So is there yet another change to the tv I player then?
already we have lost the lists we used for sorting out ad stuff into a
managable offlinelist, and now simple media centres running old xp will
probably never be able toword when flash is gone. Yet more messing about for
those who don't need it the most, so to speech.
I'm waiting for a common, accessible interface to be on all catch up and
streaming services, as this would be worth aiming for world wide
Brian

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In article , Andy
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Jim Lesurf wrote:

Those who use the BBC Radio iPlayer may find a new page at

http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/BBC/Audio...ioFactory.html

Excellent info, shame there wasn't something similar available on a BBC
tech blog somewhere before the changes started becoming visible leading
to complaints.

If you read between the lines you can form the impression that some parts
of the timescale for the changes was dictated to the engineers by
'contractual' arrangements that management had set well in advance. That
may help people to understand why the changeover is more ragged that it
might be in an ideal world. But of course, even without that, any large
change to a system that's in heavy continual use by so many different
types
of client is likely to bump into potholes. The end-state looks pretty good
though... once we get there. :-)


Seems quite well thought out for the future, With a little "nudge"
firefox 36 will use HTML5/media streaming for sites that support it, I
think that 37 doesn't need the "nudge" for youtube but uses it by
default,

I'm currently using FF 33 on the Mint distros I have installed. So the
main
question for me will in due time be if I can upgrade FF to an
HTML5/MPEG-DASH capable version that's suitable *without* also having to
upgrade the distros.

I also recall a comment somewhere on the web that FF would play this, but
forced output to go to alsa card 0 regardless of anything in .asoundrc,
etc. I hope that has been fixed as I always use external USB DACs.


I did see evidence of the iPlayer team communicating on the
HTML5 mailing lists - roll-on the day that iPlayer TV doesn't need flash
...

TBH I suspect the BBC people agree. :-)

Jim

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