Redux does the encoding for the iphone version. Redux takes the broadcast feed off the air, rather than from Red bee -- this explains why the iphone clips have trails, continuity announcements etc which the regular download and streamed versions don't have.
Encoding for the other (non-iphone) services is done by Red Bee from material used for broadcast playout*. So you're right on both fronts -- there are basically (at least) two parallel chains. I'm sure Alex would love to do a blog post and/or a presentation on slideshare about how the iPlayer encoding chain works, it's not easy getting every programme into formats that can be played in 23 different flavours! Right, mate?! Brendan. * well my knowledge isn't 100% up to date but I think that's still how it works. I wouldn't be surprised if all those new platforms mean that it's even more complicated than that... - 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/
