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Vigil - in UHD

Postby RogerS » 06 Sep 2021, 12:59

In case anyone is watching this series and didn't realise it.....you can stream it in UHD on BBC iPlayer. Of course you need 25Mbps download speed which, sadly, I haven't.

Others, of course, can only dream of having a proper internet connection ........ :eusa-whistle:
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby novocaine » 06 Sep 2021, 13:03

I have no way to actually display that, never mind stream it. :D
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Sheffield Tony » 06 Sep 2021, 13:30

I thought it looked nice when DW was watching it last night. The opening music, Agnes Obel's Fuel to the Fire was lovely too. Can't say I actually watched enough to say more.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Andyp » 06 Sep 2021, 13:32

RogerS wrote:Others, of course, can only dream of having a proper internet connection ........ :eusa-whistle:


Without loitering outside a budget hotel like some sleazeball.

Is this Vigil as in Tracy?
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby RogerS » 06 Sep 2021, 13:45

Andyp wrote:
RogerS wrote:Others, of course, can only dream of having a proper internet connection ........ :eusa-whistle:


Without loitering outside a budget hotel like some sleazeball.

Is this Vigil as in Tracy?


That's Virgil IIRC. No, (HMS) Vigil - Trident submarine....latest series on BBC from the people who made Line of Duty.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Dr.Al » 06 Sep 2021, 14:05

RogerS wrote:Others, of course, can only dream of having a proper internet connection ........ :eusa-whistle:


Ahem...

https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer

https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/windows

Download at whatever speed you have and then watch afterwards without worrying about live streaming rates. Not exactly the easiest software to use though.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby RogerS » 06 Sep 2021, 14:16

Dr.Al wrote:
RogerS wrote:Others, of course, can only dream of having a proper internet connection ........ :eusa-whistle:


Ahem...

https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer

https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/windows

Download at whatever speed you have and then watch afterwards without worrying about live streaming rates. Not exactly the easiest software to use though.


I was having a gentle dig at Andyp who's been without the internet for some days now.

How does github do UHD then if you need 25Mbps data rate on your internet connection but only have, say, 6 Mbps ?
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Andyp » 06 Sep 2021, 14:22

RogerS wrote:
Andyp wrote:
RogerS wrote:Others, of course, can only dream of having a proper internet connection ........ :eusa-whistle:


Without loitering outside a budget hotel like some sleazeball.

Is this Vigil as in Tracy?


That's Virgil IIRC. No, (HMS) Vigil - Trident submarine....latest series on BBC from the people who made Line of Duty.


There I go grasping the wrong stick again.

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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Woodster » 06 Sep 2021, 14:42

I casually looked at alternatives to Virgin for broadband. We’re on 100 mbps but actually get over that. Sky could only offer us a blazing 15 so we’re still with Virgin …
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby spb » 06 Sep 2021, 14:51

RogerS wrote:How does github do UHD then if you need 25Mbps data rate on your internet connection but only have, say, 6 Mbps ?

It downloads the whole thing and saves it on your computer to watch later, so in that situation it'll just take four times as long to download as it will to watch. Since you're not trying to download and watch at the same time, which is basically what streaming does, it doesn't matter that one isn't as fast as the other - you can just give it several hours' head start.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Dr.Al » 06 Sep 2021, 15:05

spb wrote:
RogerS wrote:How does github do UHD then if you need 25Mbps data rate on your internet connection but only have, say, 6 Mbps ?

It downloads the whole thing and saves it on your computer to watch later, so in that situation it'll just take four times as long to download as it will to watch. Since you're not trying to download and watch at the same time, which is basically what streaming does, it doesn't matter that one isn't as fast as the other - you can just give it several hours' head start.


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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby RogerS » 06 Sep 2021, 15:53

Thanks chaps.

Presumably it runs on a Mac ?
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Mike G » 06 Sep 2021, 16:49

RogerS wrote:.......No, (HMS) Vigil - Trident submarine....latest series on BBC from the people who made Line of Duty.


I managed 2 episodes, but it got very silly very quickly.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby RogerS » 06 Sep 2021, 17:51

Mike G wrote:
RogerS wrote:.......No, (HMS) Vigil - Trident submarine....latest series on BBC from the people who made Line of Duty.


I managed 2 episodes, but it got very silly very quickly.


That's part of the fun, Mike !
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Gill » 06 Sep 2021, 18:06

Mike G wrote:
RogerS wrote:.......No, (HMS) Vigil - Trident submarine....latest series on BBC from the people who made Line of Duty.


I managed 2 episodes, but it got very silly very quickly.


The third episode plunged into unexplored depths of silliness. It's completely unbelievable.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Mike G » 06 Sep 2021, 18:24

What, it got more silly than nearly colliding with an oil tanker it hadn't seen, despite being at periscope depth because of a nuclear reactor shutdown?
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby RogerS » 06 Sep 2021, 21:14

Mike G wrote:What, it got more silly than nearly colliding with an oil tanker it hadn't seen, despite being at periscope depth because of a nuclear reactor shutdown?


I take your point but the real question is what was sonar doing because when you Up periscope you have 360 degrees to choose from to begin with ! If you're unlucky!
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Mike G » 06 Sep 2021, 21:19

Well exactly. Any weekend trailer sailer has a digital read-out of the location of vessels in her locality, with warnings etc. To suggest that a state-of the art sub could somehow overlook a giant tanker........ludicrous.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Lurker » 06 Sep 2021, 22:15

Judging from the space available that sub must have been at least four times the size of any boat that the U.K. have.
Assume that it’s supposed to be be a vanguard class and I have been in one during a refit.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby novocaine » 06 Sep 2021, 22:56

Urmmmmmm

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thegua ... -collision

And just for gits and shiggles

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.upi.co ... 573627600/

Im afroad they dont have to use to much imagination.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby AJB Temple » 06 Sep 2021, 23:04

From that Guardian article I was surprised that the Commander doing the teaching, with full control over a £1.1 billion nuclear sub, was earning only £78,000 annually. Does not sound a huge sum for such a challenging and responsible job.

It was also very surprising to me that the students were relying entirely on the twin periscopes to observe hazards (such as the oil tanker they hit).

I have not seen the series. Not sure now if it is worth making the effort.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Woodbloke » 07 Sep 2021, 07:02

Mike G wrote:Well exactly. Any weekend trailer sailer has a digital read-out of the location of vessels in her locality, with warnings etc. To suggest that a state-of the art sub could somehow overlook a giant tanker........ludicrous.


I haven’t seen it but I guess another one of these series which is probably utter bloody tosh. What actually goes on inside one of these vessels is something that Joe Public will, never, ever know about. Many years ago when I first started teaching, I worked with a chap who’s son was on a Polaris boat. He didn’t even know what his son did ‘cos he wouldn’t tell him and that was his dad! Again, in the MoD, I worked alongside an ex-RN guy who’d been on the same boats and he also kept completely ‘shtum’ about his activities, even when he was very, very drunk.

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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Dr.Al » 07 Sep 2021, 07:35

RogerS wrote:Thanks chaps.

Presumably it runs on a Mac ?


Looks like it:

Runs on Linux/BSD (Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenBSD and others), macOS (10.10+), Windows (7/8/10)


Mac installation instructions:

https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/osx

I've only ever used it on Ubuntu, but I find it works very well indeed. It's worth keeping it up to date with the latest version - it tends to get updated when the BBC change things.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby RogerS » 07 Sep 2021, 07:49

Dr.Al wrote:
RogerS wrote:Thanks chaps.

Presumably it runs on a Mac ?


Looks like it:

Runs on Linux/BSD (Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenBSD and others), macOS (10.10+), Windows (7/8/10)


Mac installation instructions:

https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/osx

I've only ever used it on Ubuntu, but I find it works very well indeed. It's worth keeping it up to date with the latest version - it tends to get updated when the BBC change things.


Many thanks for the link. I'll need to check the best way of getting the UHD video from the Mac into the TV :eusa-think:

I do have an Apple TV but suspect it is too old to handle UHD.

EDIT: It is :( I'll need an Apple TV 4K. Think I'll fire up github on the MacBook and see if it works on that. Only if it does then I'll get an Apple TV 4K and see what it's like.
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Re: Vigil - in UHD

Postby Lurker » 07 Sep 2021, 08:36

AJB Temple wrote:From that Guardian article I was surprised that the Commander doing the teaching, with full control over a £1.1 billion nuclear sub, was earning only £78,000 annually. Does not sound a huge sum for such a challenging and responsible job.


:lol: real world Adrian, far removed from what you city types imagine ;)
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