On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 05:38:12PM +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > Ok, so now they are making that stupid TV player work on the Wii too > > now, they are just avoiding us Linux users. > > > > > http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/09/bbc-launches-iplayer-wii > > > > It cannot be that hard to create the content/application necessary for > > allowing playback of BBC shows on Linux, more specifically the iPlayer > > app. > > > > Er, the Wii version just uses a browser and the flash plugin, exactly the > same as you do on Linux, Windows or Mac. They just tweaked it a bit to work > with the manky browser you get on the Wii. Very little effort for > potentially very large gain. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
There are a few drawbacks for the flash version though, like the requirement for flash, which is sometimes hard to fulfil. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
