Victoria, I was refering to the BBC's Iplayer TV catch up streams which I doubt are available outside of the UK.
You do need a pretty fast connection to sustain TV streaming, particularly at the high definition rate which approaches broadcast quality here in the uK. Ray Victoria Vaughan wrote: Ray, Please, What do you mean by "Stream TV"? Is there a way to find TV programming on internet? Are you, by chance, using "Fan Cast"? When I tried that, its constant pausing for "Rebuffering", drove me crazy! Many thanks! Vicky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray" <rays-h...@raynetbrm.plus.com> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:38 PM Subject: RE: Problems Playing WMV and MOV Files > Caroline, I omitted to say there is something called Quicktime Alternative > which is supposed to make life easier for screen reader users, though it > wasn't developped specially for us. I think it allows you to play > material > outside of the browser rather than the ebbeding imposed by web designers > when > using Quictime. there is a Wiki on Quicktime Alternative should you want > to > follow that up, but you seem to be getting along with QT. > > Must admit it's ages since I sued the IPlayer downloader. I just stream > TV > programmes now. Often wondered if it's possible to record the video as > well > as the sound while watching, but not looked into that. > > Do let us know if you have success getting downloaded programmes to play > in WMP. > Ray > > Caroline Ford wrote: > Ray, > > I have at last managed to find a solution of sorts. A download of > QuickTime > for Windows has at least allowed me to play my MOV file. I am now > re-downloading the WMV files in MOV format to be able to play those too as > the WMV files still stubbornly refuse to play. I've read through the help > on the iPlayer site but it didn't address the problem I have. I think no > DRM licences are being downloaded although WMP is set to allow them. It > is > all rather frustrating, but at least I have found a workaround. As you > say, > QuickTime is not the most accessible player ever invented, but I have > found > enough keystrokes to make it usable. > > I don't think my situation was helped by me still having the old iPlayer > Download Manager instead of the newer version. That just shows how long > it > is since I last tried to download anything from the iPlayer. Strangely > enough it didn't even prompt me that I still had an obsolete version of > the > downloader on my PC and I only found out about it from the article you > posted and then the iPlayer help. > > Definitely a work in progress. > > Caroline. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Ray > Sent: 01 November 2009 22:28 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: RE: Problems Playing WMV and MOV Files > > Caroline, I'm not surprised the Beeb isn't making it easy to play > downloaded > files in other media players because, after all, the licence you're > granted > to > play these does in the normal way of playing them expire in 28 days or > something like that. > > I wonder though if there is an extra DRM module or plug-in for Windows > Media > Player that would allow you to play these programs in WMP. The BBC itself > might be prepared to answer this question. > > As an aside I'm rather surprised the Beeb hasn't closed the seeming loop > hole > where people are downloading radio programmes as that's not what is > supposed > to happen. there agreement with copyright holders is for 7 days streaming > availability after a programme goes out. Still, a bit off the subject I > know. > > Hope you get an answer to this Caroline and I see you've posted this issue > on > Access-UK so who knows, maybe an answer will yet surface there. > > Ray > > Caroline Ford wrote: > Ray, > > Thank you for the advice. I have read the article but it doesn't seem to > offer much help as to what the problem is. The files I am trying to play > are downloaded programmes from the BBC iPlayer so they will have DRM > protection. I have been able to stream a short sample of these programmes > successfully just to make sure everything was working properly, and then > proceeded to download the two versions on offer, one for portable players > and one for Windows Media Player. Neither of these will play on my PC. I > don't know whether there's something I need to do to allow Windows Media > Player to play DRM files, but I have checked for updates and am already > running version 11 with no updates on offer. I'm surprised the BBC have > made it so fiendishly difficult to play these files. Perhaps they prefer > people just to stream their programmes instead. > > Caroline. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > database 4566 (20091102) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > database 4566 (20091102) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > database 4566 (20091102) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
