Re: [LINK] Video streaming

2018-02-01 Thread JanW
I used to use SBS on demand on Chrome browser. It won't sign in any longer. Ghostery is listing a HEAP of trackers. I think I'll pass. I tried logging in with my established account and with Google. Both failed. Hence I put it down to the Ghostery blocks. Using my tablet with the SBS On Demand a

Re: [LINK] Video streaming

2018-02-01 Thread Kim Holburn
I tried to use SBS On demand from a laptop the other day. It insisted I create an account and login then never played the video. I tried various browsers. Maybe it's my adblockers or maybe it's that I don't run flash any more. Eventually I gave up. On the other hand my raspberry pi running

Re: [LINK] Video streaming

2018-02-01 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
David, That's odd, I can watch SBS OnDemand ok, as long as I'm using a VPN to pretend I am in Australia. ABC doesn't work, it detects the VPN and refuses to play. I find this amusing given we complain about geolocking by others but the ABC does it also. BTW, I normally watch on my iPad using Sa

Re: [LINK] Video streaming

2018-02-01 Thread Roger Clarke
Once upon a time, 'balkanisation of the Internet' referred to airgaps, firewalls, 'walled gardens', redirects and suchlike. But authoritarian governments, control-oriented appliance-suppliers, monopoly content-owning corporations, and manipulative consumer marketing corporations, aren't all we

[LINK] Video streaming

2018-02-01 Thread David
Once upon a time I could happily play ABC iView and SBS on-demand videos. But now I have the latest Linux, Firefox & Videolan packages with H.264 support, and Flash, and nothing much works at all. ABC iView plays at such a low frame-rate & resolution it's unwatchable. The ABC seem to be dogge