[OT] TOTPs not offered in HD (720p)

[CJB]

I guess that the HD torrent versions were capped 'live' / off-air
using HD digital recorders.

Why the Beeb isn't offering HD via iPlayer though is a moot point. But
if they were old'ish programmes then they might not even be sourced in
HD!! Huh - they might even have been originally in 625 lines or even
405 lines - analogue.

Its a bit like capping a 128 kbps audio file, then re-saving it as 320
kbps - which doesn't not make it 320 kbps quality.

But I'm guessing. Anyone with contacts in the Beeb could elucidate
please. Or maybe raise this in the Beeb forums?

Chris B.



On 10/01/2016, Vangelis forthnet <northmedia1 at the.forthnet.gr> wrote:
> Hello...
>
> Does any of you have a clue as to why
> both "Top of the Pops" TV shows,
>
> Xmas 2015:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06tlczm/top-of-the-pops-christmas-2015
> New Year's Day 2016
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06t4pq8/top-of-the-pops-new-year
>
> are not being available as HD on iPlayer (hence GiP) ?
> Both were broadcast on BBC OneHD, so in principal
> should've appeared also as HD on iPlayer
> (...plus, if one searches torrent sites, one can find HDTV rips
> even in the form of 1080i transport streams for both of them...).
>  Incidentally, the iPlayer-only "Behind the scenes" clip:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03ccf0x
> does come as HD (???).
>
>  I distinctly recall in the past TOTP being available as 720p
> on iPlayer, but starting with last year's (2014/2015) shows,
> it was only SD - I thought at the time that something must have
> gone awry during the HD encoding, but sadly I am seeing
> this year a repetition of pattern... :-(
> The "applies-to-all" easy answer would be "rights-related-issues",
> but how those arose since only last year...?
>
> Apologies for the slightly OT nature of my query...
> V.
>
>
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