Reb0ot Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hi guys, Is there a way to code something similar to netflix / bbc iplayer, in such a way that a person can stream content? inc Images and text which would be cached on the device but deleted once watched? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kami- Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Yes, there is. Obviously; otherwise how would we have netflix and bbc iplayer if you couldn't code things like them? What a daft question... Guth and Dick Montage 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Reb0ot Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Im asking cause I need one coded...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Maximum Error Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 It takes this many people to make the iplayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2009/06/pic_of_the_day_bbc_iplayer_tea.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kami- Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Im asking cause I need one coded...... Better hire a dev team, oh and a projects team to lead them... a quality assurance team... etc... your wallets going to hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guth Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 The iplayer is actually pretty awesome! Its always impressed me. When my internet is being a douche and i cant stream itv/channel4 or youtube. the BBC one always works Ofcourse you dont need that many people unless you are the BBC, they stream to so much more people than s self coded one would use. However, why not use something that already made, like the jwplayer (i think thats what its called) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Reb0ot Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 I wonder how many servers they need to have to get this going and streaming without problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Reb0ot Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Server power The BBC uses a total of 60 servers to encode its programmes for iPlayer. More than 400 hours of programmes are converted each week. Essential Delay If your programme isn?t available on iPlayer the instant it has finished broadcasting, that?s usually because it was broadcast live. It takes about an hour to process the tape. Bandwidth The iPlayer shifts more than seven petabytes of web traffic every month; that?s seven million gigabytes, or approximately 7,000,000,000,000,000 bytes. That?s a lot of bytes! Stream count BBC iPlayer handles around 117 million stream requests a month across all platforms, including the iPlayer service on Virgin Media TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Is there a way to code something similar to netflix / bbc iplayer, in such a way that a person can stream content? inc Images and text which would be cached on the device but deleted once watched?
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