BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

[bpa]

To be fair, the newer URL does have the word "beta" in it, so I can understand why some people would assume they should be sticking with the old one. But, I guess if you changed it you'd just end up with yet another out of date URL.

"beta" referred to the BBC who at the time were beta testing DASH.

The plugins which are installed from the repo at the start of this thread don't even work - which means users have installed plugins they don't use. I have changed repo banner which appears in the plugin tab to say it is out of date - but still it is used.

[mavit]

"beta" referred to the BBC who at the time were beta testing DASH.

Ah, I must admit I hadn’t realised this. I see that I still have both repos configured, in the expectation that one day a non-beta release of the BBCiPlayer plugin would appear.

The plugins which are installed from the repo at the start of this thread don't even work - which means users have installed plugins they don't use. I have changed repo banner which appears in the plugin tab to say it is out of date - but still it is used.

If the old plugin versions don’t work, then is there any reason to keep them around? Is it time to copy the contents of betarelease-repo.xml over the top of repo-short.xml? Does Sourceforge support redirects or symlinks?

[bpa]

If the old plugin versions don’t work, then is there any reason to keep them around?

No reason on my side. User don't like change forced on them.

Is it time to copy the contents of betarelease-repo.xml over the top of repo-short.xml?

Forcing an update on a user who has a out of date URL usually results in hand holding to understand what is happening.

The alternative is to delete the repo. In the past when I deleted repos - I got squeals where some users do not want to migrate of fear of the unknown and their LMS flags an error which is also upsetting. Now I try to get them to move by changing the banner message into something vaguely apocalyptic until eventually there are very few downloads - then I delete. The repo-short.xml (and a few others such as the five 1.4.10 users and the five 1.6.0 users) users are hardcore remainers and so I let sleeping dogs lie - less work for me.

Does Sourceforge support redirects or symlinks?

No.

[slartibartfast]

What are you talking about? BBC iPlayer plugin always relays data through the LMS server, so any perceived improvement turning on/off proxied playback is either imagined or an accidental coincidence with some other change eg. broadband or BBC issues. "Placebo effect" is a good shorthand for that. If you actually think something else is going on inside LMS and the plugin then you are wrong, bpa knows what he's talking about.

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[bpa]

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AFAICT The last mention of "proxied" in a post in this thread was in 2017. Perhaps there was a deleted post.

[slartibartfast]

AFAICT The last mention of "proxied" in a post in this thread was in 2017. Perhaps there was a deleted post.

Is it possible to delete posts?

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[kidstypike]

Maybe it is just from Tapatalk that I can't do it then. All I can do is edit and if I delete all the text it doesn't allow it.

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[slartibartfast]

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That's why I quoted your post before you deleted it.[emoji3]

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[bpa]

Is it possible to delete posts?

Yes - usually if I respond on the wrong thread. It is a choice when you "edit post" a previous post.