[backstage] HD programmes feed ... 8pm and iPlayer mistake!

2008-12-09 Thread Brian Butterworth
Hi, The /programmes feed for BBC HD is giving me two programmes for tonight at 8pm: 8pm Natural World Cork - Forest in a Bottle 8pm The Green Green Grass Series 2, More Questions Than Answers Also, I note that the iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g23d0/b00g22w0/The_Sarah_Jane_Adven

[backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online?

2008-12-09 Thread Ian Forrester
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/09/bbc-iplayer-channel-4-itv Obviously I don't know anything about this. But I was wondering what people felt about iplayer against some of the other online video sites such as Hulu or even Joost.com? Are the new recommendations system a red herring or

Re: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online?

2008-12-09 Thread Brian Butterworth
More here too: http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/12/c4_and_itv_may_get_free_use_of_iplayer.html 2008/12/9 Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/09/bbc-iplayer-channel-4-itv > > Obviously I don't know anything about this. > > But I was wondering what p

Re: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online?

2008-12-09 Thread Brian Butterworth
Also: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/televisions/0,39029474,49300271,00.htm 2008/12/9 Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > More here too: > > http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/12/c4_and_itv_may_get_free_use_of_iplayer.html > > > 2008/12/9 Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.guardia

Re: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online?

2008-12-09 Thread Jim Tonge
personally, still haven't managed to get hulu working - please feel free to recommend a proxy/other method. reckon i'd use it a lot though. Joost lost my interest (and IMHO damaged their brand) with poor content and standalone player - haven't bothered with the in-browser version yet. ITV

RE: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online?

2008-12-09 Thread Ian Forrester
Thanks Jim, I guess for a lot of people iPlayer on a Virgin box is ideal balance between web content and the tv. Like how Tivo now supports RSS feeds to download video content. It is a real shame about the consoles, so much power and so locked up. Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private;

Re: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online?

2008-12-09 Thread Phil Wilson
> Hulu notwithstanding, I think iPlayer's easily the best experience for > professionally-produced content, and the ease and speed of use makes me > choose it over the illegal method mentioned above every time. +1. Using the 4 "watch online" is just a horrible experience whereas connecting my lapt

Re: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online?

2008-12-09 Thread Brian Butterworth
I agree, the iPlayer is just perfect, a true BBC triumph. I've got myself a new Eee PC, the one with 12Gb of Flash storage, and XP. I can download hours of TV on the iPlayer download service and then I can watch it, without the need for power for over 5 hours. Long train journey without power soc

Re: [backstage] Media Selector query

2008-12-09 Thread James Cridland
I'll look at what the media selector is doing: we'll be adding Windows Media files in there shortly (for wifi radios). It's not my team that does it, but I need to work on making it easier to understand! On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:48 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > You never k