:-(
They are showing the commercials during Coach Trip - i thought they would have been blocked out?
MA
Very impressive!
Channel 4 are true to their word and I hope to see more online content like this from them in the future
Channel 4 are true to their word and I hope to see more online content like this from them in the future
DJ
From what I've seen in the F.A.Q .on the website, I won't be using it anytime soon, if at all, if ever. It uses Windows Media
specific Digital Restrictions Management software, and thus won't run on Mac OS X or Linux. That sucks. The thing is
though, if the C4 simulcast only shows commisioned programs like Deal or No Deal, Paul O'Grady, Countdown,
etc ... and not acquired programs from the US, why does it need to use any form of DRM at all?
Complete episodes of selected BBC Two programs available to view online for free at bbc.co.uk , such as Top Gear,
aren't crippled with any of this Digital Restrictions Management tosh, and you can choose to use either RealPlayer
or Windows Media Player, which makes it viewable on both PC's and Macs. If any UK broadcaster that streams
it's programs online, would need to use this DRM, surely it should be the one that's funded by the mandatory
licence fee, rather than those that are funded primarily by commercial advertising revenue.
specific Digital Restrictions Management software, and thus won't run on Mac OS X or Linux. That sucks. The thing is
though, if the C4 simulcast only shows commisioned programs like Deal or No Deal, Paul O'Grady, Countdown,
etc ... and not acquired programs from the US, why does it need to use any form of DRM at all?
Complete episodes of selected BBC Two programs available to view online for free at bbc.co.uk , such as Top Gear,
aren't crippled with any of this Digital Restrictions Management tosh, and you can choose to use either RealPlayer
or Windows Media Player, which makes it viewable on both PC's and Macs. If any UK broadcaster that streams
it's programs online, would need to use this DRM, surely it should be the one that's funded by the mandatory
licence fee, rather than those that are funded primarily by commercial advertising revenue.
GE
www.bbc.co.uk/multicast?
thegeek
Founding member
benjy posted:
The BBC announced streaming of their channels (or at least BBC Two) god knows how long ago, and still we have seen nothing.
PE
www.bbc.co.uk/multicast?
yes but that's a right fanny as most ISPs aren't signed up
Pete
Founding member
thegeek posted:
benjy posted:
The BBC announced streaming of their channels (or at least BBC Two) god knows how long ago, and still we have seen nothing.
yes but that's a right fanny as most ISPs aren't signed up
GE
www.bbc.co.uk/multicast?
yes but that's a right fanny as most ISPs aren't signed up
Still, it's the first proper streaming of channels, and it's in Real, WMP, and H.264, and un-DRMed.
And I can't get the bloody thing to work with my router...
thegeek
Founding member
Hymagumba posted:
thegeek posted:
benjy posted:
The BBC announced streaming of their channels (or at least BBC Two) god knows how long ago, and still we have seen nothing.
yes but that's a right fanny as most ISPs aren't signed up
And I can't get the bloody thing to work with my router...
BE
www.bbc.co.uk/multicast?
OK, but the point is, it should be relatively simple to produce a stream of the channels which anyone can access. If Channel 4 can, why can't the BBC? I can't access the streams and I'm sure the majority of others can't either. If they need to test the multicast technology to improve quality, why not offer streaming with the techonology Channel 4 are using for now, and improve it when the time comes? I'm sure there are probably all sorts of logistical complications which I don't understand, but it seems to me that it needn't be so convoluted.
thegeek posted:
benjy posted:
The BBC announced streaming of their channels (or at least BBC Two) god knows how long ago, and still we have seen nothing.
OK, but the point is, it should be relatively simple to produce a stream of the channels which anyone can access. If Channel 4 can, why can't the BBC? I can't access the streams and I'm sure the majority of others can't either. If they need to test the multicast technology to improve quality, why not offer streaming with the techonology Channel 4 are using for now, and improve it when the time comes? I'm sure there are probably all sorts of logistical complications which I don't understand, but it seems to me that it needn't be so convoluted.