Meant to reply to the previous... In my case Windows Media Player was v9. I've upgraded to v11, and I'm now getting access to the exe.
On 8/1/07, James Bridle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [New thread] > > I'm getting the same on my Mac Pro, booted in XP SP2 - 'Sorry, something's > wrong' even though all boxes are ticked. > > Will have a look at the browser's ident. If anyone wants to send me the > exe, I'd be very grateful. I have a login and all, so I don't think there's > anything wrong with that... > > > Christopher Woods wrote: > > What's your browser's user-ident? Maybe one of the Mac-supplied drivers in > their driver package is altering the user-agent somehow and the bbc site > isn't authorising access on that basis. Only a guess... > > Is your XP install updated to SP2? > > If all else fails, I'm sure someone could send you BBC-iPlayer_Setup.exe > (which updates to the latest version periodically anyway)... > > ------------------------------ > *From:* David Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > *Sent:* 28 July 2007 09:30 > *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > *Subject:* Re: [backstage] iPlayer Today? > > > On 7/27/07, James Bridle <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > Looking forward to seeing what it looks like in XP on my Intel Mac... > > > > > Doesn't appear to work on my MacBook, both booting into an almost freshly > installed XP SP2 and through XP via Parallels on Mac OS, through Internet > Explorer, or through Firefox with IE Tab. When I come to download, the site > is giving me the rather odd message of: > > "Sorry - to use the BBC iPlayer you need the following > - Windows XP > - Internet Explorer > - Windows Media Player" > ...where all the requirements are ticked. (Using with non-IE Tabbed > Firefox or directly from Mac OS turns the relevant ticks into crosses, which > is what you'd expect.) According to the instructions, this is when the > kontiki app should kick in and install... > > I can vaguely see why it might not work through Parallels, but I'm not > sure why booting directly into XP doesn't. Hrmmm. > > -- http://www.sleepydisco.co.uk
