[access-uk] Re: RealPlayer
- From: Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 12:05:26 +0100
Ray,
I must admit that when I installed Real Alternative I was not very
optimistic about the BBC, but it seems to work.
Looking at Real Alternative on my system I see that in addition to
Media player Classic it contains over 2 mb of Codecs and almost 6 mb
of plug-ins.
I don't really understand this embedded audio technique but I have my
doubts as to whether MPC actually plays the audio. I rather imagine
that to do so the site needs to use codecs/plug-ins installed on the
system.
If anyone is able to give us a layman's guide as to how these sites
work it would be very helpful. Is the BBC Player actually a Player
or just an interface?
Douglas
On 22 May 2006 at 9:40, Ray's Home wrote:
> Thanks for your input on this Sandra and Douglas.
>
> I think though we should get clear what happens if you install Real
> Alternative with the BBC streams, which I'm interested in. With Listen
> Again you do indeed get the choice of using Real stand alone, but only if
> the Listen Again stream doesn't carry with it the music interest copyright
> nobling of streams where you can skip forward by 5 or fifteen minute
> increments, but not back. Its all laughable Really! (Pun not entirely
> unintended!
>
> So, lets get this clear. On such nobbled streams I presume the BBC Player
> is the only interface that can be used. I'm guessing from what Sandra and
> Douglas tell us that Real Alternative is doing the 'playing' of the files,
> but the dreaded Beeb custom interface is not to be escaped, even if you
> are using Real Alternative. Obviously, you can get away from it in cases
> where music isn't a substantial part of the program.
>
> So, unless I've got this wrong, I assume Real Alternative is a partial
> liberation only from the Beeb interface, and a total liberation where
> streams aren't obliged to use the Beeb interface.
>
> From Ray
> I can be contacted off-list at:
>
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Douglas Harrison
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