
- in
>   fact I am not sure which hardware players do.  You can get around
this
with
>   a bit of realtime transcoding but it is not very satisfactory (there
are
>   some posts on the Slim list re this). There are also some overseas
streaming
>   sources of some BBC content that are in mp3 or wma.  A high quality
route
>   can be had using a Psion Wavefinder and streaming the BBC digital
MUX
output
>   to the SliMP3, but that needs a bit more hardware.
>
>   K
>
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