Does anyone feel really cheated by the quality of video from BBC Online? I mean, 225kbit/second in this day and age is disgraceful.
I'm watching the snooker at the money while doing some work and the fuzzyness it nuts!
Does anyone know when they'l be properly rolling out multicast? and if so, will they up the bit rate?
Also speaking of the snooker, ugh - I had such high hopes for Mark Selby but its all gone to pot, pardon the awful pun, in the last few frames.
What is BBC online? Is it the iPlayer thing that I ditched some time ago? Or is it something else?
Hey
Not sure about the bitrate but you can now go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ and watch past shows without the awful kontiki software, you just need the latest version of flash, can't see many people using the player from now on.
Thanks for the link - rather odd finding a Scottish Gaelic programme centred on Glasgow. :o ;D
think you will get a better bitrate for the snooker on here http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=&part=sports&discipline=other
Quote from: somanyholes on Dec 16, 2007, 11:32:01
Not sure about the bitrate but you can now go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ and watch past shows without the awful kontiki software, you just need the latest version of flash, can't see many people using the player from now on.
Does watching a programme there use a huge amount of your download allowance?
I haven't quantified it, Noreen, but most video is bandwidth hungry. It would be a case of trying it, having noted your usage figure, then checking afterwards.
Get a Freeview or Satellite Card installed on your computer, together with a suitable aerial or dish, no further costs involved to receive the BBC etc. ;)
Quote from: Inactive on Dec 16, 2007, 12:26:13
Get a Freeview or Satellite Card installed on your computer, together with a suitable aerial or dish, no further costs involved to receive the BBC etc. ;)
A week later? ;D
Quote from: Inactive on Dec 16, 2007, 12:26:13
Get a Freeview or Satellite Card installed on your computer, together with a suitable aerial or dish, no further costs involved to receive the BBC etc. ;)
Well I have Sky in the other room and a TV that I'm in love with - but no help when I'm working as I struggle just using the laptop :-P.
Quote from: somanyholes on Dec 16, 2007, 11:37:47
think you will get a better bitrate for the snooker on here http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=&part=sports&discipline=other
great link, now I can watch Ski Jumping live when British Eurosport decide in their wisdom
not to show it ;D
I think it's great that the BBC is now using streaming instead of forcing us to use P2P so I went there to see if I could wach the Newsnight programme I forgot to record or watch last Thursday.. is it there? oh no, of course not. So the lesson learnt is not to rely on it.
Is there a podcast, Ann?
There's something on the newsnight website but nothing seems to work.. will try again later though.
Quote from: Inactive on Dec 16, 2007, 12:26:13
Get a Freeview or Satellite Card installed on your computer, together with a suitable aerial or dish, no further costs involved to receive the BBC etc. ;)
Other than TV license!
Quote from: Lance on Dec 17, 2007, 13:56:39
Other than TV license!
Indeed Lance, or a licen
ce even. ;)
Quote from: Ann on Dec 17, 2007, 13:35:00
There's something on the newsnight website but nothing seems to work.. will try again later though.
According to the Newsnight site it's only available for watching for 24 hours after being shown. I notice that it was called "Boozenight"! ;D
Quote from: Inactive on Dec 17, 2007, 13:58:03
Indeed Lance, or a licence even. ;)
Indeed, one of those may be handy too!
;D ;D
Quote from: Lance on Dec 17, 2007, 13:56:39
Other than TV license!
You just can't get the spell checkers these days. :laugh:
Quote from: Noreen on Dec 17, 2007, 14:00:18
According to the Newsnight site it's only available for watching for 24 hours after being shown. I notice that it was called "Boozenight"! ;D
That's the one, it sounded interesting.. in an academic sort of way!