Re: Archers podcasts


"Tim Hall" <timhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ej0jh194af6aqd8gn00qc53ld5sfjb07me@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 11:13:23 +0100, badriya <asft99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 03:25:59 GMT, limey <thelimey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>First of all, thanks for all the interesting responses to my occasional
>>>queries from the Wet Coast. (vive la Columbie Brittanique libre!)
>>>
>>>Then I was wondering, over a couple of glasses of the local tipple,
>>>would it not be wonderful if TA were Podcast? Imagine, an entire new
>>>worldwide audience holding on to Brian's every epithet. Not just the
>>>forgotten colonies (viz.: Ambridge in the Decade of Love), but the Rest
>>>of the Warrld: Ameyricah, Indonesia, Cuba... the mind boggles.
>>>
>>>But seriously, podcasting would seem like a natural fit for TA. If they
>>>can overcome the rights issues for 'listen again' then surely they
>>>could for podcasts? Imagine, the number one slot in the Apple iTunes
>>>directory? "Say, what is this, here, I say 'the Archers'?? must be the
>>>local chevrolet dealer and his latest model. Perhaps I'll tune, I say,
>>>I'll tune in to that. Well, shoot, an everyday tale of country folk,
>>>and I thought we'd heard enough about Cletus this week..."
>>>
>>>Just a thought.
>>
>>I don't understand.. You can listen online, but that's not what you
>>mean, is it?
>
> Online listening to TA is done using Real Audio, a "streaming" method
> of transmitting the programme. It can't be easily downloaded and
> saved for future reference unless the data stream is captured as it's
> played. This means a 1 hour programme takes 1 hour to record. And then
> converted to MP3 format.
Hum. My logs show the omni took 38 mins to download but I do replay and mp3
record it in real time so only save about an hour. If I only need to save it
for a while then listen to the RA feed ie not as MP3 then 38 mins is all it
takes.

regards
ted

>
> Some R4 programmes (Melvin Bragg's for one) are available in MP3
> format, which can be downloaded in a few seconds/minutes and then
> replayed on whatever gadget you have that can replay MP3 files - often
> an IPod, hence the term podcast.
>
> IANAPodperson, so I may be talking tosh.
>
>
> Tim


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