I seem to have iplayer working through the browser - maemo.org

Dancairo | # 1 | 2010-02-15, 15:48 | Report

EDIT...Am i playing cat and mouse with BBC?
Below is the current working method (April 2010) ;-)

Right-ho lads and lasses, since the BBC have changed the Wii version to no longer allow low bandwidth version my old method seems to have stopped working...so, after playing around for a little while i have found another way :-)....

1. Go to the normal BBC iplayer page and click on a program that you want to watch.

2. At the bottom left of the playing screen there are 3 buttons, the first being the volume one, if you click the middle button it opens the program you wish to watch in a 'player console'....this plays smoothly and after a little stutter at the begining, plays perfectly....you can also click the 'full screen' button...again, perfect

3. Enjoy :-)

A great guide with pictures from Jaymontana :-

http://mynokiablog.com/2010/04/02/ho...-old-solution/

Dan.

Last edited by Dancairo; 2010-04-28 at 15:07. Reason: Removed old method

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jdave76 | # 2 | 2010-02-15, 19:52 | Report

Originally Posted by Dancairo View Post

Ok, try this and see if it works for you....

1. Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen/ (it's the wii version)

2. At the bottom of the page toggle between 'lower bandwidth option' and 'use normal version' until 'lower bandwidth option' shows.

3. Click TV then choose a Channel then a Program

4. Click Play then the Full Screen button at the bottom right of the TV picture.

That's exactly what i do and it works for me. It stutters a little at the beginning and every now and again as it plays but it is very watchable and the speech is in sync.

I should add that i'm on my home wifi network, and as a noobish i have a fairly 'clean' N900 ;-)....

have a go if you're in the uk, nothing to install and 'don't cost nuthin'...

Thaks for the tip works really well

Dancairo | # 3 | 2010-02-15, 19:54 | Report

you are most welcome :c)

mrmoosehead | # 4 | 2010-02-15, 20:00 | Report

Yep. Followed the instructions above, but first time I played full screen, very stuttery and not sync'd, but I minimised it, and it played minimised then clicked full screen and it was sync'd and smooth.

Nice one.

chucknaldo | # 5 | 2010-02-15, 20:01 | Report

Nice find.

mrmoosehead | # 6 | 2010-02-15, 20:01 | Report

Originally Posted by Dancairo View Post

Last edited by Dancairo; Today at 03:49 PM. Reason: my damn spelling!

Surely that's "my damned spelling"?

RockCreek1 | # 7 | 2010-02-15, 20:09 | Report

Any options for US? Thanks!

bockersjv | # 8 | 2010-02-15, 20:29 | Report

You could hide behind a UK proxy in the same way that you can watch iplayer from outside the UK on a pc. Plenty of guides on Google.

Great find Dan

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JayMontano | # 9 | 2010-02-15, 20:30 | Report

total win. Thanks! Been waiting to get this on N900. Works great!

Dancairo | # 10 | 2010-02-15, 20:32 | Report

Originally Posted by mrmoosehead View Post

Surely that's "my damned spelling"?

oh damned! i'm not editing again!

Good tip about minimising and then full screening if not synced though