BBC iPlayer HTML5 Trial

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Although we’ve been using HTML5 to deliver video to iOS devices for some time, until recently we felt that the consistent experience and efficient media delivery offered by Flash outweighed the benefit of moving to HTML5 on the desktop. However, we’ve been regularly evaluating the features offered by the most popular web browsers and we’re now confident we can achieve the playback quality you’d expect from the BBC without using a third-party plugin.

To opt in, visit our HTML5 Player beta page. This will allow you to set a cookie in your browser so you can access our HTML5 player on BBC iPlayer. If you clear your cookies or switch browsers, you’ll have to return to this page to re-enter the trial. You can also visit this page if you want to opt out and return to our non-beta player.

We’re currently testing the HTML5 player with:

  • Firefox 41
  • Opera 32
  • Safari on iOS 5 and above
  • BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 and above
  • Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
  • Google Chrome on all platforms
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More info

HTML5 Player beta page
Android beta sign-up page
 
Good move by the Beeb. Trying it in Windows 10 and "Sorry, this won't play in the beta HTML5 Player" after a couple of minutes viewing.
 
I'm sorry but this warrants a massive FINALLY. I've actually been emailing them about HTML5 support in iPlayer for years now.
 
I wonder how it works. I'd thought one of the things holding back use of HTML5 video was lack of encryption. I wonder if they've come up with a solution, or if they've decided what the hell, let everyone view our content.
 
Strife212 said:
Flash is nowhere near as bad as people make out on desktop but yeah it's still good to move over.
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It's horrific.

https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-53/product_id-6761/Adobe-Flash-Player.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player.html

My biggest gripe with flash though, was we all moved to Netscape and later Mozilla in the early days to get away from "Micro$oft" trying to claim the web with all their ******** proprietary formats and standards... and swanned right along hand in hand with Adobe to do exactly the same, a proprietary format that engages in DRM and other ********. While everyone complains about how evil Microsoft is, Adobe is doing the same ****. Have you seen how much they're selling their software for in Australia? It's daylight robbery.


**** Adobe, **** flash and **** all who sail on her.
 
iPlayer's HTML5 player appears to function just fine without having Chrome's Widevine Content Decryption Module plug-in enabled.
 
OhEsEcks said:
It's horrific.

https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-53/product_id-6761/Adobe-Flash-Player.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player.html

My biggest gripe with flash though, was we all moved to Netscape and later Mozilla in the early days to get away from "Micro$oft" trying to claim the web with all their ******** proprietary formats and standards... and swanned right along hand in hand with Adobe to do exactly the same, a proprietary format that engages in DRM and other ********. While everyone complains about how evil Microsoft is, Adobe is doing the same ****. Have you seen how much they're selling their software for in Australia? It's daylight robbery.


**** Adobe, **** flash and **** all who sail on her.
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That's some politician level question dodging there :eek:
 
Azza said:
Wonder when Sky will get rid of Silverlight. :/
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Yeah, it's one thing I hate about desktop Eurosport Player. They still use Silverlight even though Microsoft have stopped developing it. I wonder if there is a support end date which might just put the nail in it once and for all.
 
Azza said:
Wonder when Sky will get rid of Silverlight. :/
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Just be happy you don't live in Korea. Back in the 90s the Korean government mandated that for all online shopping and banking that an ActiveX control be used known as SEED.

That meant anyone wanting to do ANY online banking or ANY online shopping in South Korea had to download or use IE. Which they're still having to use today.

It was such a problem that it became an election issue in 2012. And it's only this year that they've made a move to kill it. But who knows how long that will take.

Several governmental departments in Europe that have made the move away from Windows to Linux have taken years due to training staff and updating their infrastructure. But in the end saved themselves millions. Munich began switching to Linux in 2004 and didn't complete the move until last year. The move to Linux saved them 11 million euros in licensing and hardware costs. Moving to Windows 7 from XP would have cost them 3.15 million, but that doesn't take into account licensing costs and infrastructure. Apparently moving to Windows 8 would have cost more than to move to 7, I guess with the "non-traditional" desktop interface training and what not.
 
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