BBC iPlayer Welcomes Linux (and Macs)

h4rm0ny writes "After previously limiting their iPlayer to only the Windows platform (as we discussed earlier here and here), the BBC's content is now available to UK-based users of Linux and Mac OS X. From their site: 'From today we are pleased to announce that streaming is now available on BBC iPlayer. This means that Windows, Mac and Linux users can stream programs on iPlayer as long as their computer has the latest version of Flash. Another change is that you do not have to register or sign in any more to download programs ...' It seems that the BBC have listened to people who petitioned them for broader support and an open format. Well, Flash isn't exactly open, but its a lot more ubiquitous than Windows Media and Real Player formats."

Comments

Re:Well, that's great...

[gsslay]

It's like the whole PAL outrage all over again! You should have heard me complain back then when I discovered that the supposedly free BBC service required that I buy a television equipped with the proprietary format PAL.

So that meant I was denied access from my 8 track simply because they refused to supply the broadcasts on it! Boy, was I mad! How was this TV service supposed to be free if they make you buy certain equipment first?!

And now they're demanding that I go out of my way to download a free software package! Their thoughtless arrogance knows no bounds!

Shhh. No there aren't

[rajafarian]

There is no way possible to download Flash Internet videos.

And there are especially no Firefox plugins to download them with one easy click.