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We're currently testing the streaming of Ogg Vorbis, an open, free audio codec.
Update (2003-01-03): Sorry folks, but we simply do not have time right now to get the ogg streams running again. BBC work has to come first, and until we get more staff, we won't be able to dedicate any time into getting the streams up.
Update (2002-09-24): Yay, the legal issues have been resolved. We now have rights to all the of the BBC's radio output. Hopefully we should start kicking off these streams soon.
Update (2002-06-04): A special treat: we are streaming Richard Stallman's talk in Aberystwyth tomorrow. Richard will be talking on two topics: "Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks" and "The Dangers of Software Patents". The talks will commence on 2002/06/05 at 16:30, the link is below.
Update (2002-05-19): The testing period is now over, so the streams have to come down. Thanks for all the comments and if you have not sent us anything, you still can, the more support the better. We are having discussions about bringing this back permanently, however we have to work round the legal issues.
For more information about Ogg Vorbis, including where to get players, visit http://www.vorbis.com/. Due to the open nature of the Ogg format, players should be available for all major operating systems, and probably a lot of minor ones too! Here's a direct link to their software page.
Here are some direct links to plugins and applications available on the 'net:
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Also please note that the above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of players - there is plenty of third party software out there that plays Ogg files, and a fair subset of those support streamed Ogg too. We do not intend to promote any one of these over another.
Feedback welcome - you can send mail to oggfeedback@bbc.co.uk.
The links below are to .m3u files, which should launch your player of choice. Remember that if you're behind a firewall, you'll probably have to configure your player to use the same HTTP proxy as your browser. Where links to sites are provided, you can probably not expect to find the Ogg being listed there - this is only testing for now!
Live Sunday-Friday, 19:02 GMT for 15m.
Check The Archers site
for more information.
Live selected Mondays, 21:01 GMT for 29m.
Check What's On for more
scheduling details.
First scheduled stream is 31st December, 2001.
http://ogg.bbc.co.uk:8001/radio4/nature.ogg
Finished until next Monday (but do check What's On).
Live every Thursday, 11:02 GMT for 29m.
http://ogg.bbc.co.uk:8001/news/crossing.ogg
Finished until next Thursday.
Listen to the last episode here.
Live every Saturday, 06:35 GMT for 25m.
http://ogg.bbc.co.uk:8001/radio4/farmingtoday_week.ogg
Finished until next Saturday.