On Wed Feb 3 18:24:09 GMT 2016, I wrote:
I haven't checked recently whether
at the time of broadcast the live internet
stream does indeed carry the programme
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcone);
On Wed Feb 3 18:19:54 GMT 2016, CJB wrote:
Inspecting the browser (Chrome) Console
... So now I have my answer: "BBC One Breakfast"
is being streamed live on iPlayer in the morning...
I could still use iPlayer for the Breakfast News
after about two other programmes had gone past.
(snip)
the contents of the previous programmes
were still available for streaming
On Wed Feb 3 18:42:53 GMT 2016, CJB wrote:
if http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcone
could be redirected to previous programmes
they should be there for the playing of.
That was my experience this morning.
I kept the Breakfast News page current
(i.i. I did not refresh it) and could still play
the News programme file even after
two succeeding programmes had gone by.
... What you have described Chris is a feature
of iPlayer's called "Live Rewind" - it has been
with us for Live TV from as back as 2012, and it has
been recently also implemented for live radio
(e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_two ;
enables moving to the start of current live radio show).
In layman's terms, the embedded online
player (more accurately, the streaming
CDN server) buffers a portion of the live stream
(which for TV I think is 2 hours worth)
which enables you to either "Restart the current
programme" or, by moving the slider to the left,
access content broadcast in the past 2 hours.
The streaming method that enables this feature
is called AdobeHDS - GiP does not (and most probably
will not in future) support that; there is a dedicated
tool (PHP script) that enables the recording of
un-encrypted AdobeHDS streams; it has been
also patched to be compatible with the Live Rewind
capability - if present - of such streams, so yes,
it is possible to record even parts of the "buffer-in-the-past"
(albeit with some manual calculation...), provided
not much time has elapsed since the live
broadcast (because fresher content always
overwrites the staler one in the buffer).
(Of course, I won't be providing any "how-to"s here
or elsewhere, it's doable and for a commited person
all the info is out there on the net...)
On Wed Feb 3 18:24:09 GMT 2016, I wrote:
a personal favourite (not a plug) is the free:
http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/avi-trimmer-mkv/
(supports only AVI or MKV container,
I was stuck at previous (free) version 2.0,
but it appears new version 5.0 does support,
among many other improvements, the MP4
container, too; no need to first remux to MKV.
There is a catch: as much as it is an excellent
video/audio editing programme, being a freeware
entails the setup to use OpenCandy during
installation; decide for yourself...
Regards,
V.
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