Rupert Brun wrote:
the browser/flash requirement/restriction is your arbitary choice.
I doubt I am that exceptional as a Linux user in not using
browser/flash to access BBC content.
I could even download r3_aaclca.pls with wget look in it and
download with wget using the long http:// url.
I think we are getting to the nub of the issue. Wanting something to
play in the browser isn't my arbitrary choice, it's how normal
people consume media and I need to test something which will
eventually work for normal people.
As where many of the members of this group (and I mean this in the
nicest way and include myself) are not normal - we like to
experiment, we use Linux, we access the streams in ways the
broadcasters don't intend us to, we write code. This experiment
isn't for people like us - it is to test something which will one day
allow normal people to access surround sound through the web
browser. That's what the experiment is about - testing MPEG Dash
surround through a browser, because that's a strategic solution which
I believe will become mainstream. It's also about testing the
production challenges of one person creating a surround sound
balance and a stereo balance of a live classical music concert at the
same time, because I can't afford to have 2 sound balancers and I
don't like the results from automated upmixing or downmixing. And
finally, and perhaps most importantly, it's about finding out what
works aesthetically and what doesn't when using surround sound from a
live classi cal concert.
Fair enough, I can't disagree with any of that.
Of course one could devise an experiment which would deliver
surround sound to people who want to use Linux and wget but that
would be a different experiment which I am very happy to leave to
others to try.
Just to be clear, as I didn't reiterate in my last post, though I did
say previously - I understand this is a DASH/Browser test. I am not
suggesting there should be some sort of different experiment, indeed
it's nothing new - just the same as the existing R3 HD stream.
My concern was that the content for the trial is unique and currently
not available to all. The .pls type stream could have been in addition
to the trial stream not instead of it and purely to allow access for
those who didn't want to install a new closed browser/OS just to get it.
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