Deprecated features to be removed in next release (2.97)

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hello Vagelis

that is not going to leave much code left.


On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Vangelis forthnet
<northmedia1 at the.forthnet.gr> wrote:
> On Wed Aug 31 00:28:27 BST 2016, I wrote:
>>
>> The flash (RTMP) on-demand modes
>> (Radio+TV) will be axed in 2.98:
>>
>> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/milestone/8
>
>
> ... Apparently, the maintainer has had a change of heart; FLASH modes have
> been rescheduled to be terminated in the next release, 2.97, too, along with
> the rest of the deprecated options...
>
> A real shame, if you ask me, since the flashmodes are the only ones that
> support resuming (via rtmpdump) in the case of time-outs, due to
> fickle/flakey connections...
> We'll be left with DASH/HLS (radio) or HLS (video) segmented modes only,
> which abort and re-fetch from the start when the connection, for whatever
> random reason, drops out...
>
> OTOH, the RTMP support code, the backbone of GiP up until a few versions
> back (2.94 and earlier), constitutes  a major part of the existing code and
> I kind of understand the logic behind the coder's intent to do away with it;
> what I fail to justify is the haste to get rid of it while it's still
> working very reliably... Dum spiro, spero...
>
> Regards, V.
>
>
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