[access-uk] BBC iPlayer and Audio Description

  • From: "Darran Ross" <darran.ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:24:43 -0000

Alasdair, you asked for an example of programmes with audio description.

Today, for example, on BBC1 the following programmes will be broadcast with 
AD.

3:00pm Ballet Shoes
4:25pm Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
8:00pm EastEnders
8:30pm Film: Superman Returns

Darran
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alasdair King" <alasdairking@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 11:23 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC iPlayer TV Beta


| Well, there's a codec installation package here, which probably
| includes the codec:
| 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=06fcaab7-dcc9-466b-b0c4-04db144bb601&displaylang=en
|
| I'll have to check out the requirements and see if I can build an
| installer that installs it.
|
| Balal, do you have an example of a program with audio descriptions?
|
| Alasdair
|
| On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Balal Hussain <balal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| > high, what codec do you have to install in order for the iplayer to 
work?
| > and does programs which have audio discriptions, does iplayer support 
it?
| > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Harrison"
| > <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 8:17 PM
| > Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC iPlayer TV Beta
| >
| >
| >> On 28 Dec 2008 at 19:49, Alasdair King wrote:
| >>
| >>> Douglas, I found that some programmes were listed on the BBC site but
| >>> turned out to be available - the first two in the BBC1 list, for 
example.
| >>> Does Animal 24:7 on BBC1 work? That one works here.
| >>>
| >>> Alasdair
| >>>
| >>
| >> Sorry, Alasdair, but I am getting nothing here so far.  I gather that 
you
| >> have produced a new
| >> beta since yesterday, so I will do a fresh download and try again.   Do 
I
| >> need anything other
| >> than WMP?
| >>
| >>
| >> Douglas
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