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BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're
already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message ... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info Bombey Dreams , 60min show, 378Mb HyperDrive, 30mins, 149Mb The files are WMV. No sign of a separate WMA file, but that might be cos I dont know what Im looking for. AC |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
The files are WMV. No sign of a separate WMA file, but that might be cos I
dont know what Im looking for. There is only a WMV file - WMV contains audio so why would there be a seperate WMA download?? Mountain, 58 mins, 228Mb In The Night Garden, 25mins, 114Mb. The first time I downloaded something, it took ages to get started - mainly because I discovered it also downloaded about 2 dozen channel idents in WMV format too - so now I have a range of idents for all the BBC channels, which play as appropriate before you watch a programme. D. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
AC wrote:
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message ... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info Bombey Dreams , 60min show, 378Mb That's 881 kbps HyperDrive, 30mins, 149Mb That's 694 kbps. Both are better than the 531 kbps (228 MB file size / 60 minute programme) I've seen someone else report, but once you take off the bit rate for the audio of about 100 - 128 kbps or so, it's no wonder that people are saying that the picture quality is crap. The files are WMV. No sign of a separate WMA file, but that might be cos I dont know what Im looking for. Yeah, my mistake, they should only be WMV files. -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
David Wright wrote:
The files are WMV. No sign of a separate WMA file, but that might be cos I dont know what Im looking for. There is only a WMV file - WMV contains audio so why would there be a seperate WMA download?? That was my mistake - I must've got mixed up with the iMP which had radio programmes that could be downloaded in WMA. Mountain, 58 mins, 228Mb 550 kbps In The Night Garden, 25mins, 114Mb. 637 kbps Once you've taken off the audio (~100-128kbps), they're both crap bit rate levels for video using WMV. BTW, if you want to calculate the bit rate (I'm sure most people won't want to, but some might), you do the following: bit rate in kbps = (number of MB x 2^23 / number of seconds) / 1000 or just bit rate in kbps = number of MB x 8389 / number of seconds -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:
Bombey Dreams , 60min show, 378Mb That's 881 kbps HyperDrive, 30mins, 149Mb That's 694 kbps. Both are better than the 531 kbps (228 MB file size / 60 minute programme) I've seen someone else report, but once you take off the bit rate for the audio of about 100 - 128 kbps or so, it's no wonder that people are saying that the picture quality is crap. Have they reduced the resolution? This might make the lower bitrates a little more acceptable. And on the subject of resolution, is there any HD to be had yet? |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
Ben wrote:
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote: Bombey Dreams , 60min show, 378Mb That's 881 kbps HyperDrive, 30mins, 149Mb That's 694 kbps. Both are better than the 531 kbps (228 MB file size / 60 minute programme) I've seen someone else report, but once you take off the bit rate for the audio of about 100 - 128 kbps or so, it's no wonder that people are saying that the picture quality is crap. Have they reduced the resolution? This might make the lower bitrates a little more acceptable. According to this thread, they are using a low resolution, but there's quite a few comments about dodgy picture quality: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07...tion/comments/ And on the subject of resolution, is there any HD to be had yet? I doubt it, because the person behind DAB sounding so ****e (Simon Nelson) is now in charge of the TV side of new media at the BBC, so HD will be the last thing that low quality loving technically-incompetent imbecile will provide. Personally, I'd have thought launching a system where there'll be 5 million+ DAB radios (roughly £300m worth) being made obsolete by his incompetent decisions would get him the sack. Oh no, not at the BBC, he gets promoted so that he can screw up TV as well! -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
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Personally, I'd have thought launching a system where there'll be 5 million+ DAB radios (roughly £300m worth) being made obsolete by his incompetent decisions would get him the sack. Oh no, not at the BBC, he gets promoted so that he can screw up TV as well! Maybe from the perspective of Radio, this is the sack ;-). Paul DS. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
Paul D.Smith wrote:
...snip... Personally, I'd have thought launching a system where there'll be 5 million+ DAB radios (roughly £300m worth) being made obsolete by his incompetent decisions would get him the sack. Oh no, not at the BBC, he gets promoted so that he can screw up TV as well! Maybe from the perspective of Radio, this is the sack ;-). I'd like to be able to think of it that way, but the reality is that he went from one position in radio to an equal position in TV, and TV is deemed to be a lot more important than radio by the BBC - I think about 90% of the BBC's revenue is spent on TV - so it is really a promotion. I think the problem is that BBC executives just don't have a clue about digital technology so they don't even realise how unbelievably incompetent his decisions were. -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message ... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info Does it have [B[b][C] DOG **** on the picture and ****-voices? |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
In message
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote: Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Obligingly Windows Media Player shows the bit rate by hovering the mouse over the file type icon near the bottom left of the WMA window, to the left of the filename. The Prom 22 download replays at 729kb/s, which is correct for the file size and duration. It looks and sounds every bit as poor as that bit rate would suggest. -- David Pitt. Computing with RISC OS. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
David Pitt wrote:
In message "DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote: Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Obligingly Windows Media Player shows the bit rate by hovering the mouse over the file type icon near the bottom left of the WMA window, to the left of the filename. The Prom 22 download replays at 729kb/s, which is correct for the file size and duration. It looks and sounds every bit as poor as that bit rate would suggest. If you play the file in Windows Media Player and go to File Properties, what information does it have about the audio stream? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
Light of Aria wrote:
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message ... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info Does it have [B[b][C] DOG **** on the picture and ****-voices? No idea, cos the BBC is limiting the number of people that can use it - so much for their much vaunted "launch" on 27th July... -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:43:47 GMT, "DAB sounds worse than FM"
[email protected] wrote: David Pitt wrote: In message "DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote: Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Obligingly Windows Media Player shows the bit rate by hovering the mouse over the file type icon near the bottom left of the WMA window, to the left of the filename. The Prom 22 download replays at 729kb/s, which is correct for the file size and duration. It looks and sounds every bit as poor as that bit rate would suggest. If you play the file in Windows Media Player and go to File Properties, what information does it have about the audio stream? Or better still right-cick the file, then "Summary" That'll tell you the audio and video rates. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
In message
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote: David Pitt wrote: [snip] The Prom 22 download replays at 729kb/s, which is correct for the file size and duration. It looks and sounds every bit as poor as that bit rate would suggest. If you play the file in Windows Media Player and go to File Properties, what information does it have about the audio stream? Good thinking, thanks. Video size 672 x 384 Aspect ratio 7:4 Audio codec Windows Media Audio 9.1 128kb/s, 48kHz, stereo 1-pass CBR -- David Pitt. Computing with RISC OS. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
David Pitt wrote:
In message "DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote: David Pitt wrote: [snip] The Prom 22 download replays at 729kb/s, which is correct for the file size and duration. It looks and sounds every bit as poor as that bit rate would suggest. If you play the file in Windows Media Player and go to File Properties, what information does it have about the audio stream? Good thinking, thanks. Video size 672 x 384 Aspect ratio 7:4 Audio codec Windows Media Audio 9.1 128kb/s, 48kHz, stereo 1-pass CBR The audio quality shouldn't be too bad then, because 128 kbps WMA is capable of providing good quality (miles better than typical DAB quality), so if the file you've downloaded sounds crap then it's probably down to bad engineering practice (they've probably decoded from the stream that would be broadcast on digital TV then re-encoded to WMA, which is a big no-no, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're doing this for the video stream as well, which is also a big no-no, but the BBC is basically incompetent with regards to engineering these days due to the BBC executives being about as clueless as it is possible to be about everything technical). -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message ... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info I can't get anything to download - it keeps telling me to download the iplayer - which I have done 10 times. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
In article , [email protected] says...
Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? Why would anyone download a programme from the BBC's system with it's own software set-up, then do the same with C4, then Five and ITV (when they start them), when there's the universal language of bittorrent? -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor) /* 1134 DVDs, 350 games, 338 CDs, 110 cinema films, 42 concerts, videos & news /* alfie, flatout 3, last king of scotland, life & lyrics, activision psp New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=DVDfeverDom |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
Dom Robinson wrote:
In article , [email protected] says... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? Why would anyone download a programme from the BBC's system with it's own software set-up, then do the same with C4, then Five and ITV (when they start them), when there's the universal language of bittorrent? Maybe I'm trying the wrong bittorrent sites, but sometimes when I've tried to download a BBC or whatever programme, it's not always available, whereas with the BBC iPlayer and the other broadcasters applications they should at least be available and should be relatively quick to download because there should be a lot of people with the file on their PCs. Which bittorrent sites would you recommend? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
Dom Robinson wrote:
Why would anyone download a programme from the BBC's system with it's own software set-up, then do the same with C4, then Five and ITV (when they start them), when there's the universal language of bittorrent? Because it would be a lot harder for them to track who was downloading what, and a lot slower for us punters (if every torrent experience I've ever had is anything to go by)...? |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 20:47:59 +0100, Dom Robinson
wrote: Why would anyone download a programme from the BBC's system with it's own software set-up, then do the same with C4, then Five and ITV (when they start them), when there's the universal language of bittorrent? The ITV one will be streaming only Dom. -- Mike Plowman "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead" |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
In article , [email protected] says...
Dom Robinson wrote: In article , [email protected] says... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? Why would anyone download a programme from the BBC's system with it's own software set-up, then do the same with C4, then Five and ITV (when they start them), when there's the universal language of bittorrent? Maybe I'm trying the wrong bittorrent sites, but sometimes when I've tried to download a BBC or whatever programme, it's not always available, whereas with the BBC iPlayer and the other broadcasters applications they should at least be available and should be relatively quick to download because there should be a lot of people with the file on their PCs. Which bittorrent sites would you recommend? UK Nova (which isn't easy to sign up to as is often full), plus the following: http://www.eztvefnet.org http://www.mininova.org http://thepiratebay.org http://thebox.bz -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor) /* 1134 DVDs, 350 games, 338 CDs, 110 cinema films, 42 concerts, videos & news /* alfie, flatout 3, last king of scotland, life & lyrics, activision psp New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=DVDfeverDom |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
In article ,
am says... Dom Robinson wrote: Why would anyone download a programme from the BBC's system with it's own software set-up, then do the same with C4, then Five and ITV (when they start them), when there's the universal language of bittorrent? Because it would be a lot harder for them to track who was downloading what, and a lot slower for us punters (if every torrent experience I've ever had is anything to go by)...? Try downloading something recent (which is the point of Iplayer that has stuff from the past 7 days) and it's not slow at all. -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor) /* 1134 DVDs, 350 games, 338 CDs, 110 cinema films, 42 concerts, videos & news /* alfie, flatout 3, last king of scotland, life & lyrics, activision psp New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=DVDfeverDom |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
In article ,
says... On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 20:47:59 +0100, Dom Robinson wrote: Why would anyone download a programme from the BBC's system with it's own software set-up, then do the same with C4, then Five and ITV (when they start them), when there's the universal language of bittorrent? The ITV one will be streaming only Dom. Ta for that. BTW, can you please convince someone at ITV to show the remaining eps of Tough Gig, even if it's on ITV2-4? :) -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor) /* 1134 DVDs, 350 games, 338 CDs, 110 cinema films, 42 concerts, videos & news /* alfie, flatout 3, last king of scotland, life & lyrics, activision psp New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=DVDfeverDom |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
"Dom Robinson" wrote in message ... In article , [email protected] says... Dom Robinson wrote: In article , [email protected] says... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? Why would anyone download a programme from the BBC's system with it's own software set-up, then do the same with C4, then Five and ITV (when they start them), when there's the universal language of bittorrent? Maybe I'm trying the wrong bittorrent sites, but sometimes when I've tried to download a BBC or whatever programme, it's not always available, whereas with the BBC iPlayer and the other broadcasters applications they should at least be available and should be relatively quick to download because there should be a lot of people with the file on their PCs. Which bittorrent sites would you recommend? UK Nova (which isn't easy to sign up to as is often full), plus the following: http://www.eztvefnet.org http://www.mininova.org http://thepiratebay.org http://thebox.bz -- Do any of these sites have the program about India that Sanjeev whats his name did the other night? I would assume the the popular stuff (Dr Who, LoM etc) is avaliable on general BT, but this iplayer lark is good for the more obscure stuff. Had to wait ages to get the The Seven Ages of Rock via normal BT. The iplayer would have (probably) had this . AC |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
In message
"Geoff Pearson" wrote: "DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message ... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info I can't get anything to download - it keeps telling me to download the iplayer - which I have done 10 times. Has the Kontiki ActiveX been loaded. It appears in IE in a not very noticeable tool bar. -- David Pitt. Computing with RISC OS. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
Dom Robinson wrote:
In article , [email protected] says... Dom Robinson wrote: In article , [email protected] says... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? Why would anyone download a programme from the BBC's system with it's own software set-up, then do the same with C4, then Five and ITV (when they start them), when there's the universal language of bittorrent? Maybe I'm trying the wrong bittorrent sites, but sometimes when I've tried to download a BBC or whatever programme, it's not always available, whereas with the BBC iPlayer and the other broadcasters applications they should at least be available and should be relatively quick to download because there should be a lot of people with the file on their PCs. Which bittorrent sites would you recommend? UK Nova (which isn't easy to sign up to as is often full), plus the following: http://www.eztvefnet.org http://www.mininova.org http://thepiratebay.org http://thebox.bz Thanks. -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:21:29 +0100, Dom Robinson
wrote: UK Nova (which isn't easy to sign up to as is often full) They've not been full for the last month or so. Nick. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:19:34 GMT, "AC" wrote:
Do any of these sites have the program about India that Sanjeev whats his name did the other night? http://www.uknova.com/wsgi/torrent/view/47271 Nick. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
"Nick Austin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:19:34 GMT, "AC" wrote: Do any of these sites have the program about India that Sanjeev whats his name did the other night? http://www.uknova.com/wsgi/torrent/view/47271 Nick. Ah, its a sign up site. No ta. But, I will believe that the torrent is there. AC |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message ... Light of Aria wrote: "DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message ... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info Does it have [B[b][C] DOG **** on the picture and ****-voices? No idea, cos the BBC is limiting the number of people that can use it - so much for their much vaunted "launch" on 27th July... -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info Any answer to my question please? [B[b][C] DOG **** on the picture and ****-voices or are the programmes un-damaged? |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
In article , says...
"Nick Austin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:19:34 GMT, "AC" wrote: Do any of these sites have the program about India that Sanjeev whats his name did the other night? http://www.uknova.com/wsgi/torrent/view/47271 Nick. Ah, its a sign up site. No ta. But, I will believe that the torrent is there. Sign-up to a site or download a piece of bloatware from the BBC? No contest. However, just for you: http://www.mininova.org/tor/821025 -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor) /* 1134 DVDs, 350 games, 338 CDs, 110 cinema films, 42 concerts, videos & news /* alfie, flatout 3, last king of scotland, life & lyrics, activision psp New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=DVDfeverDom |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
"David Pitt" wrote in message ... In message "Geoff Pearson" wrote: "DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message ... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info I can't get anything to download - it keeps telling me to download the iplayer - which I have done 10 times. Has the Kontiki ActiveX been loaded. It appears in IE in a not very noticeable tool bar. -- David Pitt. Computing with RISC OS. KHost.exe is running - where would this toolbar be? |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
In article ,
says... In article , {$mrtickle$} @nospam.demon.co.uk says... In , "AC" wrote: "Nick Austin" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:19:34 GMT, "AC" wrote: Do any of these sites have the program about India that Sanjeev whats his name did the other night? http://www.uknova.com/wsgi/torrent/view/47271 Nick. Ah, its a sign up site. Yes of course, as Dom mentioned in the post you replied to. The best torrent sites are often like that. No ta. Cut your nose off to spite your face if you must! But, I will believe that the torrent is there. It is indeed there in excellent quality with 127 seeders as I type this. UK Nova is lightning fast. He really is cutting off his nose..... He's totally Danniella Westbrook! :) -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor) /* 1134 DVDs, 350 games, 338 CDs, 110 cinema films, 42 concerts, videos & news /* alfie, flatout 3, last king of scotland, life & lyrics, activision psp New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=DVDfeverDom |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
In message
"Geoff Pearson" wrote: "David Pitt" wrote in message ... In message "Geoff Pearson" wrote: "DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message ... Now that the BBC iPlayer has launched in beta, could some of you who're already using the iPlayer say what the file sizes are of the TV programmes you've downloaded so far please, and also say what the duration of the programme is in minutes so that I can calculate what bit rate they're using for the programmes? Also, are the files all using WMV for the video and WMA for the audio? -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info I can't get anything to download - it keeps telling me to download the iplayer - which I have done 10 times. Has the Kontiki ActiveX been loaded. It appears in IE in a not very noticeable tool bar. KHost.exe is running - where would this toolbar be? See IE's help, ActiveX controls, Information bar. I missed it the first few times around and got the "download iPlayer again" run around. I found a note about Kontiki on the iPlayer message board. -- David Pitt. Computing with RISC OS. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
Dom Robinson wrote:
Sign-up to a site or download a piece of bloatware from the BBC? No contest. The Kontiki software takes about 5-6MB of disk space - hardly bloat these days ;-) -- Adrian C |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
Adrian C wrote:
Dom Robinson wrote: Sign-up to a site or download a piece of bloatware from the BBC? No contest. The Kontiki software takes about 5-6MB of disk space - hardly bloat these days ;-) Maybe not, but it seems to crash on my PC every other day ever since I installed 4oD (Kservice.exe or something like that isn't it?). -- Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
On 4 Aug, 01:15, "DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote:
Adrian C wrote: Dom Robinson wrote: Sign-up to a site or download a piece of bloatware from the BBC? No contest. The Kontiki software takes about 5-6MB of disk space - hardly bloat these days ;-) Maybe not, but it seems to crash on my PC every other day ever since I installed 4oD (Kservice.exe or something like that isn't it?). Why does anyone download these things from TV companies? If they all used the same software..... then I still wouldn't, but anyway. |
BBC iPlayer programme file sizes
DVDfever Dom wrote:
Why does anyone download these things from TV companies? If they all used the same software..... then I still wouldn't, but anyway. Er, they do use the same software - BBC iplayer, 4oD and SkyAnytime all basically use Kontiki. However, it's packaging where the flaws are... You land up with an unstable Windows machine with repeated instances of the same software if you want all services :-( At the moment it takes technical workarounds, ISP co operation, messing about and the realization that this is all still buggy "in beta" - and won't be ready for the general public until someone defines some industry standards or virtualisation OS technology becomes commonplace in consumer PC hardware. That's not going to happen anytime soon, and with the piracy problems I sadly don't think UK broadcasters are going to be there for the distance without burning a lot of money to protect their copyrights. Doomed ;-( (but me enjoying the Iplayer trial anyway :-) -- Adrian C |
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