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AH
ahall41116
AxG posted:
ahall41116 posted:
its interesteing that the opening ceremony is not available on iplayer - only the highlights.

does anyone have a copy of the opening ceremony, less the athelete procession?

Ash

The Opening Ceremony is on BBC iPlayer.



nope,

not available for download
TE
tellywatcher
Quite a few sound problems earlier on one of the multiscreen feeds. I presume they must've cut to one of the live feeds, which obviously wouldn't have been broadcasting at that time.

http://vid160.photobucket.com/albums/t176/zukeylukey/BBCMultiscreenprobs.flv
TG
TG
ahall41116 posted:
AxG posted:
ahall41116 posted:
its interesteing that the opening ceremony is not available on iplayer - only the highlights.

does anyone have a copy of the opening ceremony, less the athelete procession?

Ash

The Opening Ceremony is on BBC iPlayer.



nope,

not available for download


Perhaps not, but certainly available on iPlayer as a streamed programme in Flash.

Anyway, where did AxG suggest it WAS downloadable? He only (quite correctly) stated it was on iPlayer!
BR
Brekkie
An interview with the BBC Sport Interactive head on Media Guardian today.

He basically says that although their rights permit, due to the volume of content they simple didn't have the bandwidth to put it all up on the iPlayer, so instead focus on shorter videos within the BBC Sport website instead, which IMO is without doubt the right decision.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/2008/08/interview_ben_gallop_head_of_b.html


Also Alex Thomson having a "did you threaten to overrule him" moment at an IOC press conference.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/aug/14/ioc.alex.thomson.olympics
NG
noggin Founding member
TG posted:
ahall41116 posted:
AxG posted:
ahall41116 posted:
its interesteing that the opening ceremony is not available on iplayer - only the highlights.

does anyone have a copy of the opening ceremony, less the athelete procession?

Ash

The Opening Ceremony is on BBC iPlayer.



nope,

not available for download


Perhaps not, but certainly available on iPlayer as a streamed programme in Flash.

Anyway, where did AxG suggest it WAS downloadable? He only (quite correctly) stated it was on iPlayer!


Though iPlayer doesn't just stream in Flash (currenlty using On2 encoding and soon H264) - it uses a Quicktime MP4 wrapper for the iPhone/iPod Touch (which allows download very easily if you know what you're doing) and there is also the Virgin Media version as well... (And the Wii - not sure what that does...)
PA
paul_hadley
ahall41116 posted:
AxG posted:
ahall41116 posted:
its interesteing that the opening ceremony is not available on iplayer - only the highlights.

does anyone have a copy of the opening ceremony, less the athelete procession?

Ash

The Opening Ceremony is on BBC iPlayer.



nope,

not available for download

Hi,

I've just sent you a private message explaining how to download it from iPlayer.
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
Can you send that to me, too?
CY
cylon6
Send it to me as well please lateshowuk.

Also you might like to know that the BBC will be repeating the Opening Ceremony.

From Media Guardian:

Quote:
Complaints drive BBC to repeat Olympics opening ceremony coverage

The BBC has responded to viewer complaints that it did not show enough evening highlights of Friday's spectacular Beijing Olympics opening ceremony by scheduling an extended two-hour highlights programme next week.

Today's decision marks a U-turn by BBC executives who initially rebuffed complaints that BBC1's highlights coverage of Friday's four-hour opening ceremony had been insufficient.


More here from Media Guardian
BC
Blake Connolly Founding member
noggin posted:
TG posted:
ahall41116 posted:
AxG posted:
ahall41116 posted:
its interesteing that the opening ceremony is not available on iplayer - only the highlights.

does anyone have a copy of the opening ceremony, less the athelete procession?

Ash

The Opening Ceremony is on BBC iPlayer.



nope,

not available for download


Perhaps not, but certainly available on iPlayer as a streamed programme in Flash.

Anyway, where did AxG suggest it WAS downloadable? He only (quite correctly) stated it was on iPlayer!


Though iPlayer doesn't just stream in Flash (currenlty using On2 encoding and soon H264) - it uses a Quicktime MP4 wrapper for the iPhone/iPod Touch (which allows download very easily if you know what you're doing) and there is also the Virgin Media version as well... ( And the Wii - not sure what that does... )


AFAIK the Wii version just allows it to work with Flash 7 instead of Flash 9. As does the rather good unofficial PS3 version.
TG
TG
Quote:
Can you send that to me, too?


And me, please!! Razz
IS
Inspector Sands
and me too
AH
ahall41116
i think the download method suffers the same bandwidth issues - if anyone else manages it, please let me know.

it disappears off iplayer tomorrow afternoon!

ash

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