[access-uk] Re: Plextalk Pocket and BBC AudioFactory
- From: Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:33:33 +0000
I don't pretend to know much about any of this.
But what I do know is that the BBC should not continue to use WMA audio
streams, or any other proprietary format. But they are not likely to
have that view at the forefront of their brains as the page announcing
the 'AudioFactory' thing bleats about the rights of their writers etc.
WMA is ancient technology, but they should pay more attention to who is
going to be impacted by change before it's made.
So, it seems, DRM is again at the forefront of their brains.
I have momentarily solved my Plextalk problems by going to the page that
was originally suggested, mikesradioworld, and putting the streams I
found there.
I did this using Linux to get the .m3u files linked to by each 128kbs
link and putting them in the PlexWebRadio folder of the Plextalk SD
card, again using Linux.
I have no idea whether these are 'shoutcast' streams. I don't even know
what the hell 'shoutcast' is. But for the moment it works.
Ideally I would like to find the .aac stream URLs, then I could make an
internet radio out of one of my Raspberry Pis and stop using the
Plextalk for radio streams.
Unfortunately I live in a swamp at the lowest part of the village and
the DAB signal is next to useless. And DAB is another joke. Coverage
is so poor as to make it useless in large parts of the country.
And I'm hoping that one day somebody living on mainland Europe will be
brave enough to point out that 'listen again' and similar services not
being available over the channel is contrary to Eu law and take them to
court.
Mike
On 22/02/2015 11:24, Shaun O'Connor wrote:
> Auntie knows best haha. ( or does she?). while not sports oriented
> myself not requiring for the most part speciallist software, the
> attitude of the BBC flies in the face of the BBC being flagged as a
> public service. all part of a wider sea change i think, unfortunately.
> On 21/02/2015 21:50, David Griffith wrote:
>> Yes it is clear that the BBC want to dissuade people from using these
>> streams. Hence their lack of signposting to these alternative streams
>> and the abandonment of online football and Cricket through these
>> streams, compared to the service provided on the previous Windows
>> Media format.
>>
>> Given that these sports feeds are by far the most popular spoken word
>> radio content the BBC broadcast this seriously affects the credibility
>> of these so called replacement streams. The BBC themselves announce
>> the importance of this coverage for viable radio. during the last
>> Ashes the BBC announced that even on the long wave Radio 4 the radio
>> audience listening to the Ashes Cricket dwarfed any other radio 4
>> content. They announced this on a Feedback program to explain why it
>> was inconceivable that they could accede to some request from Radio 4
>> listeners for cricket to be removed and only hosted on Five Live
>> Sports Extra. Apparently it is necessary to protect cricket coverage
>> for the Radio 4 Long wave audience but perfectly acceptable to remove
>> it for blind folk using specialist devices.
>>
>> David Griffith
>>
>>
>> On 21/02/2015 18:52, Mike Ray wrote:
>>> But as I said in my original post the shoutcast streams will only be
>>> available for about another year.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20/02/2015 09:30, Pele West wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> The Plextalk Pocket will play the BBC Shoutcast streams. I downloaded
>>>> them from the Mikesradioworld website.
>>>>
>>>> Please write to me off-list if you need any more information.
>>>>
>>>> Pele West
>>>>
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