View Poll Results: Will IPlayer work during England match

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General Chat Thread, Do you thinkg IPlayer is going to work next Wednesday? in General; Does it start at 3.00? If so we finish at 3.20 so my advice to everyone in my school will ...
  1. 18th June 2010, 01:38 PM #46
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    Does it start at 3.00? If so we finish at 3.20 so my advice to everyone in my school will be - hurry home!
    Just in case though - we have an aerial connection in the hall, so ....... can I connect a freeview box to a projector or even have an additional image coming off the TV?
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  2. 18th June 2010, 02:06 PM #47
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    Quote Originally Posted by browolf View Post
    checkout this article about the tech of iplayer: iPlayer uncovered: What powers the BBC's epic creation? - Crave at CNET UK

    a yr ago peak transfer for iplayer was around 100Gbps!
    Great article with some astounding numbers going on!!
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  3. 18th June 2010, 03:05 PM #48
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    trying to watch Germany v Serbia atm, (I am doing a test before wednesday) and it is not reliable. It keeps stalling, and that is not my computer, it occured also in another room. I'd not trust iplayer for next week
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  4. 18th June 2010, 03:13 PM #49
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    I have about 5 or 6 classes watching it on iPlayer and its dropping out a lot. Sadly even TVCatchup is suffering but that's probably down to our 10Mb connection being shared over 2 school and being saturated!
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  5. 18th June 2010, 03:26 PM #50
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    been fine for me germany vs serbia. the picture pixelates quite a lot tho.
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  6. 19th June 2010, 10:14 AM #51
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    Nearly had a big problem at my wed pm school!

    Had to tie an aerial onto the top of some step ladders on the field outside the hall and run a 10m extension to get it to work with locking up!

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  7. 23rd June 2010, 11:28 AM #52
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    Ok - last chance to vote eveyone

    BTW if you want to see the video of me eating a hat then you'll need to provide proof (handheld camera/phone video acceptable that the streaming worked for you (for lets say 50% of the match )

    Unsubstantied statements not accepted

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  8. 23rd June 2010, 06:20 PM #53
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    Well - what happened?


    Simon
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  9. 23rd June 2010, 07:44 PM #54
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    Kept dropping out whenever I tested it.
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  10. 23rd June 2010, 09:42 PM #55
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    It worked for us, we had no kids watching it and all teachers were able to view in one place. NM had it streaming on his PC, I'd say 95% stream time. As for a video, do you really want me to upload 90 min of video? Nah, I just want to see 30 sec of you eating your hat!
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  11. 23rd June 2010, 11:01 PM #56
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    do you really want me to upload 90 min of video? Nah, I just want to see 30 sec of you eating your hat
    it was clearly stated in the T&Cs that video proof (not sworn statements -esp from teachers!) was required

    To be fair - I don't think the internet/bbc iplayer melted down as I thought it would but I'd love to know why it didn't and how many simulantaneous streams were being served and from where etc etc.

    Anyone KNOW about iplayer stream distribution?

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  12. 24th June 2010, 12:30 AM #57
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    All is revealed here . . . .

    BBC News - England match triggers net surge
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