Re: Flash update
On Saturday 27 June 2015 08:58:44 Brian wrote:
> On Sat 27 Jun 2015 at 02:54:26 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Eh? You'd have to explain. The stream is being displayed by vlc while it
> is being downloaded. It doesn't get more "live" than that.
Then you have gone beyond my present technical knowledge so I'll have a good
look at it after I have cracked 4OD. I thought that one had to download
first.
It ws you who had failed to explain. Hints and then let the child solve the
problem for himself are certainly the best way to teach. But only if the
child knows what to try and do.
So OK, you win! But the other people I know who use get-iplayer regularly
have been having problems recently which I understood were the BBC
deliberately moving the goal post to stop them. Are you not or is that not
so?
Ah! I am very out of date!
http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer
But here is where I was at (I had in fact read this earlier):
http://linuxcentre.net/get_iplayer-dropped-in-response-to-bbcs-lack-of-support-for-open-source
it sounds great and worth an effort. So, thank you. But I'll get 4OD going
one way or another first.
Lisi
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