I can't believe the shoddy service you get from your ISPs over there/ Shameful!
Oh, and Hi! Dave Park On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Dilwyn Jones <dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >> It is a while since I explored BBCiplayer and set it up on my Vista home >> premium laptop, which hasn't a QL emulator. There are two ways to view. >> Direct from the BBC website, by clicking on a selection, or by downloading >> and installing iplayer desktop, which I have done. It shows in the program >> list and a link on the desktop. As well as direct viewing, this program >> also sets folders to store videos, for replay within a time limit, so one >> can download and view at leisure without breaks. It is quite a memory >> overhead, and also put itself in my startup list, so I had to delete that. >> I have fast Virgin broadband and it runs well. >> >> Bryan H > > Thanks Bryan. > > I gave up on the iPlayer desktop in the end and viewed direct from the BBC > website. Must have been how I ended up viewing in the past when I last used > it. I think the main problem must have been the broadband speed issue as it > wouldn't play tea time again today (when the speed check showed just 28kbs). > Will wait to see if broadband speed goes up again later on and view it then. > Failing that will try the technique someone suggested of pausing it to allow > itself to get a bit of buffering ahead of the viewing point. > > Dilwyn Jones > > > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
