Bl**dy Beeb Truncations on iPlayer

Colin Law clanlaw at gmail.com
Thu Jun 30 12:57:06 PDT 2016


On 30 June 2016 at 18:19, CJB <chrisjbrady at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank Don
>
> I'll check out others over the weekend. But this has been going on for
> years.The Beeb says that it adds 2 mins to the start and end of a
> prog. but if  programme is say 30 mins long then the file should be 34
> mins not 28 or less etc.!!

Is it not whether the complete programme is there or not, that matters?

Colin

>
> Chris B
>
> On 29/06/2016, Don Grunbaum (Gmail) <don.grunbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have found that some programmes are truncated when they are first
>> available on iPlayer.
>>
>> They get corrected later, presumably because someone tells the "beeb"
>> of the problem.
>>
>> Don
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "artisticforge ." <artisticforge at gmail.com>
>> To: "CJB" <chrisjbrady at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "get_iplayer" <get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: Bl**dy Beeb Truncations on iPlayer
>>
>>
>>> hello
>>>
>>> I am not sure what you mean by 'Truncated".
>>> The original show content appears to be entirely there.
>>> The download is not 30 minutes long. The BBC Radio Preamble and
>>> Post-amble are  trimmed off.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 9:49 AM, CJB <chrisjbrady at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Bl**dy Beeb Truncations on iPlayer
>>>>
>>>> Brit. comedies and likely many other progs on Radio this week on
>>>> iPlayer appear to be truncated at the end.
>>>>
>>>> Hancock's Half Hour - The Idol, BBC Radio 4 Extra (b007jq3k)
>>>>
>>>> Duration: 27:41.73
>>>>
>>>> The Men From the Ministry - Nothing But the Vest, BBC Radio 4 Extra
>>>> (b007jz45)
>>>>
>>>> Duration: 28:14.16
>>>>
>>>> The Navy Lark - The Poveys Move House, BBC Radio 4 Extra (b01n2vcg)
>>>>
>>>> Duration: 28:44.26
>>>>
>>>> Parsley Sidings: Series 1 - Goodbye Parsley Sidings, BBC Radio 4
>>>> Extra
>>>> (b008s3d0)
>>>>
>>>> Duration: 28:15.21
>>>>
>>>> CJB
>>>>
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