Is it the end of Ogg Vorbis streams at Radio-Canada?
Update: They were rather quick to get the streams back on! Now that they are up, let’s make them known.
Update 2 : Apparently, I’m being told that it was possibly a real technical problem. I might have jumped to conclusions considering that I’ve never been able to access their Audio/video section on Linux.
For many years, Radio-Canada (Canada’s BBC in French), was streaming 2 of their radio stations in Ogg Vorbis. Some 2 months ago, I discovered that the Espace Musique stream had been stopped but I didn’t bother to call then since I barely listened to it. But today, they shut down the Première chaîne stream, which leaves me without any local news. That’s enough.
They even erased the page mentioning that such streams ever existed: Radio-Canada.ca. I’ve already sent a “technical error report” on their web site. You may do so too here Rapport d’incident technique (only in French). Here is what you should submit (in French too, since they only broadcast in French, copy/paste will do):
J’étais sur la page: http://ms2.radio-canada.ca/
Je voulais: Écouter vos flux Ogg Vorbis sous Linux.
Il s’est produit ceci: Vous avez interrompus vos flux. Je ne peux donc plus écouter Radio-Canada sans briser des lois (c’est à dire installer illégalement les codecs WMA sur mon ordinateur pour écouter vos flux WMA).
Nom: <Your name>
Courrier électronique: <Your email>
I’ve also wrote an email to the team responsible for the web site as I’ve been suggested by the person who helped me when I called them. Their Audio/vidéo section is heavily not Linux friendly, let’s not let it slip anymore!
