BBC iPlayer

Gary · Jul 08, 2009, 09:03:05

anyone else having problems with it, every program I try is blank

Rik · Jul 08, 2009, 09:05:44

I never use it, tbh, Gary. They did have server problems a few weeks ago, I wonder if it's happened again. Got a URL I can check for you?

Gary · Jul 08, 2009, 09:08:35

Quote from: Rik on Jul 08, 2009, 09:05:44
I never use it, tbh, Gary. They did have server problems a few weeks ago, I wonder if it's happened again. Got a URL I can check for you?

Try this one Rik, thanks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hydcg/Iran_and_the_West_Nuclear_Confrontation/

Rik · Jul 08, 2009, 09:09:57

Working perfectly, Gary.

Gary · Jul 08, 2009, 09:10:57

Quote from: Rik on Jul 08, 2009, 09:09:57
Working perfectly, Gary.

Cheers Rik time for an image reinstall

Rik · Jul 08, 2009, 09:12:44

Remember I'm on WBC though, Gary.

Glenn · Jul 08, 2009, 09:13:06

Works fine her to, apart from pauses to buffer

Simon · Jul 08, 2009, 10:22:40

Fine here too, Gary.

Gary · Jul 08, 2009, 12:27:15

It wasa conflict, had to ditch AdMuncher and all is well now, cheers peeps

Rik · Jul 08, 2009, 14:25:47

Computers am complex.

Sebby · Jul 08, 2009, 18:19:04

Only Windows.

Rik · Jul 08, 2009, 18:19:32

Glenn · Jul 08, 2009, 18:21:19

Macs are for me, I'm still stumbling my way around find new things each time I turn the Mini 9 on

Sebby · Jul 08, 2009, 18:22:04

You'll get there. Three months on, I'm doing a lot better than in the early days. For some reason, I don't feel I want to learn the ins and outs though.

Rik · Jul 08, 2009, 18:23:50

It gets like that, I found, Seb. Your first machines you wade in and get to grips with everything and anything. After a while, though, you come to feel you'd rather be using the machine than trying to fix it.

Sebby · Jul 08, 2009, 18:26:27

Yep, I agree. Even if I was only now being introduced to Windows, I think I'd feel the same. It's not necessarily a Mac thing. I kind of feel that about all my gadgets these days... I just like to use them.

Gary · Jul 08, 2009, 18:28:45

Quote from: Rik on Jul 08, 2009, 18:23:50
It gets like that, I found, Seb. Your first machines you wade in and get to grips with everything and anything. After a while, though, you come to feel you'd rather be using the machine than trying to fix it.

Thats very true, a year a go I would have had issue with this and reformatted, and now "hey it works thats good enough for me" (said in a New York/Sicilian accent)

Rik · Jul 08, 2009, 18:29:37

Exactly how it developed with me, Seb. First I wanted to know everything, be able to code the beasties in assembler etc, gradually I wound back to wanting to know the things I needed to know to use them well and safely. If I have to spend hours reading manuals, I feel the software writers have missed the point.

Gary · Jul 08, 2009, 18:31:54

Quote from: Sebby on Jul 08, 2009, 18:26:27
Yep, I agree. Even if I was only now being introduced to Windows, I think I'd feel the same. It's not necessarily a Mac thing. I kind of feel that about all my gadgets these days... I just like to use them.

Im getting more bored of gadgets Sebby, and more into life outside a battery powered amoled screen world, the wonder for me has waned considerably this last year. Life kind of hit me head on

Ann · Jul 08, 2009, 20:43:37

You're right Gary. How weird that AdMuncher breaks the iPlayer. It worked not so long ago when I used it. What a pain.

Rik · Jul 09, 2009, 08:42:11

Now if it was on one of the commercial stations, it would make sense.

Gary · Jul 09, 2009, 09:16:16

Quote from: Ann on Jul 08, 2009, 20:43:37
You're right Gary. How weird that AdMuncher breaks the iPlayer. It worked not so long ago when I used it. What a pain.

You have the same issue Ann? Did yours start this week?

Technical Ben · Jul 09, 2009, 10:20:53

I seem to have broken Flash in Fire Fox. Some pages work, some do not. It usually means I have to reinstall flash, install the latest version, or disable adblocker. Could it be a similar problem?

Gary · Jul 09, 2009, 12:09:56

Quote from: Technical Ben on Jul 09, 2009, 10:20:53
I seem to have broken Flash in Fire Fox. Some pages work, some do not. It usually means I have to reinstall flash, install the latest version, or disable adblocker. Could it be a similar problem?

No its admuncher flash was he first thing checked and it also occurred in IE, with admuncher removed it works fine, the thing is they guy who develops it is in Australia so unless he can use a English account to view the pages in question he cannot fix it

Ann · Jul 09, 2009, 21:54:07

Yup. I wrote about it on the AdMuncher forum and the American (I think) guy who also works on it answered what you just said. Talked of proxies to use it but I know nothing about that so I can't help there. And yes Gary, just this week. I was using it last week with no problems. I know that the BBC do mess with it every so often in order to confound those trying to use it overseas. Maybe they had a bit of a tweak.

Gary · Jul 10, 2009, 10:27:43

Quote from: Ann on Jul 09, 2009, 21:54:07
Yup. I wrote about it on the AdMuncher forum and the American (I think) guy who also works on it answered what you just said. Talked of proxies to use it but I know nothing about that so I can't help there. And yes Gary, just this week. I was using it last week with no problems. I know that the BBC do mess with it every so often in order to confound those trying to use it overseas. Maybe they had a bit of a tweak.

Could be Ann, its a shame as I can't use the program at all now as I use the iPlayer, I had a chat with Jeff but he says maybe its fixed in the next beta, not great when you do not know when its being released, The bbc should have a channel for developers to contact about this really.

If you hear anything more can you keep me informed, cheers.

Ann · Jul 11, 2009, 19:57:27

Jeff now says it will be fixed in the next beta.. along with a fix for tesco.com that loses my chosen goods if I have AdMuncher on. I can kill AdMuncher when using the iPlayer for now so I'm not too worried.

Ann · Aug 16, 2009, 11:08:06

I don't know how long ago it was fixed but I just realised that I watched something on iPlayer last night without killing AdMuncher and a check today shows that it is indeed fixed. No beta though, just an added exception rule as far as I can see.

Rik · Aug 16, 2009, 11:11:31

Thanks, Ann.