On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:23:06 +0100, "David Looser"
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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:10:19 +0100, Jim Lesurf
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In article 4a405505.207571203@localhost, Don Pearce
wrote:
Radio 4 right now (3:00 to 3:30) for a history of early recording.

I recorded it from 'listen again' so I can have a sit-and-listen later
today. One thing has made me curious. I think the Radio Times listed it as
3:00 to 3:45 - i.e. 45 mins long. But the iPlayer version seemed to be
about 57 mins long - i.e. nominally 1 hour. Is the iPlayer version
actually
longer than the live broadcast?

The programme as broadcast is certainly 45 minutes. But radio progs on
iPlayer typically include the last half hour (it seems like) of the
previous programme, so who knows. Funny that they manage to trim the
TV programmes accurately and add a one second station ID at the front.
I wonder why they can't do that for radio.

I did what Jim did, and recorded it off "listen again". But I then edited
off the "heads and tails" and I'm left with a programme that runs for 57
minutes and two seconds. So perhaps the listen-again version is longer?

David.


I shall grab it and find out. Thanks

d

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:10:19 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

In article 4a405505.207571203@localhost, Don Pearce
wrote:
Radio 4 right now (3:00 to 3:30) for a history of early recording.

I recorded it from 'listen again' so I can have a sit-and-listen later
today. One thing has made me curious. I think the Radio Times listed it
as
3:00 to 3:45 - i.e. 45 mins long. But the iPlayer version seemed to be
about 57 mins long - i.e. nominally 1 hour. Is the iPlayer version
actually
longer than the live broadcast?

The programme as broadcast is certainly 45 minutes. But radio progs on
iPlayer typically include the last half hour (it seems like) of the
previous programme, so who knows. Funny that they manage to trim the
TV programmes accurately and add a one second station ID at the front.
I wonder why they can't do that for radio.



The 'listen again' (or what ever it is) I listened to online was 58 mins
long without any significant chunks of any other programme, I seem to
remember...??



I did what Jim did, and recorded it off "listen again". But I then edited
off the "heads and tails" and I'm left with a programme that runs for 57
minutes and two seconds. So perhaps the listen-again version is longer?


You lopped Susan Rae off the end, then. Swim, my *significant other*,
informs me she (Susan Rae) used to regularly have the preceding hour with
her piano/singing teacher - Ruby Sturrock (aka Miss Stroke) of Dundee, a
good while ago...!!

Keith G wrote:

"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:10:19 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

In article 4a405505.207571203@localhost, Don Pearce
wrote:
Radio 4 right now (3:00 to 3:30) for a history of early recording.

I recorded it from 'listen again' so I can have a sit-and-listen later
today. One thing has made me curious. I think the Radio Times listed
it as
3:00 to 3:45 - i.e. 45 mins long. But the iPlayer version seemed to be
about 57 mins long - i.e. nominally 1 hour. Is the iPlayer version
actually
longer than the live broadcast?

The programme as broadcast is certainly 45 minutes. But radio progs on
iPlayer typically include the last half hour (it seems like) of the
previous programme, so who knows. Funny that they manage to trim the
TV programmes accurately and add a one second station ID at the front.
I wonder why they can't do that for radio.



The 'listen again' (or what ever it is) I listened to online was 58 mins
long without any significant chunks of any other programme, I seem to
remember...??

The Radio Times says that Monday's 45 minute version is an abridged repeat of Saturday's hour-long
programme.

--
Eiron.

"Keith G" wrote in message
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You lopped Susan Rae off the end, then. Swim, my *significant other*,
informs me she (Susan Rae) used to regularly have the preceding hour with
her piano/singing teacher - Ruby Sturrock (aka Miss Stroke) of Dundee, a
good while ago...!!

Well of course if I'd *known*! :-)


I used to be in the same amateur dramatic group as Radio 3's Louise Fryer,
and her father was my GP until his retirement.

David.