Seems to be a lot of interest in BBC i-player here, is itcompatible?
 

On Nov 26, 8:15*am, "David" wrote:
"Harry" wrote in message

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:31:50 -0000, "David"
wrote:

Wii and i-player for example along with other platforms it is being added
to. * *What about ITV, Ch4 and Five programmers will the Wii/i-player etc.
handle these?
I do hope it not a case of being incompatible.
Regards
David

It's been availabe on the Wii for about a year already, but if you
look at the shop link, or whatever it's called, you should find it's
now there as a channel - no idea, our Wii isn't web connected. You
might want to get a set of component cables to improve picture quality
on the thing too.

I have no problem getting the BBC i-player on my Wii, bought the Internet
Channel a year ago and used the a cable to connect to RGB to the TV scart
socket, and can get onto the internet via my wireless router.
Regards
David

The Wii's limitations are a) its hardware and b) its browser (and
associated plugins). Its not a particularly "beefy" machine
processor / graphics-wise (so probably can't handle decoding HD
transmissions). As Opera (for the Wii) is not customisable, you are
left with it having the capabilities of the browser as built by
Opera / Nintendo (subject to their updates). So currently it can
handle iPlayer (at low bitrates) and youtube plus some other VOD
services. I've not tried 4OD or ITVplayer but I suspect those
services are not compatible with Opera on the Wii.

The new Wii iPlayer Channel has allowed the BBC to write an app which
is specifically tailored to the broadcasts that it serves up over
iPlayer, so I guess they've made it as good as they think it can be.
Its certainly much better than watching via the browser on the Wii,
and whilst I don't think anyone would want to use it for watching the
glory of a BBC wildlife programme, it would be absolutely fine and
watchable for something like Casualty etc.

Matt

Seems to be a lot of interest in BBC i-player here, is it compatible?
 

The new Wii iPlayer Channel has allowed the BBC to write an app which
is specifically tailored to the broadcasts that it serves up over
iPlayer, so I guess they've made it as good as they think it can be.
Its certainly much better than watching via the browser on the Wii,
and whilst I don't think anyone would want to use it for watching the
glory of a BBC wildlife programme, it would be absolutely fine and
watchable for something like Casualty etc.

Matt

Ideal, a rubbish player for rubbish programs ;-

Seems to be a lot of interest in BBC i-player here, is it compatible?
 

"Paul D.Smith" wrote in message
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I believe all the channels have their own "iPlayer-like" offering, but
the BBC iPlayer is the most common and ported to most platforms.

But yes, they are all incompatible! The Wii iPlayer especially talks
directly to Beeb servers and only llists the available BBC offerings.

Paul DS

Ofcom thought it would better for them to compete and for users to have
to goto different web sites for the services but it has also resulted in
different standards being used.

Good grief, a regulator without a brain - whatever next ;-).

I have a wii. I have internet. how do I get the player on it?

Gary

Seems to be a lot of interest in BBC i-player here, is it compatible?
 

"Gary" wrote in message
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I have a wii. I have internet. how do I get the player on it?

Look in the Mail menu that is where I got them.
Regards
David

Seems to be a lot of interest in BBC i-player here, is it compatible?
 

"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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If you save them using get_iplayer you get bog-standard MPEG4 files that
are easily played in VLC with no extra codecs required.


get-iplayer is a command line programme for MS windows.
Homer Simpson's head is hurting already!

Roger R

Seems to be a lot of interest in BBC i-player here, is itcompatible?
 

On 26 Nov, 10:33, "Roger R"
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"Mike Henry" wrote in message

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If you save them using get_iplayer you get bog-standard MPEG4 files that
are easily played in VLC with no extra codecs required.

get-iplayer is a command line programme for MS windows.
Homer Simpson's head is hurting already!

Roger R


Not quite... get_iplayer is a perl program developed for Linux - with
a Windows version.
It works better under Linux, but I use it in Windows with no problems.
There are several GUIs available too.
I use it daily to grab my regular radio shows/podcasts - it has a nice
PVR mode - as well as occasional TV that I have missed.
but I also have iPlayer beta on my Freesat box (Hummy HDR) which works
well if you don't want to keep the show.

Seems to be a lot of interest in BBC i-player here, is it compatible?
 

I have a wii. I have internet. how do I get the player on it?

Go to the Wii "shop" channel and you can get it for free from there.

Paul DS.

Seems to be a lot of interest in BBC i-player here, is itcompatible?
 

On Nov 26, 9:22*am, Harry wrote:
The new Wii iPlayer Channel has allowed the BBC to write an app which
is specifically tailored to the broadcasts that it serves up over
iPlayer, so I guess they've made it as good as they think it can be.
Its certainly much better than watching via the browser on the Wii,
and whilst I don't think anyone would want to use it for watching the
glory of a BBC wildlife programme, it would be absolutely fine and
watchable for something like Casualty etc.

Matt

Ideal, a rubbish player for rubbish programs ;-

(Smiley noted!)

A touch dismissive don't you think!?! The player itself certainly
isn't rubbish, and its more than watchable (for me on a 37inch
Panasonic LCD). Of course, it doesn't compare with watching "live" or
watching a perfect quality reproduction via a PVR, but if you were
organised enough to record everything you might want to watch, then
you wouldn't need iPlayer would you?

Its much better than I thought it would be!

Matt

Seems to be a lot of interest in BBC i-player here, is itcompatible?
 

On Nov 26, 7:22*am, Harry wrote:
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:31:50 -0000, "David"
wrote:

Wii and i-player for example along with other platforms it is being added
to. * *What about ITV, Ch4 and Five programmers will the Wii/i-player etc.
handle these?
I do hope it not a case of being incompatible.
Regards
David

It's been availabe on the Wii for about a year already, but if you
look at the shop link, or whatever it's called, you should find it's
now there as a channel - no idea, our Wii isn't web connected. You
might want to get a set of component cables to improve picture quality
on the thing too.

No point in getting component cables as the iplayer standard streaming
wont benefit one iota. Lowest common denominator wins here and that's
the programme source.
It's a shame that :-
1. The Wii can't support 720p or 1080p
2. They could have allowed the BBC HD content to be used.

yeah the picture's not great but it beats watching it on my laptop.

Seems to be a lot of interest in BBC i-player here, is it compatible?
 

"reg" wrote in message ...

"David" wrote in message
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Wii and i-player for example along with other platforms it is being added
to. What about ITV, Ch4 and Five programmers will the Wii/i-player
etc. handle these?
I do hope it not a case of being incompatible.
Regards
David

i dont find the picture very clear on the Wii, its not 100% clear.

It's a LOT better than it was when you used to have to use the "Internet
Channel" and use the mobile-phone version of the i-Player.

If you use the better cable (component video) to connect to the TV, the
picture quality is not too bad. Not up to HD standards, but not far off the
original Freeview.

Allan