Comments on: BBC Totem plugin

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Pages tagged "plugin" — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:04:02 +0000

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By: Austin Aigbe

Austin Aigbe — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:55:20 +0000

I think the plugin should be made available as a standalone package, so that users of later versions of Ubuntu can use it. There should be room for flexibility, in installing it, or, in enabling it.

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Peng’s links for 5 November « I’m Just an Avatar — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:10:51 +0000

[...] BBC Totem Plugin. A very nice post on the new Totem plugin for enjoying media feeds from the Beeb, as well as good [...]

By: Aaron Strontsman

Aaron Strontsman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:02:59 +0000

Hm… There seems to be some content available today, but it’s only radio and only those shows seem to be included that are also available as podcasts. So, I found it a bit disappointing, although the plug-in actually is pretty neat. Maybe it helps to check back later.

By: oliver

oliver — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:41:21 +0000

Hm… apparently there’s not much content available right now – only an “Ogg Vorbis Test”.

Seeing the many comments on the BBC blog about using existing standards, I’d be interested about the standards that are actually in use? When looking at the network packets, the whole system seems to consist just of HTTP, XML, and Ogg – pretty much “existing open standards” I’d say? Or was this just “switched” now to satisfy the naysayers? Or if not, why don’t you highlight the openness behind the plugin much more?

Anyway, at least from a users point of view, it’s really nice to see the content so smoothly available out of the box.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:27:06 +0000

Can you please inform the BBC that what they should do before writing platform-specific software is release the programming using open standards/formats such as HTTP/HTML/MPEG so that there is no discrimination among TV-license payers? It would be much appreciated, thanks.

By: iain

iain — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:20:12 +0000

I saw that plugin yesterday for the first time when I installed Intrepid and thought “Ohhh, that’s neat and useful”

Well done on it.