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BBC getting ready for iPhone/iPlayer? Update - Beta
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off topic but its really annoying when you can't open the pics joshy just put up. Crappy iPhone...............not!!!!
off topic but its really annoying when you can't open the pics joshy just put up. Crappy iPhone...............not!!!!
It'll be like a tortoise under EDGE i'd imagine, but.. we might at least begin to really use that unlimited DATA plan that we have! 
You mean does the site work on Edge? Yes, exactly the same. Dunno if the video will of course, and I doubt it'll be particularily watchable if it is.
Phazer
So what method will they distribute using? If it is quicktime, will it support "skinning", to match their site? I think Apple should allow custom UI controls embedded in streaming files or the server (much like with flash).
It would still be backwards compatible, files without this data would use the standard controls, and old versions of quicktime would ignore the extra data.
Or is this already possible? I know quicktime supports basic scripting.
It would still be backwards compatible, files without this data would use the standard controls, and old versions of quicktime would ignore the extra data.
Or is this already possible? I know quicktime supports basic scripting.
I would think so *currently you can't use the regular desktop version of the iPlayer outside of Britain.
Unless you paid for each episode you watch a la iTunes.
Same here, not sure if it was because i was trying it over edge and dont have a wifi point near me or due to the fact nothing is available before Apple announce it.
i think yahoo nicked your pics...?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pocketli/20080306/ttc-iplayer-gets-iphone-beta-sticker-on-57dbc65.html
I'd like the option to download stuff via itunes for free from the last 7 days though, so say i could watch something on the bus/train with out interruptions dew to signal loss etc
Before now all of the shows have been encrypted with DRM from Microsoft or Adobe. One has to speculate that the programmes which are available are those whose owners have agreed to be distributed without DRM.
It wouldn't take much for someone to discover the URL of the original QuickTime file, thus allowing anyone to get a complete version of the show to save forever, something which the BBC have been keen that no one has.
I guess the shows which are available on iPlayer via iPhone will always be limited then. I really would like to see their home grown drama "Doctors" running on iPhone though
I am perfectly prepared to eat my hat on this one though.
It wouldn't take much for someone to discover the URL of the original QuickTime file, thus allowing anyone to get a complete version of the show to save forever, something which the BBC have been keen that no one has.
I guess the shows which are available on iPlayer via iPhone will always be limited then. I really would like to see their home grown drama "Doctors" running on iPhone though
I am perfectly prepared to eat my hat on this one though.
They are *not*, and indeed under the BBC's service licence with the BBC Trust the BBC is not allowed to offer shows for permanent download anyway.
I believe if that's seen to happen on a significant scale the service for the iPhone will likely get shut down, so I would suggest people don't.
Or at least keep quiet about it.
I guess the shows which are available on iPlayer via iPhone will always be limited then. I really would like to see their home grown drama "Doctors" running on iPhone though
Nah, current availability issues are just that the encoding server hasn't been coping very well with doing three different formats per programme now. It'll look a lot better tomorrow.
Phazer
Video Out with iPlayer
All this sounds great.
Has anyone tried Video Out whilst using iPlayer content? I'm keen to hook a 17" monitor I have in my study up to my iPod Touch to watch shows from iPlayer but don't want to shell out £35 for a cable if the video content isn't output, or the quality isn't up to the job (I'm expecting to live with some artefacts even on a 17" display).
Any info much appreciated.
All this sounds great.
Has anyone tried Video Out whilst using iPlayer content? I'm keen to hook a 17" monitor I have in my study up to my iPod Touch to watch shows from iPlayer but don't want to shell out £35 for a cable if the video content isn't output, or the quality isn't up to the job (I'm expecting to live with some artefacts even on a 17" display).
Any info much appreciated.
Nah, it won't work on EDGE. The BBC have already explained that O2 won't allow them to stream media. That why the BBC iphone Podcast player (really, listen again), only works on Wi-fi.