Siol nan Gaidheal forum

It's going in the UN dossier

OK some explanation. The file I sent to Montrose is a div X type compressed avi file. That means although it is only 618 megabytes it is still very good quality (much better than the youtube or indeed standard Sky broadcast quality).

The reason for creating that file rather than just raw dumping the DVD capture (several gigabytes) is that

1. It can fit on a CD (cheap as chips)

2. Copying is much faster.


Most modern (i.e. bought in the last 3 years) DVD players, will play it. Downside is that older DVD players won't play it.

OTOH with most folk having a computer if their DVD doesn't play it they can watch it on their PC.

Hope that clarifies things a wee bit.

BTW we seem to have attracted a full time resident Brit on the youtube forum. Quelle surprise.

Why was this shown only on BBC Alba? Are the BBC just too afraid to let
the general public know the truth about how Scotland has been robbed and
lied to for decades? Or was this politically inspired?

This programme should have been shown at prime time across the whole of the
UK. Perhaps then people will come to realise just how dishonest ALL
governments have been, regardless of their alleged political persuasion.

The BBC charges everyone in the country a licence fee to run its services.
It's about time that some of that money was used to broadcast programmes
which might be 'unacceptable' to certain politicians but whose topics are
in the public interest. For too long the BBC has been nothing but the
mouthpiece of Westminster.

Dear Mr Sailor,

Thank you for your e-mail and I'm pleased that you watched and enjoyed
'Dìomhair' on BBC ALBA.

Firstly, please accept our apologies for the delay in replying. We know our
correspondents appreciate a quick response and we are sorry you have had to
wait on this occasion.

ALBA is a distinct service within the BBC portfolio, expanding the choice
of programming available to Gaelic viewers and, through sub-titling, to the
wider community in Scotland. It does this while operating its own specific
commissioning strategy, as a means of finding the best possible programming
to schedule for viewers.

On this occasion, as part of that process, the programme-maker chose to
pitch 'Dìomhair' to ALBA and was successful in gaining a commission to make
the programme. Had they chosen to pitch it elsewhere, it may have been
commissioned elsewhere. A commissioner can only deal with the ideas that
are actually submitted to them.

In addition to a number of transmissions on ALBA and being available on the
BBC iPlayer, the programme has also been shown on BBC Parliament. A
selection of programmes from the ALBA schedule can also be seen on Thursday
evenings on BBC Two Scotland and 'Dìomhair' may yet appear there if a
suitable slot becomes available.

I do hope that you will continue to enjoy programmes from ALBA.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us with your views.

Regards

Stefan Curran
BBC Complaints

On this occasion, as part of that process, the programme-maker chose to
pitch 'Dìomhair' to ALBA and was successful in gaining a commission to make
the programme. Had they chosen to pitch it elsewhere, it may have been
commissioned elsewhere. A commissioner can only deal with the ideas that
are actually submitted to them.

Sorry just checked and my copy will only play on a computer.Do you still want a copy?

:saltire:
I really enjoyed the videos and have started my education here on the forum.