Re: [backstage] iPlayer on Intel Mac

2007-08-02 Thread David Wood
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

Re: [backstage] More iPlayer protesting

2007-08-02 Thread vijay chopra
On 02/08/07, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: secondly who buys a PVR that DRMs your recording?! My friends tell me that their Sky+ boxes are highly restrictive. Again, who (that is assuming sanity) buys the ridiculously overpriced monstrosity that is Sky+ ? On that note, what

RE: [backstage] More iPlayer(/jam) protesting

2007-08-02 Thread Deirdre Harvey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Woods Sent: 01 August 2007 22:21 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] More iPlayer protesting rant The BBC's been forced to bow to commercial pressures more than

RE: [backstage] More iPlayer(/jam) protesting (plus Sky+ comment @ Vijay)

2007-08-02 Thread Christopher Woods
Well that's me told! Very interesting to have the thoughts of someone who worked on Jam... The reason I thought it was a bad move to make at the time was that it seemed that all of a sudden, the BBC was having to vow to a sudden burst of criticism from other companies, which seemed a little

Re: [backstage] More iPlayer protesting

2007-08-02 Thread Stephen Deasey
On 8/2/07, Christopher Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Calm down dear, it's only a mailing list. What's wrong with discussing the (faint) possibility that it may happen (though most likely won't) in the future? Sorry, I forgot to add a smiley face. I agree with you. It makes more sense to

RE: [backstage] More iPlayer(/jam) protesting

2007-08-02 Thread Paul Tweedy
I can see why if I were a small company making educational software for kids I wouldn't be pleased to have to compete with the BBC suddenly inserting itself into my market and offering to cover the ENTIRE national curriculum for nothing. Clearly that kind of empire building is going to

RE: [backstage] More iPlayer(/jam) protesting (plus Sky+ comment @ Vijay)

2007-08-02 Thread Deirdre Harvey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Woods Sent: 02 August 2007 12:18 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] More iPlayer(/jam) protesting (plus Sky+ comment @ Vijay) Well that's me told! Very

RE: [backstage] More iPlayer(/jam) protesting

2007-08-02 Thread Deirdre Harvey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Tweedy Sent: 02 August 2007 12:19 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] More iPlayer(/jam) protesting I can see why if I were a small company making educational software

Re: [backstage] More iPlayer protesting

2007-08-02 Thread Martin Belam
Again, who (that is assuming sanity) buys the ridiculously overpriced monstrosity that is Sky+ ? As is often the case on this list we seem to be leaps and bounds ahead of the general learning curve of the general public. Sky+ might not make sense to the sane people here, but they have shifted

Re: [backstage] More iPlayer(/jam) protesting (plus Sky+ comment @ Vijay)

2007-08-02 Thread vijay chopra
On 02/08/07, Christopher Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, now that Sky have dropped their £10/pm fee for the Sky+ features for all customers, the V3 box has gone down in price too and it won't be much longer until it's £30/40/free! I'd love to have a TiVo setup for Sky, but that idea died