[backstage] iPad iplayer app issue
Hullo! Sorry if this is not the right place for this, I have mailed mobileapps@, but thought other clever people here might have some suggestions/experience to share. Over the last few weeks I've been having right trouble with the iPad iplayer app on a 1st gen iPad. I'm on 30Mb/s Virgin connection which is working fine. Frequently I'll be watching programmes and they cut out after about 5-6 minutes. I have had this with various programmes over an extended period so it's not limited to one night or one programme. I got a bit desperate and moved my wireless access point to the bedroom, connected to the router via devolo ethernet over power things. Other devices like phones and laptops doing basic browsing, and a server doing sustained rsyncs seem okay over the connection, I only get an issue with the iplayer app on ipad. One person today suggested rebooting the iPad which (surprisingly perhaps) I haven't actually tried, but will tonight if it happens. I usually just get narked and listen to a podcast instead, or go to sleep :) Other suggestions welcome? Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] Move to Mailman
On 4 March 2010 11:09, Nick Reynolds-FMT nick.reyno...@bbc.co.uk wrote: Surely all these things could be possible on the BBC if we set it up right... Why bodge a webboard to do things that a mailing list does already and does well. Every time I've seen a community move from a mailing list to a webboard two things happen:- * A token effort is made to appease the list-fans but it ends up not working well enough to be worthwhile * The community already there fragments, reduces in size or plain disappears. * A new community of people around the webboard grow up thinking that it's the only way to do things - which is a self-perpetuating spiral of death for all future mailing lists because the list-fans were pushed out so there's nobody left to defend how great lists are. * The list-fans get narked because they feel they haven't been listened to, and have been ousted from contributing to something they feel passionate about. Everybody loses. Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] Move to Mailman
On 4 March 2010 11:41, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Every time I've seen a community move from a mailing list to a webboard two things happen:- I can't count. Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] Is this BBC Homeplug product legal?
2009/12/15 Simon Thompson simon.thomp...@rd.bbc.co.uk: Also, it's very easy to demodulate the Ethernet traffic radiated from your house wiring from one of these systems - it's not very secure! Mitigated by the use of 128bit AES encryption (in the ones I have anyway). Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] Is this BBC Homeplug product legal?
2009/12/14 Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv: As someone who has been responsible for installation of enough cat5 to Why would you want to use a HomePlug? Because it's easier than flood wiring the whole house. People used to have landline phones upstairs, and everyone was happy with wires for that. Usually one wire, singular. With HomePlug I can have ethernet wherever there is a power point, and I do move them around now and then. HomePlug is not just pointless, it is expensive and is to radio hams as light pollution is to astronomers. I must say I'd never heard of the radio interference at all. Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] very simple re-imaging of a ubuntu build from a USB stick for schools
2009/8/7 Phil Lewis backst...@linuxcentre.net: Any ideas/solutions welcome... This is quite well documented.. https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/i386/appendix-preseed.html Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] very simple re-imaging of a ubuntu build from a USB stick for schools
Hi Phil, 2009/8/7 Phil Lewis backst...@linuxcentre.net Thnaks - I'll look into this further, but I think this and Alan's suggestion both require installation scripting of any customisations. Neither solutions allow you to image an actual hard disk image and restore it with ease. Ah, in that case you might want to look at:- http://www.mondorescue.org/ It backs up your GNU/Linux server or workstation to tape, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R[W], DVD+R[W], NFS or hard disk partition. In the event of catastrophic data loss, you will be able to restore all of your data [or as much as you want], from bare metal if necessary. Not tried it but heard good things about it. Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] Ogg Theora/Vorbis and HTML5
2009/6/18 Steve Carpenter steven.carpen...@warwick.ac.uk: They released the specs earlier this week. :) http://www.adobe.com/devnet/rtmp/ Is this going to make the Adobe hounds less DMCA trigger happy against tools such as rtmpdump ? Cheers, Al. - 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/
[backstage] gruniad website, was a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g (0.25oz) of carbon dioxide
2009/1/13 Anthony McKale anthony.mck...@bbc.co.uk: Wee question on a related topic, does the guardian website max out anyone else's cpu ? Apparently it's probably the javascript ticker thing. I've been asked by a friend who works for Gruniad to throw this link your way. http://www.guardian.co.uk/gu_contacts/0,,180767,00.html Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] Is DRM on its last throes at last?
2009/1/12 Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk: Actually I do wonder if the itunes store going non-DRM will finally be enough to convince copyright owners that releasing content under a licence but with no DRM is a good thing for everyone involved? I mean what other popular DRM is there now? Windows media plays for sure? The Adobe nonsense that iPlayer +Air uses :) Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed
2008/12/22 Mr I Forrester mail...@cubicgarden.com: Ok so a little while back we kind of launched or announced that we were building out some of the core parts of the backstage site into ideas.welcomebackstage.com (please note the url will change one day soon). You might want to remove the ubuntu logos from posts such as this one:- http://ideas.welcomebackstage.com/ideatorrent/idea/7/ Specifically this logo:- http://ideas.welcomebackstage.com/modules/ideatorrent/themes/brownie/images/minilogo.png And maybe replace them with.. oh uhm.. BBC logos? :) Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: iPlayer on Linux Re: [backstage] iPlayer caching
2008/12/19 David Greaves da...@dgreaves.com: I run Debian. It's a fairly popular distro, some of you may have heard of it. But iPlayer doesn't appear to work on my system :( I went to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ Then I went to the Labs. It says You are signed up for BBC iPlayer Labs. Start using iPlayer labs features. I did find http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/where_to_get_iplayer/ After about 200 clicks I gave up on finding a download of any kind. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/install/bbc_iplayer_desktop is probably what you want. Install flash 10 first, then Air, then the bbc desktop doofer. Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] BBC Backstage ideas store
2008/10/28 Mr I Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So idea torrent is brainstorm or brainstorm is the ubuntu name for the same thing. I've not setup the filters yet. The Ubuntu Brainstorm website came about a little over six months ago. It was some code sat on top of drupal cms. Not much of drupal itself was used, mainly just the authentication and rendering bit. People called for the brainstorm code to be opened up so others could setup these ideastorm type sites. So yes, it looks like you're sharing the same/similar code base as Ubuntu brainstorm. I've been helping moderate the site since near the start, and we have found it a surprisingly popular way of gathering ideas from people. Whilst we already have infrastructure for submitting bugs (http://launchpad.net/), brainstorm users a real easy way to express what they'd like to see changed/improved/removed from Ubuntu. Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] BBC Backstage ideas store
2008/10/28 Mr I Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So I urge you try it out and report back any error or problems you might get. The submit idea link on the left seems broken (whether you are logged in or not) http://ideas.welcomebackstage.com/ideatorrent/user?destination=submit/ In addition if you haven't already, you might want to take a look at the Ubuntu Brainstorm site:- http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ which has the same functionality (if not the same code base). Very early on we were asked for better selectivity when viewing ideas. Take a look at the site and you'll see down the left some of the options to allow visitors to filter the ideas in the database. Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] iPhone iPlayer
Given the BBC knows the file sizes of each programme someone downloads, surely it would be trivial for the iplayer people to have a running counter of how much data a visitor has transferred. Then the user could make an informed decision on whether to watch more telly or wait until next month, rather than having the BBC make the decision for them? Cheers, Al. 2008/10/12 Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm sure someone from the iplayer team will answer at some point, but I think the reasoning is because of your phone bill. Streaming over 3g/hsdpa (even edge) is possible but if your paying per meg, it can start to get expensive quickly and its hard to get a feel for exactly how much your actually using. I just got my phone bill through and I had used 1.4gig of mobile data over the last month. Luckily I'm on Orange's £6 a month for 'unlimited' off peak data, so my total bill was nice and low. You could imagine, if your not on the ball. It could cost you dearly and of course the BBC don't want this. Cheers Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 - 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/
Re: [backstage] Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:40:58 +0100
On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 04:41:00PM +0100, Ian Forrester wrote: If we ran a competition which required the final prototype to be in Adobe Air, how would people feel about that? There's a run time and SDK for Win, OSx and now gnu/Linux. 32-bit only on Linux unfortunately, so not _quite_ cross platform. Important: This prerelease of Adobe AIR for Linux is alpha-quality and is not feature complete. If you are looking for Adobe AIR for Macintosh or Windows, please go to Adobe.com. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/ Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] BBC E-mail: It's not the Gates, it's the bars
On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 12:24:24PM +0100, Gareth Davis wrote: Anyone else find it strange that Richard Stallman feels it is apparently unjust for Microsoft and others to publish software that users are not free to share and modify, but it is ok to publish an article which readers are not free to share and modify? I can see what you're getting at but they are entirely different beasts. An article (or even many hundreds of articles) isn't running inside your computer preventing you from (for example) playing back a movie you downloaded 32 days ago. It's an inert piece of text. I've seen RMS give a talk at FOSDEM a few years ago where he covered his opinions on copyright and how there should be different rules for software, art, articles and so on. I'm sure that there's probably a copy online somewhere. (besides the fact that there is a cc license on that article of course) Cheers, Al. - 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/
Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 05:46:57PM +, Ian Partridge wrote: On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Iain Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FTA: In fact, more than most: the vast majority. Something like just one twentieth of one percent have accessed a BBC iPlayer programme via a hack. The whole point about the recent update is that the server really can't tell if the client is an iPhone or not, so where does that stat come from? Perhaps they are tracking download speeds and guessing from that? Will the mp4 be pulled at a much faster rate by curl/wget than it would have been by an iphone that downloads it incrementally for realtime viewing? If I was trying to detect this stuff I'd be looking for people with abnormal behaviour such as clients that grab an html page and then the mp4 without grabbing any other collateral such as style sheets, images and so on. Can't be hard to figure out given the logs. Cheers, Al. - 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/
