BBC iPlayer to no longer be Windows only - bit-tech.net Forums

Bindibadgi · 7th Sep 2007, 17:08

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/09...windows_only/1

After an online petition signed by over 16,000 people demanded that BBC's iPlayer software was open to more systems than just Windows XP and Internet Explorer, it seems something will finally be done!

DriftCarl · 7th Sep 2007, 19:42

I got it working on vista eventually. it messed up a lot of things on uninstall and I had to use system recover (bloody excellent on vista to be honest).

I am still concerned about the p2p software of the iplayer though. I would hate to have a letter through the door saying I am being charged an extra 30 quid per month due to going over the fair usage "cap" from my ISP. If I was just a regular broadband non computer type person, I would have no idea why that would happen and probably would never suspect the BBC software.
The service needs to STOP completely when you close iplayer. as long as it stays the way it is. I am not going to touch it.

Phil Rhodes · 7th Sep 2007, 20:18

Of course they could have avoided all of this just by putting the stuff up on bittorrent.

Hard to be sympathetic when they insist on reinventing the wheel.

P

7th Sep 2007, 17:08	#1
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,273	BBC iPlayer to no longer be Windows only http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/09...windows_only/1 After an online petition signed by over 16,000 people demanded that BBC's iPlayer software was open to more systems than just Windows XP and Internet Explorer, it seems something will finally be done! __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

7th Sep 2007, 19:42	#2
DriftCarl Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 199	I got it working on vista eventually. it messed up a lot of things on uninstall and I had to use system recover (bloody excellent on vista to be honest). I am still concerned about the p2p software of the iplayer though. I would hate to have a letter through the door saying I am being charged an extra 30 quid per month due to going over the fair usage "cap" from my ISP. If I was just a regular broadband non computer type person, I would have no idea why that would happen and probably would never suspect the BBC software. The service needs to STOP completely when you close iplayer. as long as it stays the way it is. I am not going to touch it.

7th Sep 2007, 20:18	#3
Phil Rhodes Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 582	Of course they could have avoided all of this just by putting the stuff up on bittorrent. Hard to be sympathetic when they insist on reinventing the wheel. P