Re: Flash update

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Friday 26 June 2015 13:34:00 Brian wrote:
> [Beware! Rampant snipping in progress]
>
> On Fri 26 Jun 2015 at 09:38:53 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > How do you live stream BBC iPlayer on a computer without the use of
> > Flash?
>
> A well formulated question. :)
>
> Think in these terms:
>
> 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file.
>
> 2. Wouldn't it be nice if the file could be downloaded, preferably using
>    a program which is in a package in the Debian archives?
>
> 3. Such a package has been mentioned in this thread. It is extensively
>    documented at the program's home page and in its manual.
>
> 4. The file being downloaded is a .flv. While it is being downloaded it
>    is being stored on disk so it can be accessed and viewed. vlc is one
>    player which can view .flv files.

That's not live streaming.  So it isn't how to "live stream BBC iPlayer on a 
computer without the use of Flash".  It is of course, a way of playing BBC 
iPlayer.  But I am quite happy to use Flash.  I'd rather use Open Source, but 
I also want both to live stream and to keep my nose.

Lisi