Re: SliMP3 and the BBC

["Mark Harrison \(Yahoo!\)" <mph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is worth noting that the Minister has virtually no incentive to answer
your questions.

However, if you raise this matter with your MP, and ask Him/Her to refer
this question to the minister responsible, you have a far higher chance of
at least getting an answer.

Ms. Jowell is far more likely to respond to another MP, or to one of her
constituents, than she is to reply to you.

Regards,

Mark


----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Fuller" <neil@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] SliMP3 and the BBC


> 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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