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

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

"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 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

Paul D.Smith wrote:
"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 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.

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Tony

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

If you haven't got a fast enough broadband connection to stream them, it is
possible to save i-Player programmes on your PC. Trouble is, you need to
have AdobeAir to play them.

Enough security holes in Acrobat Reader and Flash without adding something
else.

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Jeff

I wonder how long it will be before someone driving is prosecuted for
driving while watching cornation street on their mobile?
Brian

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"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

Brian Gaff wrote:
I wonder how long it will be before someone driving is prosecuted for
driving while watching cornation street on their mobile?


Surely just prosecution for watching cornation street should be sufficient?

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Adrian C

"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.

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.

"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

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 ;-).