In the meantime couldn't somebody parse the DAB feed of the radio networks on Freeview, extract the livetext feed from there, and republish it onto the web?
If somebody wants a little hardware/software hacking project and has a multi-channel Freeview card for their PC, it shouldn't be too difficult... Brendan :-) -- Brendan Quinn | Technical Architect | bbc.co.uk Broadcast Centre BC5 B6, Media Village, 201 Wood Lane London W12 7TP [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +44 (0)20 800 85097 | +44 (0)7900 847 358 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Hill > Sent: 26 July 2005 09:59 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: RE: [backstage] What's playing now... > > > No info from LiveText on to the web just yet, tho we did a > trial with 6 Music recently which was pretty successful in > terms of synching delivery etc. We'll be looking to deliver > this for sure (tho initially in some kind of Flash > implementation probably, due to the characteristics of > LiveText - sorry Dave et al! - though we'll also be exploring > using LiveText archives etc) ... > > Also note that LiveText won't be the only way of discerning > track now playing - that could also be inferred from > tracklistings pages etc. - which we're also trying to tighten > up/automate. > > Bear with us while we roll across 10 national networks, > broadcasting whatever they like, 24 hours a a day :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Hirst > > Sent: 25 July 2005 18:56 > > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > > Subject: Re: [backstage] What's playing now... > > > > > > Thnx for the info, dan. > > > > > track now playing in LiveText - the scrolling text you > see on a DAB > > >Digital Radio LCD screen or when listening to the radio > over our DTT > > >Freeview services etc. That kind of information ("The track > > now playing > > >is...") is also available across several networks on LiveText > > > > does LiveText get fed to the web anywhere at all (even as a > > diagnostic?), or is a MAKE involving a DAB radio, hacking the > > display to generate acsii, and then pushing that to the web > > via a server the only way to do it at the mo? ;-) > > > > tony > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > SEE THE WICKED ROBOT INVASION MAP http://www.wickedrobots.co.uk/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Mail tags: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Tony Hirst > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > blog: http://micro-info.blogspot.com/ > > > > Dept. of ICT, Faculty of Technology > > Open University, Walton Hall, > > Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK > > > > Tel: +44 (0)19086 52789, m./SMS 07709 766223 > > > http://robofesta.open.ac.uk/tony > http://www.robofesta-uk.org > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
