[Gllug] BBC TV streaming - anyone got this to work with Suse 9.1?

[Dylan]

On Wednesday 24 Nov 2004 22:21 pm, M.Blackmore wrote:
> Dylan wrote:
> >OK, exactly which service are you trying to use? For example, on
> >www.bbc.co.uk/london I can stream the video via the "watch now" link
>
> Thanks Dylan. Right, if I take that link straight off the bbc home
> page where it says on the near-top right hand side "watch BBC news in
> video", a reaplayer window opens up, then I get an error message
> saying "an error occurred" with a couple of buttons. Press the
> details one and nothing happens.

Does a secondary browser window open? For me this page renders with a 
broken embedded realplayer in Konq with no external player. In Mozilla 
a stand-alone player opens but the secondary browser window does not 
render.

>
> >top right under BBC London News. If I try to use the "Watch/listen
> > to bbc news" link from www.bbc.co.uk on the other hand, Mozilla
> > simply fails to render the embedded player
>
> Ditto
>
> > and Konq renders the page but has
> >problems playing the streams.
>
> Just crashed again for me (I've rebooted just to make sure nothing
> got messed up in the course of some working).

Unlikely - and for reference you would only need to log out and back in 
again. A full reboot should only be necessary for hardware and kernel 
changes in general.

>
> > Which version of Realplayer do you have
> >installed?
>
> Oh eck now you're asking ... how do I find out? Think "pointy clicky"
> and you've got the idea of my depth of knowledge .. there's an
> oxymoron in there somewhere ...

Open Realplayer from the main KDE menu and choose Help > About. Can you 
do the same for Mozilla and Konq (for konq there is an "About KDE" and 
"About Konq" - tell us both...)

Martin's suggestion about using MPlayer is a matter of personal choice 
IMO, and has its own kinks to iron out - as David's response shows. 
Also, I really believe we should be pressuring the BBC on these issues.

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