Owen Smith wrote: > This was always going to be the case with online streaming media and > smart TVs etc. The formats simply are not going to stay the same for the > 15+ years we are used to with broadcast technology. Computer stuff > becomes obsolete and unsupported a lot faster than we're used to, and it > would cost the BBC a fortune in taking on maintenance of old > discontinued systems to do so.
I disagree with your analysis. The formats the BBC provided were compatible with a vast array of devices. What they are doing is introducing formats which are supported by only a selected range of devices - seemingly smartphones and tablets. The users of these are highly unlikely to actually consume more than a small percentage of what the BBC outputs. It's like the old adage of 'the inmates taking over the asylum', only this time it's the geeks taking over the medium under the guidance of Senior Managers. This fiasco is likely to rank alongside the Passport Office computer debacle, the NHS computerisation project, and the great Universal Credit scheme. It's obvious that nobody thought to do a competent analysis of existing users before this ridiculous 'Audio Factory' nonsense was signed off. Now they are scrambling around trying to justify what they've set in train. There are 100s of complaints on the Audio Factory blog - there are probably 1000s of other uses out there across a wide range of platforms who are just left in silence wondering what the heck is going on. Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio Logitech UE Smart Radio Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LMS + Squeezelite - Logitech Mini Boombox speaker (mothballed) Cubieboard + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker O2 Joggler + SqpOS + Aune X2 T-amp + Mordaunt Short ms-3.40 speakers IBOX + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker Squeeze2upnp - Sonos Play1 & Vistron internet radio (Reciva) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
