Re: Fast(er) transcoding from aac to mp3.

2011-03-18 Thread Ian Stirling
On 03/18/2011 12:52 PM, bat guano wrote: -acodec libmp3lame -ab 128k test1.mp3 Hmm. For some reason ffmpeg is not pulling in mp3lame codec when I compile. A test I did of time (ffmpeg -i You_and_Yours_-_16_03_2011_b00zf33w_default.aac -ab 128k test.wav; lame test.wav test.mp3) finished in

Re: Fast(er) transcoding from aac to mp3.

2011-03-18 Thread Ian Stirling
On 03/18/2011 03:50 PM, bat guano wrote: A test I did of time (ffmpeg -i You_and_Yours_-_16_03_2011_b00zf33w_default.aac -ab 128k test.wav; lame test.wav test.mp3) finished in 4:35 - this is on a core duo at 1.8GHz. So, 12* or so real-time. @ Ian

Re: PVR Problem caused by invalid PC date

2011-03-26 Thread Ian Stirling
On 03/26/2011 06:46 PM, Peter Scott wrote: The Beeb won't like this! It would have been more discreet to tell only Michael where it was and to erase it after he had collected it. Somewhat depressing we can't pay for access for a small fee. ___ get_i

Re: legality

2011-04-05 Thread Ian Stirling
On 04/05/2011 10:00 AM, Jon Davies wrote: Apart from just one condition (personal use terms, 3.2.2) which restates some of the requirements for having a TV licence, there's nothing I can see in the terms which draws a distinction between 'on air' and 'on demand' access. So, I conclude, that no,

Re: legality

2011-04-05 Thread Ian Stirling
5 April 2011 11:11, Ian Stirling wrote: You _do_not_ need a license to watch any other content. Foreign TV you can pick up with a really big antenna, or content a licenced broadcaster provides in non-realtime ways. As far as I am aware you are correct about non-realtime content (you can

Re: legality

2011-04-05 Thread Ian Stirling
On 04/05/2011 12:19 PM, Christopher Woods (CustomMade) wrote: On 5 April 2011 11:11, Ian Stirling wrote: You _do_not_ need a license to watch any other content. Foreign TV you can pick up with a really big antenna, or content a licenced broadcaster provides in non-realtime ways. As far

Re: Sony Bravia iPlayer stream

2011-04-21 Thread Ian Stirling
On 04/21/2011 09:16 PM, tim lane wrote: I've been using get_iplayer with no problems for a while now, but have recently bought myself a new Sony Bravia TV which can access iPlayer 2) If so, does anyone know what the resolution/bitrate is for these streams - I have done a thorough trawl throug

Re: Massive download problems..

2011-05-25 Thread Ian Stirling
On 05/26/2011 02:22 AM, Andy Bircumshaw wrote: In fact it would make sense, I think, to reject search strings of less than 3 letters, as searches for ' ' (the space character) and "in", for example, both return far too many results. Searching for "in" returns 208 results, "new" only 18. Qi

Re: BBC Website problems causing difficulties to get_iplayer

2014-07-20 Thread Ian Stirling
On 07/20/2014 11:36 AM, Simon Ritchie wrote: The BBC website still appears to be in difficulties. If I go to the schedule for Radio 4 and follow one of the links to a programme, I wait a long time and then I get an error message. It's a little different from the one I got yesterday, but it's t

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Ian Stirling
On 11/04/2014 09:54 AM, Alan Milewczyk wrote: We've seen how the film studios have been clamping down on piracy. The BBC is sitting on a massive treasure trove. What makes anyone think they will give this up willingly. Ignoring the technical limitations of the BBC iPlayer, the BBC lets us "e

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Ian Stirling
On 11/04/2014 01:25 PM, Welshmike wrote: On 04/11/14 12:54, Ian Stirling wrote: ... - so I typically have to try to download several times - and I can't do this with my linux PC. I was able to do this on my Ubuntu Linux system using the older get_iplayer. I was once prompted to us

Re: Hello World...

2014-11-06 Thread Ian Stirling
On 11/05/2014 04:31 PM, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Sorry but you've posted a totally irrelevant link. It's not quite irrelevant. In principle, iplayer could be set up as a PVR to record live streams, quite legally and within the TOS. Of course - this would mean you'd need adequate bandwidth, and o