The BBC Internet Blog has the inside scoop on their iPhone video player. They’re creating 516Kbps streams (400Kbps H.264 video, 116Kbps AAC audio) in Quicktime rather than Flash:
Today was a big day for BBC iPlayer: it’s the day that it first became available on a portable device. BBCiPlayer is now available on iPhone and iPod touch.
To play BBC programmes on your iPhone or iPod touch, you’ll need to be online via a wi-fi broadband connection (the iPhone’s EDGE connectivity is too slow for streaming video). BBCiPlayer on iPhone is a beta version right now, so if you find some programmes aren’t available on iPhone or you get the occasional oddity… yep, we’re working on it.
Ever since we announced that we were working on BBC iPlayer for iPhone, there’s been a lot of speculation in the blogosphere as to how it would work. Would we use Apple’s new iPhone SDK? Would we use the rumoured Flash for iPhone? What video format and bitrate would we choose? And which devices will we support next…?
So, for those interested in a behind-the-scenes look, here’s the low-down…
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