< snip > > > I have just listened to Radio 2 successfully online with FireFox 3 on Ubuntu > > 8.10. (It also worked on 8.04). > > I enjoy listening to Malcolm Laycocks show on a Sunday night. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00f941q > > I like the old time music, but I guess to you and your brother it's just > > 'music' :-) hehehehe > > > > All I can think of that you need to listen to it is Flash, which you can get > > here http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ > > That might well work, however, if it does not do the trick, keep us > informed? > I listen to the bbc regularly so I can look up my various notes if > necessary. > > It is possible that w32 codecs are in the story and I note I use > mplayer I think as a plugin for mozilla firefox too because bbc audio > uses realmedia (as in RealPlayer) streams.
Before passing information on to my brother I decided to test on my computer first running Ubuntu 8.04. Installing Flash did not help. When I select a radio broadcast a window opens which looks very encouraging but no sound. However, there is sound when I select an interview. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
