On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 06:59:29 +0300 Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.uk> wrote: > > > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > [snip] > > > > I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth mentioning > > that BBC IPlayer now works without Flash. If you go to the BBC IPlayer > > web page it says you can access the programs using HTML5. You just have > > to install a cookie to do this. It's still in beta but it works for me, > > at least with recent versions of Firefox and Chromium. > > Wonderful. So all the kerfuffle about getting Flash to work with DRM in Debian was for nothing after all. Huzzah! > > Problem resolved. Down with Flash! Down with Adobe!
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