On 3 May 2009, at 21:52, Michael Douglas <meh...@mehall.co.cc> wrote:
> Downloads to .mov by default, IIRC get_iplayer has options to have > ffmpeg convert it. I don't bother, I just open up VLC and watch the > damn > thing. > > -- Mehall > > Harry Rickards wrote: >> On 3 May 2009, at 21:35, Simos Xenitellis >> <simos.li...@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Harry Rickards >>> <hricka...@l33tmyst.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 3 May 2009, at 21:18, David King <linux...@avoura.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I was watching the BBC News 24 TV programme "Click" broadcast this >>>>> weekend. When they were testing a 100 Mbit/s broadband connection, >>>>> they >>>>> used it to download two copies of Ubuntu 9.04 simultaneously. A >>>>> good >>>>> advert for Ubuntu. >>>>> >>>> Just out of interest, how long did it take? >>>> >>> It showed only a short segment of the download, demonstrating that >>> the download speed was about 77Mbps. It appeared that the issue of >>> choosing >>> the Ubuntu ISO had to do with the availability of a fast >>> distribution >>> server, so one can >>> put together a simple benchmark. Still, this was good. >>> >>> If you get 'get_iplayer' (http://linuxcentre.net/iplayer), then you >>> can download the episode >>> with >>> >>> get_iplayer --get 128 (expires on the 10th May) >>> >>> Simos >>> >>> >> >> What format does this download in, and will ffmpeg convert it to ogg >> theora + vorbis okay (I assume it's some proprietary format with DRM >> on)? I only ask as I refuse to watch non FLOSS codec video when I'm >> on >> a device that can handle it. >> >> Many thanks >> Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst) >> >> Yeah, I suppose you're right, if I download it in a proprietary format anyway, I might as well watch it in one. Still, if enough people want it the BBC may provide iplayer video in OGG like they do with R&D TV. I doubt of but it's worth a try. Many thanks Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
