Draycen As I compose this reply as usual I am listening to BBC Radio 4 and today everything worked perfectly by clicking on the link on the BBC Home page. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_four is working as expected. Your suggestion of pre-checking the URL is not available to me. When I use the BBC Home page (bbc.co.uk) I have to click on the listen live radio connection before the URL displays. It then either works or displays the error.
I do not know enough about FF but on the basis that I can access all the other programme links via the BBC Home page 100% of the time the problem is with the browser. As I have stated before I can immediately open Opera and listen to Radio 4 perfectly. The fact that the FF response shows that the programme is not available while Opera is delivering the content using exactly the same method I feel points to FF. Again the intermittent access in FF leads me to consider that there is something amiss with the browser. I will rattle the BBC cage to see what reaction I get from there but would not be surprised if they blame FF. Again thanks for your kind assistance Ian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Draycen DeCator <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bug 575602] Re: Connecting with BBC Radio 4 unavailable > Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 05:48:31 -0000 > > > If the issue is with the webpage bringing you to the wrong URL, then it > may be an issue with the site. If you hover the mouse over the link for > the radio, Firefox should show the URL in the status bar. Can you check > that before clicking the link to see if it shows that it will bring you > to bbc_radio_four or bbc_radio_fourfm? If it says that the link points > to bbc_radio_fourfm, but it doesn't bring you there, then the issue may > be with Firefox. However, if the link shows bbc_radio_four then the > issue is more likely due to the site. > > -- > Connecting with BBC Radio 4 unavailable > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575602 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: firefox > > When I click o0n listen now on the BBC home page there are times > when FF reports the BBC Radio 4 page as unavailable. If I > immediately switch to Opera access is available. > > The connection is effected via > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_four and the report > on the site is BBC Radio 4 FM is unavailable at this time. > > At times I have switched over to Radio Scotland without any problem > when I wished to check traffic news and there is no problem there. > Again attempting to connect later in the morning usually connects > to Radio 4. > > This is a complete pain. What does it take to have a proper service from FF > > I am currently using Lucid > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Wed May 5 07:37:00 2010 > FirefoxPackages: > firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 > firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 > firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 > abroswer N/A > abrowser-branding N/A > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_GB.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: firefox > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/575602/+subscribe > -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com -- Connecting with BBC Radio 4 unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
