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BBC Launches Linux Powered Weather Format

Posted by Zonk on from the penguins-in-the-sky-with-diamonds dept.

nzkaha writes "BBC launches new weather format using Weatherscape XT. This may be one of the higher profile deployments of Linux based systems. Weatherscape XT supplies weather graphics for all UK BBC channels plus the BBC World Service. The system relies completely on openGL graphics and there are demonstration clips of the system in use at Metra.info . Developed in NZ by MetService as a cross platform system for Linux, OS X and Windows, the BBC solution has been deployed on Linux with MySQL DB. Data is replicated to remote studios and displayed live by the Weatherscape application using Nvidia Graphics and drivers. Future deployment options will depend on customer choice and platform support."

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  1. Re:Quicktime? by Leroy_Brown242 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    IE? :)

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    Pretty Pictures!
  2. Re:Quicktime? by sydb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    mplayer

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  3. IT SUCKS by Conor+Turton · · Score: 0, Redundant
    It sucks so much that the BBC are changing it. Ever since it came in, they have had an unprecidented number of complaints. It is shoddy. Nobody can understand it, the colours used to depict sun and rain are stupid and it moves so fast that you can't read the clock and look at what is happening.

    The old system worked fine. I have a funny feeling that the new one isn't long for this world.

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