I actually downloaded the file and checked the size. I guess you could take a peak at the ethernet interface statistics on the PC using iplayer - no idea how you do that on windows though... There must be a free tool somewhere to measure network volume usage.
On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 20:28 +0100, Andy wrote: > 2009/4/18 Phil Lewis <backst...@linuxcentre.net>: > > You had also better watch out with the new HD (720p) BBC iPlayer streams > > I noticed the 1hr Doctor Who special notched up 1.3GB when I streamed > > it! Looked fantastic though :-) > > At the risk of going off topic, what did you use to measure how much > bandwidth iPlayer was taking up? I only ask because a member of my > family was worried about using iPlayer because they have quite a low > bandwidth cap and where worried about hitting it. Their ISP doesn't to > display how much bandwidth has been used, so has to guess what their > remaining bandwidth allocation is then guess how much bandwidth a > single iPlayer episode is going to use up. This is why we need to > scrap bandwidth caps, the average person does not understand them!!! > > Back on topic, could anyone explain what the 3 different .mov files > for the 5 min version on the FTP server are for? I can guess what > uncompressed is but I haven't got a clue what the _2.mov file is. > > Perhaps a README[.txt] file with details of the encoding parameters of > each file would be useful. And just because I'm curious could you tell > us what software you use for transcoding and whether you have to do > each format by hand or whether you have auto build scripts? > > Cheers > Andy > - 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/
