They also offer R&D TV under the Creative Commons, and via torrent. One step at a time my friend :D
-- Mehall Harry Rickards wrote: > On 3 May 2009, at 21:52, Michael Douglas <meh...@mehall.co.cc> wrote: > > >> Downloads to .mov by default, IIRC get_iplayer has options to have >> ffmpeg convert it. I don't bother, I just open up VLC and watch the >> damn >> thing. >> >> -- Mehall >> >> Harry Rickards wrote: >> >>> On 3 May 2009, at 21:35, Simos Xenitellis >>> <simos.li...@googlemail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Harry Rickards >>>> <hricka...@l33tmyst.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 3 May 2009, at 21:18, David King <linux...@avoura.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I was watching the BBC News 24 TV programme "Click" broadcast this >>>>>> weekend. When they were testing a 100 Mbit/s broadband connection, >>>>>> they >>>>>> used it to download two copies of Ubuntu 9.04 simultaneously. A >>>>>> good >>>>>> advert for Ubuntu. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Just out of interest, how long did it take? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> It showed only a short segment of the download, demonstrating that >>>> the download speed was about 77Mbps. It appeared that the issue of >>>> choosing >>>> the Ubuntu ISO had to do with the availability of a fast >>>> distribution >>>> server, so one can >>>> put together a simple benchmark. Still, this was good. >>>> >>>> If you get 'get_iplayer' (http://linuxcentre.net/iplayer), then you >>>> can download the episode >>>> with >>>> >>>> get_iplayer --get 128 (expires on the 10th May) >>>> >>>> Simos >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> What format does this download in, and will ffmpeg convert it to ogg >>> theora + vorbis okay (I assume it's some proprietary format with DRM >>> on)? I only ask as I refuse to watch non FLOSS codec video when I'm >>> on >>> a device that can handle it. >>> >>> Many thanks >>> Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst) >>> >>> >>> > > Yeah, I suppose you're right, if I download it in a proprietary format > anyway, I might as well watch it in one. Still, if enough people want > it the BBC may provide iplayer video in OGG like they do with R&D TV. > I doubt of but it's worth a try. > > Many thanks > Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst) > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
