Erik Huggers has been briefing today - and has said that iPlayer will be iPad friendly in time for UK iPad launch this Friday.
Telegraph article interprets it wrongly I think (saying that it is a downloadable app) - but anyway - principle is clear. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7768352/BBC-iPlayer-coming-to-Apple-iPad.html Paul On Thu, 20 May 2010 13:05:08 +0100, you wrote: >Already described below is a way to have it work on iPad. >I am not requesting that iPad gets access to any more content (or any better >views) than iPhone. > >Maybe, in the meantime, BBC could add that workaround to a FAQ that people >could be directed to. > >If the volume of sales justifies further investigation by BBC then fine - but >right now the default experience is >rubbish if anyone is trying to get any audio or video. > >Paul > >On Thu, 20 May 2010 12:26:33 +0100, you wrote: > >>It's actually incredibly easy to get the iPlayer working on the iPad >>via safari. Additionally the video source is fully compatible with >>HTML5 video containers. >> >>So long as you ensure that requests come from "iphone" marked devices >>you can get Safari to work with it perfectly and indeed present HTML5 >>video containers with iPlayer video streams. >> >>The problem for a legit version is that they will >> >>a) have to buy some iPads then >>b) write a larger screen mobile version >>c) test it, make change and release >> >>I wouldn't bank on anything coming soon, corporate oil tanker :) >> >>Additionally, AFAIK not all videos are available for the iPhone so it's >>not a question of making a small shift to the main iPlayer website. >> >>http://img31.imageshack.us/i/ipadkg.jpg/ >> >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk >>[mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Webster >>Sent: 20 May 2010 10:23 >>To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk >>Cc: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk >>Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad and iPlayer >> >>Can someone from BBC persuade someone else in BBC with the right powers >>to make a statement on this? >> >>FYI Apple have now enabled access to UK AppStore for iPad users >> >>Paul >> >>On Tue, 11 May 2010 08:33:03 +0100, you wrote: >> >>>While the method below is still working fine - it remains a bit of a >>pain to use. >>>Any chance that someone in BBC could make the change that I suggested >>>nearly a month ago - namely to add the iPad as an alias for the iPhone >>(user-agent strings below). >>>If BBC makes special format for iPad in the future then fine ... simply >>remove the alias at that point. >>> >>>Paul Webster >>> >>>On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:34:42 +0100, you wrote: >>> >>>>Ah - good idea. >>>>I guess that means that the Apple webkit is statically linked - so it >>picks up the iPhone version. >>>>Just tried it by using the iPhone Facebook app - and became a "fan" of >> >>>>one of the BBC iPlayer pages ... which has a link in the info section. >>Worked well. >>>> >>>> >>>>Paul >>>> >>>>On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:11:26 +0100, you wrote: >>>> >>>>>If you use an iPhone app with a built in browser ("Files" works well >>for me), you can access the iPhone iPlayer on the iPad. It looks >>reasonably good in pixel-doubled mode. >>>>> >>>>>Jamie. >>>>> >>>>>On 15 Apr 2010, at 12:33, Paul Webster paul-at-dabdig.com |BBC >>Lists/Example Allow| wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Ok - I admit it ... I have one. >>>>>> Any chance of adding iPad Safari user-agent to the list of things >>that look like an iPhone so that iPlayer works? >>>>>> >>>>>> Here are examples: >>>>>> iPad: >>>>>> Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) >>>>>> AppleWebKit/531.21.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.4 >>>>>> Mobile/7B367 Safari/531.21.10 >>>>>> >>>>>> iPhone: >>>>>> Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_1_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) >>>>>> AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 >>>>>> Mobile/7E18 Safari/528.16 >>>>>> >>>>>> I realise that it could be optimised for the display >>>>>> characteristics - but right now it is useless because BBC site asks >>for Flash. >>>>>> >>>>>> Paul Webster >>>>>> - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
