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BBC Quietly Announces Linux/Mac iPlayer

Posted by kdawson on from the no-downloads-for-you dept.

Keir Thomas writes "When the BBC released its new iPlayer watch-on-demand service, there were many complaints about the fact it was Windows-only — the equivalent of current BBC broadcasts only being watchable on, say, a Sony television. The good news is that the BBC has announced a Flash-based player for Linux and Mac due by the end of the year. (The announcement is buried half way down the page.) The bad news is that it will probably only offer streaming, and not the ability to download programs, like the Windows client has. Quote: 'It comes down to cost per person and reach at the end of the day.'"

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  1. Re:Version that has fewer features is unacceptable by clickclickdrone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >Can they get their license fee lower?
    No but they can use any of the other dozens of services on offer and stop whining like a little girl.

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  2. BULLSHIT ALERT by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    OH YES YOU CAN, stop thinking that video is .avi you moron. It all depends on the video container. Some allow playing right from the start (mpg). In fact if you got a non-crap video player EVERY video can be played without it being complete, the only thing that doesn't work in forinstance avi is skipping forward.

    I used to use this plenty of times back when I had a backbone for an internet connection, streaming avi from FTP, oh yeah, life was good back then.

    Oh and if windows still refuses to open a file you are downloading, get a proper OS.

    With bittorrents MPG's can even be viewed if have just one large enough segment.

    Video can't be viewed before they are fully downloaded, geez, new much?

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  3. Re:WTF??? by Hal_Porter · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I suppose they'll still block non-UK access, but I suppose that could be circumvented through a proxy. (Unless they are able to block them?) British http is different. E.g. GEUT instead of GET and POUST instead of POST.

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