iplayer (radio version) seems to have moved to using radioplayer thing.
looks superficially similar but
a) doesn't remember volume settings and defaults to LOUDEST whereas i normally listen on 2/10(except radio 3 which isn't run through the optimod so is much quieter than the others)
b) doesn't remember position in show so i have to write it down if i'm splitting listening between days
c) (minor) no choice of hi / lo quality stream - sometimes when the live stream died you could switch quality and it'd come back.
― koogs, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
bbc has apparently cracked down on vpn / dns shenanigans for ppl outside the uk watching iplayer. anyone know of something that works?
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 26 August 2016 15:10 (seven years ago) link
tryna watch that bake off too huh
― adam, Friday, 26 August 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
I use Private Internet Access, iPlayer seems to work if I choose a UK-based server.
I believe VPNs are harder to block than the DNS changing sites.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 26 August 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
thanks milo i'll take a look
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 26 August 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
i'm using unlocator and chose uk-2
works like a charm
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 26 August 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
odd, unlocator is what recently stopped working for me.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 26 August 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
My Private Network working for me
― ljubljana, Friday, 26 August 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
trying to watch the winter olympics on iPlayer is immensely frustrating. How could they have cocked this up so badly? Why not make little groups of videos for each sport? Instead we've got these massive 3.5 hour chunks of coverage to scrub through, the descriptions will reference a few sports covered, but aren't exhaustive, and the titles of the chunks all begin with "Winter Olympics 2018 - Day 8 - ..." so on a phone you can't tell the difference between any of them because the title gets truncated. From what I understand it's all been handled by BBC Sport which is an online-first proposition, so I'm confused how they could have made such a hash of this.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
Agreed, you have to sift through a lot of curling to get to something with watching. It’s worse on AppleTV because scrubbing through shows is so painful.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 18 February 2018 10:13 (six years ago) link
Olympics aside the search function is atrocious, it can’t find words within titles most of the time.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 18 February 2018 10:26 (six years ago) link
Huh search works p well for me - maybe the Apple TV build is different somehow
They do have these 2-3 minute highlight clips of big moments but I want to see the whole event. And just that event, without other stuff sandwiched around it that I have to fight through. It's bizarre that you can't just dial up "Women's Super-G Final".
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 18 February 2018 10:28 (six years ago) link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/howwework/accountability/consultations/bbc-iplayer-public-interest
^ BBC wants to make all (most) programmes available for 12 months after broadcast, do more archive stuff, more box sets etc. If you want to participate in the consultation you can email publicinter✧✧✧.t✧✧✧@b✧✧.c✧.u✧
and answer these questions:
Question 1: What do you think about the potential public value of our proposals forenhanced availability of BBC content, including the extent to which our proposalscontribute to the BBC’s mission to serve all audiences through the provision of highquality and distinctive output and services which informs, educates and entertains?
Question 2: What do you think about the benefit to consumers who will use theservice, as well as wider potential social and cultural impacts?
Question 3: What impact (positive or negative) do you think our proposals onenhanced availability might have on fair and effective competition?
Question 4: Are there any steps you think we could take to minimise any potentialnegative effects on fair and effective competition or to promote potential positiveimpacts?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 7 January 2019 13:22 (five years ago) link
ha whoops. well, the email link is in the above URL