mpeg-dash and get_iplayer?

[Owen Smith]

The mpeg-dash test streams, including the binaural and proms quadraphonic, work in Chrome. I know several people that listened to them and one that recorded the quad.

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Owen Smith <owen.smith at cantab.net>
Cambridge, UK

On 12 Nov 2014, at 13:05, Jim <web at audiomisc.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <20141112122101.GA26457 at firedrake.org>,
>   Roger Bell_West <roger at firedrake.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:06:34PM +0000, Jim wrote:
>>> I'm now wondering what the impact on get_iplayer will be if/when the BBC
>>> move over to mpeg-dash as seems to be their intent?
> 
>> Obviously, it will stop working.
> 
>> Maybe someone will come up with a new version or equivalent program.
>> Maybe not. There's no point in speculating until the new format is
>> made available and we can take a look at it.
> 
> See
> 
> http://rdmedia.bbc.co.uk/radio4/index.html
> 
> as discussed at
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/posts/Saturday-Drama-Under-Milk-Wood-in-Surround-Sound
> 
> for an example. There were some earlier experimental streams but they're no
> longer up.
> 
> I appreciate that a new program would be needed. What I don't know is if
> this is even practical, let alone how, etc.
> 
> At present I couldn't even try the binaural streams using FireFox as it
> seems to still not support the method.
> 
> Jim
> 
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