[backstage] iPlayer mashup
Hi, I'm a lurker on this list but thought I would de-lurk to show you all what I've been up to with the stuff found around bbc.co.uk. Over a few days hacking with ruby I built a lighter version of the flash based iPlayer with series grouping, some rss feeds and related content from blogs and youtube. http://iplayerlist.mibly.com Its rough and ready but I'm happy with the results. If you are interested, a little more info about what is holding it altogether is available over here. http://mibly.com/2008/3/4/a-little-about-bbc-iplayer-youtube-and-playing Regards, Andy - 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/
Re: [backstage] iPlayer in Wii
Damned fine link Derek. Although I don't have a Wii yet, I've hacked up iPlayerlist to have a Wii only templates. Its in the early stages, but you might want to give it a try. Thanks to Sean Lange, who suggested adding a pure black background for those on TVs where the iPlayer flash video doesn't fill the entire screen. Apparently there is an issue with the Auto-zoom, but Ill work on that when I get my hands on one of those blessed machines. Just point the Wii at http://iplayerlist.mibly.com or switch you user agent to a Wii one ;) Regards, Andy On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Derek Harvie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10 Apr 2008, at 18:26, Tom Loosemore wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > am on wii now and can confirm that iplayer works. ish. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I gave it a try earlier and I think it works rather well :-) > > > > > > Zoom in once with the "+" button and press "1" to get rid of the menu > bar > > > means that it fits my TV screen perfectly! > > > > > > > aha... that's the info I was lacking... thank you... > > > > The people at iPlayer thought users would ask that and prepared a help page > for it, despite it being an Wii Opera thing: > > http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/streaming_programmes/wii > > > Not that it's easy to find their help pages... > > > - > 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/ > - 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/
Re: [backstage] iPlayer mashup
Ok .. an iFrame with the width and height set to "0". The quicktime video is displayed on the top, (display:none hides the quicktime vid). Very very icky but seems to work fine and is live now (with a slightly modified interface). Regards, Andy On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Iain Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ooh very nice! I don't suppose you could add in the browser sniff or > > > whatever juju magic the beeb uses to dispay content for the iphone/ipod > > > touch as this interface would be much better on that device. > > > > > > I've attempted it, as I love my iPhone :) Alas, I can't find a way > > where I could embed a link to the mp4 in my site due to the new > > control system that the beeb set up. > > > > Over lunch it was suggested that I could use an iFrame to show the > > bbc.co.uk/iplayer site within the iplayerlist. Very hacky and icky, > > but it might do the trick. > > > > I'll give it a go tonight, see what I can do. > > If I understood the original question, surely this could be achieved > by a bit of a hack where you set up the BBC cookie on the user's > machine by sending them to the iPlayer page in a hidden iFrame and > then having the embedded MP4 link inside your own site. The request to > the video stream should send the BBC cookie and you would still need > to be using an iPhone (or something that did a good impression of an > iPhone). > > Iain > > > - > 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/ > - 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/
