BBC iPlayer Goes Portable
The BBC has set its sights on conquering the portable world now by making iPlayer downloads available on portable media players (PMPs). As long as the media players support Windows Media-protected content, then downloaded - not streamed - iPlayer content can be used. The content referred to is downloads as many devices are not Net-enabled. Users download the content first to a PC or laptop and then ’sideload’ - drag and drop - the file to their PMP. So far, the service has been tested on the following devices:• Sony Walkman E and S series • Archos 605 WIFI and Internet Media Tablet • Philips GoGear 52xx series • Samsung YP-P2 and YP-Q1 • Nokia N96 Anthony Rose, head of digital media technologies, BBC Future Media & Technology, commented: “If you’re buying a portable media player and would like a model that allows you to play BBC iPlayer programmes on it, we have made a web page, Where To Get BBC iPlayer, where you can get a list of the model numbers of tested BBC iPlayer-compatible devices. Those on this list have been tested by the BBC iPlayer team. BBC iPlayer may work on devices which are not on the list - if the device packaging mentions “PlaysForSure”, that’s a good sign. We’ll update the list as we test more devices.” The content for the PMPs has been encoded in an additional file format: 320 x 180 pixels 500Kbps video and 128Kbps 48KHz sampling audio in WMV file format.-Martin Lynch [iPlayer] TV bbc iplayer
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