Is it just me, or is BBC iPlayer rubbish?

[Christmas themed thank]

I've got 40Mb broadband but still iPlayer buffers constantly, no issues with YouTube, downloads, etc. but iPlayer continues to buffer.

The only thing I can think of is that it is a BBC issue, or an issue between my ISP (TalkTalk) and the BBC.

This seems to be quite common?

 

[Mynight]

BBC iplayer doesn't allow bbcode in titles

 

[robfosters]

Sometimes I've found it differs depending on what device I use. For me it works on pretty much everything, but I've got 152mb internet.

40mb should be bundles though.

 

[Muban]

Did you put something naughty in the thread title? How rude

EDIT: I also find iPlayer buffers when everything else is fine. Never any issues with Netflix, STV player, 4od etc,

 

[Burnsy2023]

It's most likely your ISP. iPlayer has always been fine for me.

I know some ISPs have local CDN nodes for these types of services, not sure if Talk Talk is one of them but it's an awful company anyway.

 

[Rammix]

it's technically P2P and some ISPs throttle P2P during peak times. I'm on Zen and have no such issues.

 

[ChroniC]

4od web player is terrible for me. It seems to crap out completely or buffer once every minute or so.
Hate it.

 

[Burnsy2023]

it's technically P2P and some ISPs throttle P2P during peak times. I'm on Zen and have no such issues.

That dependant on whether you download or stream. Streaming isn't P2P from what I remember.

 

[ikillbears]

works fine for me, never had any issues. you must smell!

 

[Christmas themed thank]

It's most likely your ISP. iPlayer has always been fine for me.

I know some ISPs have local CDN nodes for these types of services, not sure if Talk Talk is one of them but it's an awful company anyway.

Their support sucks yes but the internet they provide is just as good as BT or any other ISP from a technical point of view.

 

[bitslice]

4od web player is terrible for me. It seems to crap out completely or buffer once every minute or so.
Hate it.

Same here, it's like watching a mangled pirate VHS tape, BBC iPlayer in comparison has always been pretty good.

I remember Virgin used to have caching issues with YouTube, but now it is mostly down to peasant scum going online after school to cut&paste their homework.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

I don't always find it bad, but I've had lots of problems with it in the past.

Your title is superb, by the way.

 

[Werewolf]

I've not noticed any problems.
But I think my ISP is one of the ones that has direct peering/BBC Iplayer content servers at the ISP.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

I have 15mb broadband but no issues with iPlayer.. probably an issue with your ISP or possibly your exchange (contention/congestion)

Yeah 4od is terrible.

 

[Tefal]

the site/player is terribly designed but it plays ok

 

[Sin_Chase]

If you get an iPlayer downloader application even that is limited in it's download speed. I can stream YouTube at 60Mbit/Sec+ but iPlayer will only ever give me 20Mbit/Sec tops.

I much prefer to pre-downlaod it and watch it from the Disk Drive, it avoids the hassle of annoying buffering.

 

[asim18]

I also think iPlayer is **** but I've never had buffering issues. The quality on the iPlayer website is terrible even with the "HD" turned on.

In my experience, the highest quality iPlayer streams come through Virgin Media's TV boxes, but then their app is unstable as hell if you can get something to play in the first place.

 

[Cosimo]

Always been fine on our fast broadband.

 

[LordSplodge]

ISPs, especially rubbish ones like TalkTalk will throttle video. They sell more connections than their infrastructure can support.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

It's just you.