Point is, using iPlayer now seemingly works for me on Vista. I'm now happily watching Stacey and Bradley return to Walford... however, attempting to download Lead Balloon and Watchdog, iPlayer delights in telling me I need to be running Windows XP, and does not download.
On 20/11/2007, Tim Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 20/11/2007, Gary Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://iplayersupport.external.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/bbciplayer.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=14&cat_lvl1=1 > > That page is *very* interesting, any users of ubuntu, debian or other > GNU/Linux based OS's here? > /me *proudly raises hand* > > Perhaps someone can explain what this means: > >GNU/Linux operating system can use the Crossover plug-in to play Windows > >Media files. For more information about this contact your GNU/Linux > supplier or >source. > because to me it seems that the person who wrote it doesn't have a > clue about what they are on about. > There are _so_ many problems with this sentence, it's hard to know > where to start pointing out it is wrong; has the writer even used a > GNU/Linux based OS. > > p.s. Kudos for using GNU/Linux though! At least *that* bit of > terminology is correct. > > -- > www.dobo.urandom.co.uk > ---- > If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us > still has one object. > If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now > has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Gary Kirk
