James Cridland of this parish has also written a blog post here with a screenshot of it running on Ubuntu. http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/12/12/iplayer-on-gnulinux/
<BBC staffers still recovering from shock of near universal response of people now saying. "iPlayer..its quite good. I might use it now."> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glyn Wintle Sent: 13 December 2007 13:14 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live It does work on my Ubuntu. Adobe Flash Player 9 ----- Original Message ---- From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:16:23 PM Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live Nice to see the BBC have made sure that it doesn't run on Linux, or at least it doesn't run on this version. I get a nice blank grey screen. And a mouse hand with no indication of what it does. Clicking it informs me I have to enter into a legally binding contract[1]. A contract that states if I want to use a tablet I have to also buy Windows XP. (it lists a specific version I must have). How is it in the least bit cross platform if I have to enter into a contract that says I have to use WindowsXP? It also states the software can only be used on a PC, so what are Mac users meant to do? (aside from breach contract). This is a complete sham. With the contract for the software needed to access the content it works on very few platforms. And oddly it won't work on other implementations of Flash. How about using a non-Windows streaming solution? Or is the plan to try and trick the Trust into believing that software that states PC only, and Tablet PCs must run WinXP is cross platform? [1] http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/ Andy -- Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. -- Adam Heath - 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/[email protected]/ ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs - 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/[email protected]/ - 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/[email protected]/
