> > Hi Chris, > > I connect through a proxy to watch iPlayer all the time (I'm currently > living in the US temporarily and have a server in the UK). I get this > message quite a lot, mainly it's when trying to watch streams with the 'High > Quality' setting. Sometimes I need to refresh the page 2 or 3 times to get > the stream to play, but I can always get it to play in 'Normal Quality'. > Another trick I have found is starting off playing in normal quality, then > switching to high quality after a minute or so. > > I connect through a squid proxy and the only setting I ever change is the > http proxy setting in firefox. > > If you have SSH access to any servers, you could try using your SSH > connection as a SOCKS proxy: > > ssh u...@host -D<port> (I normally use port 9000) > > Then clear any http proxy settings from firefox and put 127.0.0.1 and the > port number into the 'SOCKS host' box and set the option to SOCKS 5. > > This trick is also good if you ever want to encrypt your web traffic from > an unsecured wireless network. > > Guy. > > PS. I have a current UK TV Licence so I am entitled to watch BBC iPlayer > even if my method of access is unconventional > > > Hiya Guy,
Now why didn't I think of that? I've done the whole SOCKS proxy thing before whilst mucking about with Ubuntu but it didn't occur to me to use it to get around this problem. Thanks mate! Doh Chris
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