Re: [backstage] All streamable programmes

2006-05-16 Thread Gordon Joly
At 22:46 +0100 15/5/06, James Cridland wrote: .ra are real player media files, that is - they contain the actual streaming audio data. .ram is a playlist text format, which can have one or multiple lines, on each line is the URL to an audio or video stream Linking to .ram is preferred

RE: [backstage] All streamable programmes

2006-05-16 Thread Dan Hill
Hiya We're working on this - goalposts keep moving, but as part of a prospective redesign of bbc.co.uk/radio, we hope to list all the shows, across all networks, that are available for streaming in the Radio Player (and then downloads too). They're currently available on network sites (e.g.

Re: [backstage] Last played songs?

2006-05-16 Thread Louisa Heinrich
Title: Re: [backstage] Last played songs? M Vinyl. Let me know if youve got spare turntables to get rid of. ;) I was over in your manor this morning but sadly didnt have time to stop by not that you were probably there in any case. I trust all is well in your world? On 16/5/06 2:12

Re: [backstage] Last played songs?

2006-05-16 Thread James Mastros
On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 02:12:41PM +0100, Dan Hill wrote: And there's still the odd bit of vinyl etc. chucked in at the last minute - plus live outside broadcasts etc. Which means metadata input retrospectively, or thereabouts. As BBC radio shows are 'hand-built' rather than

Re: [backstage] All streamable programmes

2006-05-16 Thread Ian Moss
Hi, Is there a list somewhere of all the programmes that are streamable ? i.e. I know working lunch is, and that's top, and the news sometimes is (although it's often yesterdays 10am news!) But I'm pretty sure Countryfile isn't, and wish it was (seperately; maybe a wishlist of streamable

Re: [backstage] Last played songs?

2006-05-16 Thread James Mastros
On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 02:57:05PM +0100, Dan Hill wrote: Release early, release often. Indeed, although we're concentrating on 'mainstream' users for these feeds, rather than Backstage, so I'd rather we tended towards 100% and avoided unecessary studio info where possible. It may be that we

Re: [backstage] Last played songs?

2006-05-16 Thread Richard P Edwards
Hi,I would like to add to this.If you look on the Pete Tong Radio 1 web-site, for example, you will see that a playlist is published as much as possible.Two points come to mind...1. If the shows are specialist then it is very important that the audience has this information.2. In which ever case,

RE: [backstage] Last played songs?

2006-05-16 Thread Dan Hill
Please note I did say '*tend* towards 100%' :). You're both correct - and it's the kind of approach that led to us doing Radio Player in the first place, all those years ago, along with downloads and podcasts, Live Text to web, radio on DTVetc etc, so I'd say we're fairly well-versed with

Re: [backstage] All streamable programmes

2006-05-16 Thread James Cridland
(Apologies: this is almost wholly off-topic.) On 5/16/06, Gordon Joly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 22:46 +0100 15/5/06, James Cridland wrote: I can't speak for the BBC, but certainly when you make the Virgin Radio player appear ( www.virginradio.co.uk/listen on any PC) Ahem. The live.pls file

Re: [backstage] All streamable programmes

2006-05-16 Thread Eric Vey
I like the Naked Scientists programme on Radio Cambridgeshire. Dan Hill wrote: Hiya We're working on this - goalposts keep moving, but as part of a prospective redesign of bbc.co.uk/radio, we hope to list all the shows, across all networks, that are available for streaming in the Radio Player