On Friday 01 April 2016 11:39:29 Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be nice if the file could be downloaded, preferably > > > > > using a program which is in a package in the Debian archives? > > > > > > > > > > 3. Such a package has been mentioned in this thread. It is > > > > > extensively documented at the program's home page and in its > > > > > manual. > > > > > > > > > > 4. The file being downloaded is a .flv. While it is being > > > > > downloaded it is being stored on disk so it can be accessed and > > > > > viewed. vlc is one player which can view .flv files. > > [snip] > > I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth mentioning > that BBC IPlayer now works without Flash. If you go to the BBC IPlayer > web page it says you can access the programs using HTML5. You just have > to install a cookie to do this. It's still in beta but it works for me, > at least with recent versions of Firefox and Chromium.
Thanks, Anthony. But one way or another iPlayer has never been a problem. The problem is with channel 4, so the kerfuffle is not for nothing, and teh problem is not solved. Though that is good news about iPlayer. Lisi
