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On 5/17/06, Andrew Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Incidentally, this is one (the only?) benefit of the BBC
> using Real Player - trying to drag this thread back on-topic.
> Real includes some nifty bandwidth-sensing, and the same
> stream can serve anything from 8k to 800k. The BBC's are
> configured this way; also our only native Real streams
> auto-sense from 8k-32 to allow you to listen on a device over GPRS.
The other benefit of Real is that it supports us Linux users very well -
indeed I'd say the Linux version of Real Player is far superior to that
of the Windows version. It's about the only media file format that I
can embed reliably in webpages too.
I have no end of trouble with Windows Media streaming at home, although
downloaded files are usually fine.
Of course I'd prefer Ogg streaming myself (which I know Virgin does) ;)
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