[Wylug-help] Radio on BBC iPlayer [a "solution"]

[Liam2]

--- Martin Rowe <dbg400.net at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2008/6/29 Smylers <Smylers at stripey.com>:
> > On June 12th Dave Fisher wrote:
> >
> >> Just in case it helps someone else.  I'm not sure
> which action
> >> actually did the trick, but here's the procedure
> that I followed:
> >> <Snip>
> >
> > Now that we've got this working, the BBC is
> apparently changing things!
> > I can't tell if it'll be an improvement -- MP3
> sounds more Linux-
> > friendly than Real/Windows Media, but any change
> has the capability to
> > stuff up things that currently work:
> >
> > 
>
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/25/bbc_iplayer_update/
> > 
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/06_june/25/iplayer.shtml
> >
> > The press release, issued on Wednesday, says:
> >
> >  The new-look service, which launches in beta
> tomorrow, will 'dual run'
> >  alongside the existing iPlayer for the next few
> weeks.
> >
> > Can anybody find this?  The default IPlayer is
> still Real-based and only
> > allows skipping forward in limited increments, and
> I can't see any 'try
> > the new beta version' links.  Cheers.
> 
> It took me a while... Scroll down to the bottom of
> the iPlayer
> homepage. The link says iPlayer latest Try it now -
> no mention of beta
> until you hover over the link
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayerbeta/
> 
> Seems to work okay most of the time, though I've had
> trouble with some
> of the streams (both radio & TV) ignoring the
> play/pause button. I had
> to close the browser tab to stop Hancock's Half
> Hour. It's done it on
> both mt desktop and Eee PC so I think it must be a
> Flash issue. The
> bigger video size (640 wide compared to 515) is
> helpful, as my Eee is
> too slow to run it full screen, so at least it more
> or less fills the
> screen now.

Try right clicking on the flash window and enabling
hardware acceleration. It might then just about manage
it. Or download the mov version of the programme,and
play it with mplayer.

Liam


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