Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-11-02 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 1 Nov 2014 at 22:27, Owen Smith Owen Smith owen.sm...@cantab.net wrote: This is a problem the BBC should have foreseen. As soon as you put software into embedded devices like TVs or PVRs, either you have to support it for at least 10 years or you will break someone's viewing experience.

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-11-02 Thread artisticforge .
Hello; I remember valves (tubes) and discrete transistors. ;-) best wireless i had was valves (tubes) On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: On 1 Nov 2014 at 22:27, Owen Smith Owen Smith owen.sm...@cantab.net wrote: This is a problem the BBC should have

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-11-01 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 31 Oct 2014 at 21:58, Peter S Kirk Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: I'm visiting mum tomorrow and will try to remember to test if her two Sony smart TVs still work with BBC iPlayer. Update: visited mum today. Her bedroom Sony smart TV sticks on loading... when iPlayer

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-11-01 Thread Owen Smith
This is a problem the BBC should have foreseen. As soon as you put software into embedded devices like TVs or PVRs, either you have to support it for at least 10 years or you will break someone's viewing experience. It appears to me that insufficient thought was given to this. I've been in the

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-11-01 Thread Ian Andrews
. There was a firmware update for my TV less than a year ago to fix some earlier iPlayer problems. Ian -Original Message- From: Peter S Kirk Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 10:05 PM To: get_iplayer Subject: Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie ) On 31 Oct 2014

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-10-31 Thread Owen Smith
But BBC iPlayer Download insists I play the download on my PC. That's useless to me, my laptop has a small screen and isn't connected to my surround sound system. With get_iplayer I was copying the downloaded file to my Freeview PVR and playing it on my TV from there which worked well. There is

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-10-31 Thread Owen Smith
: Friday, October 31, 2014 10:53 AM To: get_iplayer Subject: Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie ) The BBC have effectively driven me to look elsewhere to even more dubious methods of accessing their content by preventing get_iplayer working. No, they haven't. To repeat

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-10-31 Thread Chris Marriott
-Original Message- From: Owen Smith Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 2:44 PM To: get_iplayer Subject: Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie ) Download by PID is too finnicky. I never seem to be able to get it to work, and yes I have read the instructions. What's

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-10-31 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 31 Oct 2014 at 10:53, Owen Smith Owen Smith owen.sm...@cantab.net wrote: But BBC iPlayer Download insists I play the download on my PC. That's useless to me, my laptop has a small screen and isn't connected to my surround sound system. With get_iplayer I was copying the downloaded file