Re: [Fsfe-uk] BBC's DRM Iplayer windows only

[Neil Darlow]

Hi,

Chris Lale wrote:
> It seems that iPlayer streaming now works on Linux using Flash.
> 
> "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 programmes 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
> programmes, and Windows XP and Vista users will have an improved version of
> Download Manager (formerly the Library) available to them." [1]

You can view the streams with the older flashplugin-9.0.48.x but
9.0.115.0 permits full-screen playback. Unfortunately I've found the
rendering of 9.0.115.0 to be blocky and slow and would stick with 9.0.48.x.

Regards,
Neil Darlow